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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.

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hattie43 · 15/05/2025 21:53

LW has really dumbed down now and is shit . The only ones with an ounce of intelligence are Jane , Janet , Christine and Ruth . Brenda and Judy are good fun but the rest contribute nothing .

SwanOfThoseThings · 15/05/2025 21:53

The women in Loose Women seem to have had their brains removed, so this doesn't surprise me.

MIL likes it, hence I've sat through episodes at her house, before you ask why I've watched it.

Middlemarch123 · 15/05/2025 21:50

YABU for watching this drivel in the first place. Paint a wall, watch it dry, more informative and entertaining.

feelingbleh · 15/05/2025 21:47

Op would you complain if it was a female dr showing women how to do a breast exam or is it just men you hate. By the way yabvvvvu

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 15/05/2025 21:46

YABU for watching that brain rot

notprincehamlet · 15/05/2025 21:44

In fairness, there are a lot of arses on TV. Maybe it has the same agent as Lee Mack? Give it a year and it'll be on Celebrity Big Brother.

Renabrook · 15/05/2025 21:43

And this surprises you about loose women?, i suppose it spoils it's image of being a highly intelligent show

EmeraldShamrock000 · 15/05/2025 21:43

Ewww.
Rank.

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:42

Flyswats · 15/05/2025 21:39

I think it is pretty much universally known that a prostate exam involves a finger up the arse. I don't think you need a rubber dummy arse and a real finger on TV to make it clear to those sitting in the back / those who missed the memo etc.

It was obviously done to shake people up and into talking about it.

Looks like that worked, then.

Exactly. We're all adults and understand explanations there is no need for fake bums Confused

Flyswats · 15/05/2025 21:42

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 21:41

How is that up to you, exactly?

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I think it's called her opinion, which is what is required on a talk board. 😳

Lauralou19 · 15/05/2025 21:42

I didn’t need to read the comments to know this was a prostate exam. If a dummy put you off your food, just change channels for a few minutes. Surely you’ve seen things that put you off your dinner at mealtimes before? Do you always complain?

I’d rather live in a society where people feel zero embarrassment going for a prostate exam or a smear test or a scan of their testicles if it saves lives and raises awareness. Im sure you can put up with changing channels over lunch if thats the biggest thing to deal with today.

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 21:41

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:39

They don't need to feature a fake rectal examination. Seriously, an explanation is sufficient.

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How is that up to you, exactly?

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:39

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 21:35

Their wives and girlfriends and mother's and sisters are, and there's huge value in them knowing more about mens health.

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They don't need to feature a fake rectal examination. Seriously, an explanation is sufficient.

Flyswats · 15/05/2025 21:39

I think it is pretty much universally known that a prostate exam involves a finger up the arse. I don't think you need a rubber dummy arse and a real finger on TV to make it clear to those sitting in the back / those who missed the memo etc.

It was obviously done to shake people up and into talking about it.

Looks like that worked, then.

AliBaliBee1234 · 15/05/2025 21:39

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:33

Men aren't watching Loose Women.

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Lots of men probably have LW on in the house even if it's not them who has chosen to watch it

AliBaliBee1234 · 15/05/2025 21:38

JoyousEagle · 15/05/2025 21:01

I think OP is being slightly disingenuous. I’ve just looked up loose women on YouTube to see if they have a clip from today’s episode, and it looks like it was all male presenters (is that what they do sometimes on LW?) and there was a dr demonstrating a prostate exam. So it wasn’t giggling women poking around for a joke, it was a medical segment talking about what the prostate is and how the exam works

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In that case, YABU OP.

If they were doing a segment on smear tests would you complain?

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 21:35

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:33

Men aren't watching Loose Women.

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Their wives and girlfriends and mother's and sisters are, and there's huge value in them knowing more about mens health.

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:33

CinnamonJellyBeans · 15/05/2025 21:32

OP: A prudish attitude around male medical matters between the naval and the knee is the very reason men are dying needlessly from late-diagnosed testicular, colon and prostate cancer.

Men aren't watching Loose Women.

CinnamonJellyBeans · 15/05/2025 21:32

OP: A prudish attitude around male medical matters between the naval and the knee is the very reason men are dying needlessly from late-diagnosed testicular, colon and prostate cancer.

Gloriia · 15/05/2025 21:31

To raise awareness of any illness is obviously a good idea, this show however is a shrieking gossipy mess even when the men are doing to so probably not the best platform. This Morning doesn't have quite the same level of silliness so would have been a better place to do it.

ClareBlue · 15/05/2025 21:30

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.

Or you could say what really happened, which was a doctor demonstrating how a prostrate examination is carried out on a section about men's health.

nocoolnamesleft · 15/05/2025 21:25

Having two first degree relatives who have survived prostate cancer, increasing awareness seems like a really good idea.

Seamond · 15/05/2025 21:24

Surely it's similar to showing how to do a breast examination

Banmooo · 15/05/2025 21:24

nomas · 15/05/2025 20:46

YANBU. Sounds like digital rape.

That's not a thing that exists, not in UK law anyway.

Plus it was plastic.

And you don't know if the plastic consented.

Btw, a lot of men are really into that.

RabbitsRock · 15/05/2025 21:23

I find Craig Doyle pretty easy on the eye so enjoyed the segment - it wasn’t offensive at all as it was in context plus it was informative for blokes.