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To have complained about today’s episode of Loose Women

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WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 20:44

My DH thinks IABU but I’m adamant this was inappropriate.

Loose Women had a ‘dummy’ of a man’s bottom on their show earlier and one of the presenters/guests inserted their finger where the sun doesn’t shine.

I was eating lunch at the time and found this extremely unbecoming for that time of the day.

I expect my complaint will fall on deaf ears, but it’s worth a go.

OP posts:
Throwmoneyatit · 16/05/2025 14:43

SwingTheMonkey · 16/05/2025 14:18

We’ll all be eating our words next week when op is, once again, fully vindicated with a personal, unreserved apology from the LW crew for the revolting display of potentially life saving titillation whilst she tried to eat her egg sandwich.
Then we can all go back to finding out what Denise Welch thinks about Botox…

Will this complaint warrant a champagne toast, do you think?
If I remember correctly, the thought of op bent over a desk turned her dh on (eventually). Maybe he will suggest putting her own finger up his bottom if he starts getting a bit horny over this complaint...

SwingTheMonkey · 16/05/2025 14:18

Throwmoneyatit · 16/05/2025 13:54

Haven't you had an exciting couple of weeks of complaints!

First off, someone tried to get you bent over a desk. Next, a rubber model was having fingers forced up it's bottom!

I'm glad that your eyes didn't melt/burn with what you saw and that you managed to soldier on with your complaining. It must have been incredibly terrifying and traumatic for you to watch grown men spreading awareness about prostate cancer! How dare they! How dare they try to save somebodies life.

And on your tv too! That's not on. Is the tv feeling OK? Will it need therapy in future? You haven't noticed it acting any differently, have you?

And your dh? Is he OK? Has he helped write the complaint again? How has he coped with that?

I hope that you get the answers you truly deserve and that you can move on from these pathetic traumatic times.

We’ll all be eating our words next week when op is, once again, fully vindicated with a personal, unreserved apology from the LW crew for the revolting display of potentially life saving titillation whilst she tried to eat her egg sandwich.
Then we can all go back to finding out what Denise Welch thinks about Botox…

Throwmoneyatit · 16/05/2025 13:54

Haven't you had an exciting couple of weeks of complaints!

First off, someone tried to get you bent over a desk. Next, a rubber model was having fingers forced up it's bottom!

I'm glad that your eyes didn't melt/burn with what you saw and that you managed to soldier on with your complaining. It must have been incredibly terrifying and traumatic for you to watch grown men spreading awareness about prostate cancer! How dare they! How dare they try to save somebodies life.

And on your tv too! That's not on. Is the tv feeling OK? Will it need therapy in future? You haven't noticed it acting any differently, have you?

And your dh? Is he OK? Has he helped write the complaint again? How has he coped with that?

I hope that you get the answers you truly deserve and that you can move on from these pathetic traumatic times.

SwingTheMonkey · 16/05/2025 13:44

feelingbleh · 16/05/2025 13:24

I'm going to send an email to say how great and educational the segment was to cancel out your complaint

Bravo! 👏

TY78910 · 16/05/2025 13:29

feelingbleh · 16/05/2025 13:24

I'm going to send an email to say how great and educational the segment was to cancel out your complaint

Love that, we should all do it 😆

feelingbleh · 16/05/2025 13:24

I'm going to send an email to say how great and educational the segment was to cancel out your complaint

ConnieHeart · 16/05/2025 12:33

ItGhoul · 16/05/2025 11:20

RTFT. It wasn't a female presenter, it was a MALE DOCTOR doing a section on men's health with a male presenter, demonstrating what happens at a male cancer screening appointment. He also showed men how to check themselves for male breast cancer and testicular cancer.

I have absolutely seen doctors on daytime TV using a dummy to demonstrate to women how to examine their breasts for lumps. This is exactly the same.

The OP knew this full well (someone has posted the clip above, there is no way she could have mistaken it for anything sexual) but is posting for attention just like she's done in her previous threads.

I've even seen a male doctor (might have been Hillary Jones) demonstrating on a woman how to check their breasts. No big deal whatsoever & could potentially save lives

SwingTheMonkey · 16/05/2025 11:27

Ellejay67 · 16/05/2025 11:20

I wouldn't expect to see that on lunchtime TV either tbh. My comment could also standalone "they are very sexist and hypocritical on that program".

When should it be on tv then?

ItGhoul · 16/05/2025 11:20

Ellejay67 · 16/05/2025 11:10

Imagine if a male presenter did that to a "female" dummy. Ffs everyone would be calling them all sorts. They are so sexist and hypocritical on that program..I don't watch it anymore. Why do you watch it? Lol

Edited

RTFT. It wasn't a female presenter, it was a MALE DOCTOR doing a section on men's health with a male presenter, demonstrating what happens at a male cancer screening appointment. He also showed men how to check themselves for male breast cancer and testicular cancer.

I have absolutely seen doctors on daytime TV using a dummy to demonstrate to women how to examine their breasts for lumps. This is exactly the same.

