Disgusted at this advertisement on a bus (photo included)

I had some black stilettos like that in 1987. Would love to know who signed off that ad because it’s in a time warp.
I don’t object to the legs though

It’s an odd choice for 2025.

I have always thought this

😄😄 no not that long

Can't say it bothers me @Kerry71 It's just a pair of legs with some nice shoes on the feet!

very dated

It's outdated and weird, and it's pretty easy to fall over in trainers if the bus jolts. Surprised this got past a modern marketing team, assuming it did

No as in transgender you know as some would say chick with a dick.

@Kerry71 would you of created this thread if it had been a picture of a man's pair of legs in shorts ?

It's just sensible advice , bus drivers ( on the whole ) are very good at their job but other muppets mean that sometimes they have to slam their anchors on. So its safer to stay seated

You must be a right bundle of laughs..

it’s a pair of legs,get over it.Hardly something to be disgusted by.Its not like it’s an arse hanging out!

It is an information poster - the point is to get people to look at it.

A pair of legs in tracky bottoms or suit trousers or jeans is not going to get people looking at it.

A nice shapely pair of legs in high heels, is.

If you've an issue with that, I really don't know what to tell you - billions of women around the world go to work with their lower halves dressed exactly like that. If it is disgusting to you, thats a 'you' problem.

If you're annoyed or upset that people will be more inclined to look at a nice pair of ladies legs... thats human nature, what do you suggest is the solution?

It reminds me of :

You get more leg room in an Allegra

Since the 1980s?

'A trans'. Like 'a homeless' on Brass Eye. I despair.

They're not selling anything?

It's a picture of an unidentified person's calves and knee and shoes (who could be male, as pointed out)

The skirt could be longer and rode up, could be the saggiest pair of shorts, most sack like dress...

I wouldn't even say they were wearing tights

There's nothing sexualised here

Friend of my uncles was eyeing up who he thought was a woman leg's in a short skirt. So he turned his car around so he could see him/her from the front and realised they were a trans.😂😂😂

The style of the skirt we can't see....

I just thought professional commuter . Didn’t assume there was a short skirt. Think it’s a stereotype of a powerful business
women . Not offensive at all

Most of the time I wear boots and cargo shorts. Sometimes I wear very high heels with very short skirts. Sometimes when I do that I get the bus, and yes I should wait til the bus is stopped to get up, or I might end up on my arse! That woman (or otherwise!) is a lot more demure than me at a club!

Is the solution to the problems that come with sexualisation of women really to pretend that women who wear heels and skirts don't exist?! To erase them from every image? That thought makes me much more uncomfortable than an advert with a pair of legs!

My message would be 'women can dress how they like, we should see a diverse representation of women in the media, and no matter how they dress, sexual assault and harassment is not okay', not 'don't show women's bodies because it's inappropriate'.

YABU

I sometimes despair a little at some of the stuff people choose to wear but I cant get worked up about a woman wearing a skirt that shows mainly the lower half of her legs and a smart pair of heels. Are you only happy if women wear trousers or long skirts and only flat shoes?

Um, some women like to wear those things?

Why are women encouraged (through marketing and advertising) to wear stuff that shows off and exaggerates parts of their bodies? Think sheer tights, short skirts, high heels... There's no practical reason. It's a sexualised image. If you can't see that, you are part of the problem.

This thread 🙄

It is legs. To be fair, if it had to be a pair of legs that most represented the area the bus is in, where I live it would be joggers, trainers, walking frame and an ankle tag.

Yeah it does look aggressively 80s. Even the style of shoe and skirt. I'm guessing the art director at the agency is either crap or about 78 years old.