Page 2 | AIBU for noticing and comparing the athletes’ *parts* while watching athletics on the BBC? (Lighthearted, please dont come for me, its a friday)

mumofoneAloneandwell · 2026-03-20T20:05:04+00:00

In fact, I'd go full on GB News if they tried to hide them! How will i know who I like best? And yes, I'd also heavily judge a man for doing the same to the female athletes 🤷♀️ Live footage of me ^

gannett · 21/03/2026 10:42

mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 10:38

Eww do they

I dont watch the gymnastics tbh - okay volleyball or tennis

I myself have a crush on sabalenka

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What a woman Sabalenka is. Force of nature.

murasaki · 21/03/2026 10:40

mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 10:38

Eww do they

I dont watch the gymnastics tbh - okay volleyball or tennis

I myself have a crush on sabalenka

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Yes, spangly make up aside, they are very under developed. And very young.

I would judge hard.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 10:38

murasaki · 21/03/2026 10:36

The volley ball, fair enough. I'd judge them for the gymnastics though, they look like little girls.

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Eww do they

I dont watch the gymnastics tbh - okay volleyball or tennis

I myself have a crush on sabalenka

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murasaki · 21/03/2026 10:36

mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 09:54

I'm sure men are doing the same when they watch the gymnastics or volleyball championships 🤭

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The volley ball, fair enough. I'd judge them for the gymnastics though, they look like little girls.

Createausername1970 · 21/03/2026 10:05

If we didn't notice, then human race would die out! Finding someone of the opposite sex attractive is all part of the process.

I completely agree that objectifying the female form got beyond that in recent times and it was right that previous generations stood up to that.

But if it's now getting to the point that you can't admire a person from afar for whatever attribute, and not be able to say so, then it's going too far in the other direction.

Edited to ask if Colin Firth in wet britches was OK because it was literature?

BauhausOfEliott · 21/03/2026 09:57

gannett · 21/03/2026 09:55

MN is a site that largely hates sex.

Much of the time posters get away with framing it as "feminism" because it's easy to call the male sex drive disgusting and deviant. Threads like this expose the fact that they hate the female sex drive just as much.

(I'm right there peering with you, OP, though I wasn't watching the athletics.)

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

BauhausOfEliott · 21/03/2026 09:57

MonsteraDeliciosa · 21/03/2026 08:30

I can’t believe the outrage here!
Yet another thread where the pious are trying to convince us that sexual interest/attraction are bad and wrong; and worse, that you can’t even think what you like in front of your own telly.
How ridiculous and joyless.

Can you imagine an online forum of men discouraging each other from ogling, judging, or sexually evaluating women? It has never happened. It never will.

Agreed.

There’s a really odd core of Mumsnet users who honestly seem to believe that finding male bodies attractive isn’t something nice middle-class women do.

gannett · 21/03/2026 09:55

MonsteraDeliciosa · 21/03/2026 08:30

I can’t believe the outrage here!
Yet another thread where the pious are trying to convince us that sexual interest/attraction are bad and wrong; and worse, that you can’t even think what you like in front of your own telly.
How ridiculous and joyless.

Can you imagine an online forum of men discouraging each other from ogling, judging, or sexually evaluating women? It has never happened. It never will.

MN is a site that largely hates sex.

Much of the time posters get away with framing it as "feminism" because it's easy to call the male sex drive disgusting and deviant. Threads like this expose the fact that they hate the female sex drive just as much.

(I'm right there peering with you, OP, though I wasn't watching the athletics.)

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 09:54

murasaki · 20/03/2026 21:17

It is double standards, but it's almost impossible not to notice. Those suits are unsupportive....

I don't compare though, just giggle occasionally.

I am not proud of this.

I'm sure men are doing the same when they watch the gymnastics or volleyball championships 🤭

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MonsteraDeliciosa · 21/03/2026 09:53

ilovesooty · 21/03/2026 09:30

Noone can stop people thinking what they like. It isn't outrage or piety to think that not everyone shares every passing thought that enters their head though

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This is a chat forum though! It’s for sharing random shit.
You’re allowed to scroll on by if a thread is not to your taste.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 09:52

Farewelltothatid · 20/03/2026 21:12

How is it lighthearted to make fun of people competing in sport.
If someone came along to your place of work and started making fun of you would you consider that lighthearted?

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Making fun of people doing their jobs is British tbh

As long as youre punching up ofc

Have i got news for you, private eye, mock the week, the last leg, the twitter commentary for #thechase, the mumsnet thread for MAFS

Making fun is what we do!

But I wasnt Making fun anyway - I was appreciating and ranking men 🤷‍♀️

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 09:48

brunettemic · 20/03/2026 23:10

I was about to say some of the sprinters are too big for me and then realised how that might come across and now I’ve said it anyway 😂

😄😄 I wont share the photo, but i remember seeing a sprinter with a VERY generous package - no idea how it didnt slow him down tbh!