The OP knew this full well (someone has posted the clip above, there is no way she could have mistaken it for anything sexual) but is posting for attention just like she's done in her previous threads.

Ellejay67 · 16/05/2025 11:20

doodleschnoodle · 16/05/2025 11:14

But it was a male doctor doing it to a ‘male’ dummy. They were all men. It was Loose Men. So your equivalent would be ‘imagine if a female doctor demonstrated a smear test on a female dummy’. Loses a bit of the outrage, doesn’t it?

This thread is full of people not reading anything beyond the very disingenuous and purposely so OP.

I wouldn't expect to see that on lunchtime TV either tbh. My comment could also standalone "they are very sexist and hypocritical on that program".

doodleschnoodle · 16/05/2025 11:14

Ellejay67 · 16/05/2025 11:10

Imagine if a male presenter did that to a "female" dummy. Ffs everyone would be calling them all sorts. They are so sexist and hypocritical on that program..I don't watch it anymore. Why do you watch it? Lol

Edited

But it was a male doctor doing it to a ‘male’ dummy. They were all men. It was Loose Men. So your equivalent would be ‘imagine if a female doctor demonstrated a smear test on a female dummy’. Loses a bit of the outrage, doesn’t it?

This thread is full of people not reading anything beyond the very disingenuous and purposely so OP.

Ellejay67 · 16/05/2025 11:10

Imagine if a male presenter did that to a "female" dummy. Ffs everyone would be calling them all sorts. They are so sexist and hypocritical on that program..I don't watch it anymore. Why do you watch it? Lol

thisisfrommathilda · 16/05/2025 11:07

Oh God I remember you OP. Luckily you don't need a prostate exam because your arse is clenched so hard it would be impossible. Nobody agrees with you Captain Complainer! Get a life.

EffortlesslyInelegant · 16/05/2025 10:58

SwingTheMonkey · 16/05/2025 10:34

Did the other ridiculous thread get deleted? I’d love a read but can’t find it!

I don't know but you need to trust me on this...you REALLY do not want to read it. Absolute bollocks from start to finish and not even clever or funny bollocks. Just shrivelled empty withered ballsack bollocks.

Grin
GravyBoots · 16/05/2025 10:35

WithYou47 · 16/05/2025 09:47

No, I had an educational professional make an unsolicited sexual remark to me.

And you were so outraged that the remark changed depending on which day or thread you were on 🤣

SwingTheMonkey · 16/05/2025 10:34

Did the other ridiculous thread get deleted? I’d love a read but can’t find it!

Arraminta · 16/05/2025 10:29

Loose Women typically has a collective IQ of around 65.

AndorTheRelentless · 16/05/2025 10:27

WithYou47 · 16/05/2025 08:49

There’s nothing wrong with complaining - heck, I raised one recently which had people up in arms on here but I turned out to be vindicated when it was upheld!

Really?

You've name changed so we cannot see which one that was - One would assume you mean the ridiculous teacher on a night out thread, which was clearly a complete overreaction on your part

ClareBlue · 16/05/2025 10:17

Update is that it is the same poster.

ClareBlue · 16/05/2025 10:15

JoyousEagle · 16/05/2025 09:25

Ahh that was it. I knew there was something to do with a poster complaining to a school about something everyone thought was ridiculous. This has the same feel to it.

It does. Same defensive stance and unwavering conviction that they are right, along with an excessive moral high ground and drip feeding small facts that counter any alternative positions.
The style of writing is very similar too. I think this is their weekly entertainment.

KimberleyClark · 16/05/2025 10:03

Occasionally catch a glimpse of Loose Women when we switch on at lunchtime but have never been tempted to sit down and watch a whole episode. We watch an episode of Pointless on iPlayer over lunch instead. Give me Alexander Armstrong any time.

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 16/05/2025 09:59

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 16/05/2025 09:31

Oh hey I forgot about that! 😂 🐸 (Sorry I was looking for a spem emoji but couldn't find one, so I searched for tadpole, and the closest I got was frog.) 😂

🤣, steady! OP might be having her breakfast.

FreezeDriedStrawberries · 16/05/2025 09:55

WithYou47 · 16/05/2025 09:47

No, I had an educational professional make an unsolicited sexual remark to me.

Oh, you're that poster.
Pointless then, will leave you to it.
Hope others do the same.

FreezeDriedStrawberries · 16/05/2025 09:54

WithYou47 · 15/05/2025 22:02

My complaint stands - it didn’t need a graphic demonstration!

Er, no it doesn't still stand imo if you complained because you came into a programme halfway through, assumed it was a "weird sexual massage" and put a complaint in without having a clue what it really was about! (Men's health, on a men's version of the show which they do occasionally do)

ItGhoul · 16/05/2025 09:51

WithYou47 · 16/05/2025 08:49

There’s nothing wrong with complaining - heck, I raised one recently which had people up in arms on here but I turned out to be vindicated when it was upheld!

Oh FFS, you’re THAT poster?

You need to take a good long look in the mirror and ask yourself what’s missing in your life that’s left you so desperately gagging for attention that you resort to this.