To think bums should be covered in a public pool?

Fully agreed OP. There's also a larger issue here - why/how have we arrived at fashion that's okay and encouraging of women to display arses but we'd be very much taken aback if men's swimwear of that nature was widely available mainstream.

I often compare boys shorts and girls shorts and wonder why - just why - are 10 year old girls offered the invitation to wear much tinier shorts than 10 year old boys.

Anyone guess?

In my view, and I understand others have different views.. these type of bikinis are grim. Grim in a public pool and grim on the beach.

As Ali said to his daughters… (I’m not religious but the point remains)..

An incident transpired when Muhammad Ali’s daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were quite revealing.

Here is the story as told by one of his daughters:

“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day.

My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to.

Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.
Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell.

Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You’ve got to work hard to get to them.”

He looked at me with serious eyes. “Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.”

Yanbu. It's very uncomfortable when you have kids there or your partner (to a lesser extent). Decent men don't want to be confronted with bum cheeks in a public area. I feel especially sorry for teenage boys.

No issue with men in jammers i.e. those longer length, tight speedos. DS swims competitively and wears them for training & racing. That’s fairly standard for male swimmers - you don’t see the male Olympic swimmers lining up for the 100m freestyle final in board shorts. He does wear baggy shorts for a leisure swim or on holiday though.

Thongs are bloody awful. I’ve never seen anyone look good in them, other than when they’ve been heavily photoshopped and plastered all over SM. I wonder if some women don’t realise how bad they actually look in the broad light of day without the filters.

@Wemaybebetterstrangers Is this Muhammed Ali who spent much of his career half naked in a boxing ring.

Rather smacks of hypocrisy and sexism.

What a weird conversation to have and definitely not the actions of a normal parent, it implies that if something happens then it's her own fault for not covering up.

Have you heard of the what Were You Wearing? exhibition?

I look at thongs and all I can think is "thrush" 😆

We were in tenerife last year at the water park, walking between rides and we walked behind 2 girls and 2 guys aged probably low to mid 20s.

The girls swimwear showed so much arse and the men just kept slapping their arses as we walked behind them.

My son piped up that their bums resembled Homer Simpson when his stomach was slapped and didn't stop wobbling.

I mean, the jiggle was rather hilarious and the men seemed to want to keep slapping these buttocks so the jiggle never stopped.

DH and I were both clutching our pearls, but my DD's (15 & 12) and son (13) thought it was the funniest and most ridiculous thing they had ever seen. 🤣

In my view, and I understand others have different views.. these type of bikinis are grim. Grim in a public pool and grim on the beach.

As Ali said to his daughters… (I’m not religious but the point remains)..

An incident transpired when Muhammad Ali’s daughters arrived at his home wearing clothes that were quite revealing.

Here is the story as told by one of his daughters:

“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day.

My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to.

Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected.
Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell.

Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You’ve got to work hard to get to them.”

He looked at me with serious eyes. “Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.”

Breastfeeding or changing in an actual changing room aren’t remotely comparable with parading around with your arse and groin on display.

I couldn't even bring myself to care. Nor do I care about women breastfeeding in public, or getting their kit off in a women's only changing-room. Ten to one I wouldn't even notice.

The human body isn't taboo or disgusting. There's a lot to be said for minding your own business and letting other people mind theirs.

Yanbu. It's very uncomfortable when you have kids there or your partner (to a lesser extent). Decent men don't want to be confronted with bum cheeks in a public area. I feel especially sorry for teenage boys.

@Beeloux to be fair I have never seen a thong speedo for a man and don't dare google to see if they exist.