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 21/03/2026 09:47

ilovesooty · 21/03/2026 09:30

Noone can stop people thinking what they like. It isn't outrage or piety to think that not everyone shares every passing thought that enters their head though

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Why not?

Its an Internet forum to discuss the random shit in our lives and heads?

You dont have to agree, fair enough, but i think I can share any passing thought that enters my head, should it not be bigoted -

(which i dont have - for my love of all things cheeky and gossipy, i'm actually a very inclusive liberal person 🤷‍♀️) -

God forbid a woman try to laugh on a Friday night indoors

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ilovesooty · 21/03/2026 09:30

MonsteraDeliciosa · 21/03/2026 08:30

I can’t believe the outrage here!
Yet another thread where the pious are trying to convince us that sexual interest/attraction are bad and wrong; and worse, that you can’t even think what you like in front of your own telly.
How ridiculous and joyless.

Can you imagine an online forum of men discouraging each other from ogling, judging, or sexually evaluating women? It has never happened. It never will.

Noone can stop people thinking what they like. It isn't outrage or piety to think that not everyone shares every passing thought that enters their head though

MonsteraDeliciosa · 21/03/2026 08:30

I can’t believe the outrage here!
Yet another thread where the pious are trying to convince us that sexual interest/attraction are bad and wrong; and worse, that you can’t even think what you like in front of your own telly.
How ridiculous and joyless.

Can you imagine an online forum of men discouraging each other from ogling, judging, or sexually evaluating women? It has never happened. It never will.

brunettemic · 20/03/2026 23:10

I was about to say some of the sprinters are too big for me and then realised how that might come across and now I’ve said it anyway 😂

BauhausOfEliott · 20/03/2026 22:51

Farewelltothatid · 20/03/2026 21:08

It's not a question of me being offended or disgusted. Or actually me disapproving.

I follow sport and i know about the problems women athletes and competitors have with people being more interested in what they look like than their ability and it's just plain wrong.

And if it's wrong to comment on women's physical appearance when they are going about their sport then it's also plain wrong to comment on men's.

And you defending the OP and this thread says a lot about you.

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I also follow a number of sports. I’m a massive football fan and go to a lot of games at all levels from grassroots to internationals. I also watch boxing, tennis, athletics and cycling.

Commenting on athlete’s individual physical appearances at the match, or when interviewing them on TV, or tweeting at them or in the public domain - absolutely not OK.

Admitting that you notice when people in general - unnamed people - are physically attractive? That’s simply an admission that you’re human.

I know, in my head, exactly which players in my Premier League club I find the most attractive. I also know which players in my more local, lower league side I find the most attractive. I don’t go around yelling “Get your kit off lads” at games or sit there opining to other people about which player has the sexiest thighs. But I absolutely notice the players’ looks, because I’m not asexual. And I’m perfectly happy to admit that because finding human beings physically attractive is nothing to ashamed of.

Muttley1968 · 20/03/2026 22:22

I must confess to finding it impossible to avert my eyes from Nelson Evora many moons ago

ilovesooty · 20/03/2026 21:30

Farewelltothatid · 20/03/2026 21:27

Sorry @ilovesooty.
I misunderstood.

No worries. Easily done and I wasn't 100% clear.

Farewelltothatid · 20/03/2026 21:27

Sorry @ilovesooty.
I misunderstood.

SuzyFandango · 20/03/2026 21:19

Op i don't think you deserve the roasting. I mean come on the diving?!

murasaki · 20/03/2026 21:17

It is double standards, but it's almost impossible not to notice. Those suits are unsupportive....

I don't compare though, just giggle occasionally.

I am not proud of this.

ilovesooty · 20/03/2026 21:14

Farewelltothatid · 20/03/2026 21:12

How is it lighthearted to make fun of people competing in sport.
If someone came along to your place of work and started making fun of you would you consider that lighthearted?

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I didn't mean I consider it lighthearted ( though I think it was the OP's intention). I meant of course it's double standards.

I don't think it's funny and I agree with you.

Farewelltothatid · 20/03/2026 21:12

ilovesooty · 20/03/2026 20:34

Of course it is.

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How is it lighthearted to make fun of people competing in sport.
If someone came along to your place of work and started making fun of you would you consider that lighthearted?

Farewelltothatid · 20/03/2026 21:08

BauhausOfEliott · 20/03/2026 20:44

Just because you don’t approve, that doesn’t mean it isn’t lighthearted. Of course you’re entitled to be offended or disgusted, but that doesn’t make the intent behind it one of anything but levity.

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It's not a question of me being offended or disgusted. Or actually me disapproving.

I follow sport and i know about the problems women athletes and competitors have with people being more interested in what they look like than their ability and it's just plain wrong.

And if it's wrong to comment on women's physical appearance when they are going about their sport then it's also plain wrong to comment on men's.

And you defending the OP and this thread says a lot about you.