To think bums should be covered in a public pool?

It's a mixed bag but currently the most common women's competition swimwear is like this.

Artistic swimwear( synchro etc) tends to be high cut

So why don't any of the male competitive swimmers seem to believe that they'd have better aerodynamics with their buttocks hanging out?

Surely there isn't that much aerodynamic difference between male and female bums - the males tend to shave their bodies anyway, so there isn't even that.

They wear a mixture. It's a payoff. Aerodynamics vs restrictive movements.

They are not showing their butts at the expense of time ffs. They train to the fraction of a second. They aren't compromising for a but if arse showing.

Those suits beit cut away or long leg are designed with one thing in mind and that is drag. Oh and nit grunge restrictive.

Female competitive swimmers do often wear suits that cover a lot. Others choose to wear ones with less lower body coverage as they feel they restrict movement. It is ALL about aerodynamics.

They are not showing their butts at the expense of time. It's ALL about time advantage.

If it was performance related, all the male swimmers & divers would have their butt cheeks out too.

Indeed. In fact, a lot of professional male swimmers actually wear fuller one-piece costumes that cover far more than what men usually wear in their local pools.

You have male swimmers covering up their chests and backs; meanwhile you have female swimmers with their arses out. They can't both be for greater swimming efficiency or comfort.

I found myself wondering about this during the last olympics - stacks of professional female athletes, out there doing their day job, with all of their arse on show.

Now obviously they, nor anyone, has anything to be ashamed of with all of their backside out in the open. But who makes the choices?

Could it possibly be the male team managers, designers and advertisers who'd rather have a sexy young athlete to promote their position than a "covered up frump"?!?

If it was performance related, all the male swimmers & divers would have their butt cheeks out too. But funnily enough, they didn't. And the chinese ladies managed several golds in costumes which covered their arse cheeks too.

Conclusion - the only reason for these cuts is to put more of women's bodies on show & scream 'look at meeeeee'!

The sexism entrenched in that is grim, as is the level of 'maintenance' required to rip out great swathes of bodily hair so that isn't displayed at the same time.

Personally, if I'm swimming I prefer a fabric anchored on my gluteal crease so it doesn't move.

Maybe those who profess the comfort of a thong style should do a few more squats to fix their sedentary-living pancake arse?!?

Or just own that they've been sucked into a style designed by men, for men, and EVERYONE should have their eyes clapped on them wherever they move. Chose it, own it. I'm not going to tell a toddler to look away or stop pointing!

😂😂 Maybe not so wonderful for the next person that has to sit on said seat!! 🤣🤣

I completely agree with you; but I couldn't help but find myself singing "And I think to myself: what a wonderful world" after all of that!!

Its so true. I was close to retching reading this so on that note I'm off 🤦‍♀️🤣

Also I have a really hairy crack. I'm sure others must have too.
I do get a Brazilian on occasions because I am so unkempt.
I am hopeful the body positivity types get pubic hair back in fashion again. Bad enough with normal bikinis to keep it in check but there's no chance of getting away with stray hairs with that amount of cut out. It's just another thing women gave to maintain.

It’s definitely the string rubbing on the area where we defecate and one immediately thinks of it when people wear them. I think of poo, of grubbiness of shit infested bacteria rubbing all over the sunbed or wherever they sit.

I've already added my views on this thread & the posts never fail to amaze me.

It goes without saying given my own posts on the subject I don't agree with the I'll display my bum in public if I want to opinion & I don't care if people find it distasteful. Men wearing thong swimwear is also extremely bad taste. Thankfully we don't see many of them in public spaces. Is it because they have more decorum & they would be embarrassed walking about the poolside in thong style swimwear which exists for them too if they wish to purchase it?

Sadly women wearing this style remains popular for some. Hopefully in the future young women will look back, laugh & say did women really do this.

But if it were just a bum ie unclothed that's not so bad. It's just a natural normal body.

Its knowing where that bit of fabrics going that's so unappealing.

And then a poster said it was playing into the hands of paedos and perverts which is the point I was addressing.

@Princessconsuelabananahammock9 no one is trying to "police" bodies there is such a thing as decency and the majority of people know to and wish to cover certain areas in public.
@MugsyBalonz ok you were talking about sexual assault. We were talking about 12 year olds in thong bikinis and how skimpy girls clothes in general are compared to boys from a really young age such as the length of shorts etc and why this is

Indeed. If somebody is deliberately acting in a way that they know most will find offensive - or at least distasteful - why is it incumbent on the majority to avert their senses?

If somebody were swearing non-stop in an inappropriate environment - especially one with a lot of children present - surely people wouldn't tell them not to listen or to wear ear plugs, would they?

You don't have to be actively staring at people to see them in an enclosed shared space.

As exemplified by the 'What Were You Wearing?' link I posted earlier, sexual predators will predate no matter what their intended victim is wearing. Sex crimes have absolutely nothing to do with what the victim is wearing, skimpy clothing does not cause sex crimes to happen and is not "playing into the hands" of paedos and perverts.

Interviews with rapists and research on the causes of sexual crimes have overwhelming concluded that clothing is not a factor in who they assault.

I can guarantee you and your DC pass by perverts and paedos on a daily basis - statistically, you are likely to be on speaking terms with at least one - and what you're wearing has no bearing on what is going on in their head. Ditto your DC, a paedophile will think degenerate thoughts about your child regardless of clothing and to try insinuate that clothing is a factor completely ignores the power dynamics that drive sexual assault against both adults and children. You or your DC are most likely to be assaulted by someone you know, someone who has access/opportunity to spend time with you away from prying eyes, someone who you trust and who has some form of relationship with you. Statistically, it is very unlikely someone will be assaulted at the pool.

You are no more likely to be assaulted in a thong than you are in a tracksuit. It's a dangerous narrative to suggest otherwise as it implies victims are complicit in the crimes committed against them by dint of what they wearing.

Would you draw the line at nudity? Or is that also an unacceptable societal policing of bodies?

I've never actually worn a thong other than on a photoshoot.

It's not my thing, I find them uncomfortable.

I just don't like the policing of bodies.

I don't like reading that women shouldn't wear thongs because they look bad.

Or they should yell lard ass at them.

Or they are asking to be sexually harassed.

It's just a bum.

It matters how they choose to present themselves in a public place. By all means wander around naked, or wear clothing that would be considered inappropriate in a swimming pool full of families with young children, in the privacy of your own home, if it somehow makes you happy to look like that, all for your own benefit. But don’t be the only person wearing a thong in a public swimming pool and then pretend nobody has to look at you, and you should be allowed to wear what you want, as if anyone believes what you have chosen to wear in public has nothing to do with how you wish others to perceive you in said public place.

I see toddlers running around the beach just in diapers and wouldn't expect a 12 to be topless.

Really?

You would teach your kid to insult a woman's body?

I have never in my life worn a thong. Ever.

BUT, I genuinely don't care what others wear at the pool or beach.

Unless they are extremely hot I'm probably not gonna notice for more than a brief glance.

Give me them space.

You'll still see it if you look, but no reason for it to be in your face.

So?

Even if they want attention who cares?