To think bums should be covered in a public pool?

Was in Greece last year, these thongs were everywhere. When the women are swimming in the sea literally all you can see are bare arses bobbing up and down in the water. As for the comfort thing not sure that holds up. They were constantly hoiking them out of their crack.

People can see the shape and contours of your boobs as well, so no point in covering them up either, eh?

Same with blokes wearing Speedos - the outlines of what they have in there are obvious, so might as well just ditch the trunks and swim naked?

Do you think we don't like them because we are jealous?

I don't mind at all. Unless you wear a Victorian bathing costume everyone can see the exact shape and contours of your arse when you're in swimwear and they know the colour of your skin. Actually revealing the skin provides no further information. Unless maybe you have a tattoo of HM King on it?

Question for the thong swimwear wearers. Do you really not mind strangers seeing your bare arse? Even in my young and lovely days I was always quite discerning about who saw mine. Sexual partners only generally!

I also think they are grim. Admittedly I am old and fat now but I used to be young and slim with a nice body but never would have had my arse cheeks out in public. I also don’t want to be sitting in a spa or sauna where someone’s naked arse has been

I don't care that much but I agree they look crap on even the nicest bum. Tight booty cut style are waaaaay nicer.

@Yogaatsunrise I know I've been on the thread!!!!

NO ONE wants to know or see that’s the whole point of the thread!! And if you are feeling slighted by a mere conversation about it, wait to you cop an eye for on a supposedly ‘relaxing’ holiday! It’s not pleasant!

Quite, I don't think we need to know how hairy or unhairy anyone's arse is though do we 🤔

Oh no! Especially if it's a very hairy man!

No, not especially close, but sadly close enough to see too much ‘detail’. We were a sunbed away and were treated to a full view when she bent down. We were packing and moving at the time. It was absolutely disgusting.

Oh this. Racing swimmers tend to wear knee length suits. Both men and women. But that is just for race day. For training female racing swimmers would often wear normal cossies and there seems to be a trend for having them wedgied right up the bum crack. So not even thongs, just wedgies. I never know where to look when they are in the showers at the local pool with a full moon on display. I think it’s indecent.

At the Olympics the synchro swimmers were the worst. They were pretty much showing their flaps when they were upside down flopping their legs around. I’m sure these women are super fit and have worked harder than I could ever imagine but all I could think was how good their waxers must be.

Well you seen to have a vivid imagination! I have no problem with children staring, pointing or laughing at arses if the owner of the arse wishes to put it on public display.

Ah, I see you’re of the “it’s impolite for your children to look at adults’ genitals on display in public” persuasion. What age ought to that kick in? Toddlers really should avert their eyes from adults’ arses in the pool as it’s so dreary of them to spoil the bum-flashing sexy fun?

Some guidance on how to handle this in the uk... basically, if someone's got their arse cheeks out, just deal with it. If someone's intentionally bending over, flapping their legs about on the ladders or stairs, is on a lounger legs akimbo, or is otherwise intentionally exposing their genitals (vulva), then it's recommended to report it to the police.

"Indecent exposure (legally called just 'exposure' and sometimes known as 'flashing') is when someone deliberately exposes their genitals in order to frighten or upset someone else.
Men and women can both commit indecent exposure. It can happen in public or in private."

Indecent exposure - UK police definition

Frankly, yes!

How about the Italian divers? This poor athlete has her costume wedged so far up her arse crack it could give you a weather forecast! And yet her male colleague seems not to value the "performance enhancing" aspect of that cut enough to follow suit (excuse the pun ;)

I had another look at posts to see if there was anything new. I agree with @yogaatsunrise who suggested hotels should have a rule that maintains decency & respect for others around the pool. This policy should include no swimwear which displays a totally bare bottom, especially where there are children in the vicinity. So far 83% of a 21 page thread agree with the OP. This tells us the vast majority of posters & no doubt people in general find being subjected to bare bottoms around a poolside extremely inappropriate to say the least.

If it was men in skimpy thongs with their butthole hair on display would you be so blase about where kids should and shouldn’t look?

@CherryFlan Can be hard to avoid getting close when queuing for water slides etc. And kids are smaller, some of them at waist height…

Meanwhile our children are being exposed to the anal passages of adult women

It sounds like your children are getting far too up-close.

If I have to look at one more arsehole this summer (no pun intended!) I AM going to say something, because we are enabling by remaining politely silently horrified.

Meanwhile our children are being exposed to the anal passages of adult women, and somehow this is a violation not only of how dignified grown ups should behave in society - but the obvious issue that it is ALWAYS women that are parading around almost nude, whilst the men are fully dressed with their dignity in tact, having a great time - carefree.
It just reinforces the worst of the stereotypes. It takes us back to the dark ages.

It’s the obvious power imbalance that is as disturbing as the sight itself. Hotels, leisure centres etc should start clamping down on it, and should insist on some level of decency is the obvious answer.

Like flashers in the park, you mean?