Only knickers in the Co-op

I'm a boomer, 1948 vintage. If you want to be shocked investigate the 1960s topless dress craze, imagine a dress with a plunging back worn back to front, I kid you not!
Very short skirts were sometimes referred to as pubic pelmets, luckily my chunky legs prevented me from going more than 4 or 5 inches above the knee and that included my wedding dress!

My parents wedding album is hilarious
They got married in 1971
All three of my Dad sisters are wearing miniskirts in fact one of them is wearing what looks like hot pants
My paternal grandmother who was only about 54 was wearing an outfit that put a good 20 years on here
And the men all sported moustaches .

I'm a boomer, 1948 vintage. If you want to be shocked investigate the 1960s topless dress craze, imagine a dress with a plunging back worn back to front, I kid you not!
Very short skirts were sometimes referred to as pubic pelmets, luckily my chunky legs prevented me from going more than 4 or 5 inches above the knee and that included my wedding dress!

Just look at the stairs, that’s where you should be looking for safety anyway.

The poster is 61 so born mid 1960’s. I doubt she would remember the mini skirt ‘fuss’.

I didn’t say men should look away, I said anyone can look away.

I agree that women being sold the lie that being naked is empowering is hugely damaging but it really is easy for both men and women to look away.

So many women here describing in fetish like detail about women’s arse cheeks jiggling or whatever, it sounds like they enjoy it. Just look away, look at your phone.

... Teenagers were changing all that, though. Some images are 1940s.

The boys weren’t swearing. But they didn’t need to be n the graveyard making elderly people feel threatened. I knew the boys and believe me they got told their behaviour was unacceptable. Stop changing the context and trying to throw it back on me.

OP didn’t specify when this took place. The weather here has been spring like but still quite cold and windy. It doesn’t seem to deter the teens because as soon as the sun comes out the skimpy outfits appear.

Did you tell the boys off for swearing too?

Wow, it's one thing checking that your outfit passes muster when off to the opera or a fancy restaurant; but imagine having to stand there checking whether you're dressed enough to go into your local convenience store!

I suppose the only thing might be that, technically, according to that notice, you're not allowed in if you're wearing jeans or other full-length trousers. I guess it should be obvious that that is perfectly fine; but then, if they need to tell people in the first place, it's probably not safe to assume that anything along those lines is obvious...

Even so, it will still likely fail, as the first rule of signs is that the only people who ever notice or bother to read them are those for whom no sign was ever needed in the first place.

I’ve never said private parts shouldn’t be covered. Why do you think that’s my opinion?

Because lots of people on this thread have been saying about the frequent unwelcome sightings of women and girls showing off their bums in public, and you've been doggedly asserting that nobody should feel they have the right to tell anybody that they shouldn't be doing this.

And yes, I know that bums are not genitals, but they are commonly considered private parts of the body; even tiny little children know about the Pants Rule, where nobody (other than parents/carers/doctors) should see or touch any part of your body that is covered by your briefs.

It’s very difficult not to see when they’re going upstairs in the bus. I imagine it’s difficult for school teachers too!

Just look at the stairs, that’s where you should be looking for safety anyway.

I'm of the opinion that everybody should dress in public so that those parts are not on display, as a basic standard of decency. If you don't think that private parts should be covered in public, then of course you're entitled to your opinion.

I’ve never said private parts shouldn’t be covered. Why do you think that’s my opinion?

Yes, there are laws against this, but there are laws against lots of things that never seem to be enforced. It doesn't help when people who do raise a concern are called ridiculous, voyeurs and are blamed for 'looking'.
And how on earth would you go about reporting somebody walking through the street indecently dressed, when they would be long gone by the time the police arrived (the same police who say they don't have time to turn up for shoplifters)?

You can report people breaching public decency laws in the same way you report flashers.

Again, I have repeatedly said that I’m a conservative dresser who wears full sleeved, ankle length, crew neck clothing. I just don’t buy the view that you can’t look away from scantily clad women’s bodies and the derogatory way people talk about women’s bodies is jarring. You absolutely can look away.

Just saw this hot weather dress code sign at my local Co-Op and instantly thought of this thread 😆

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Surely walking around showing almost everything comes under a public decency offence?

Just saw this hot weather dress code sign at my local Co-Op and instantly thought of this thread 😆

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Just seen similar in Chester railway station, young girl wearing what looked like a pair of black knickers and holey fishnet tights, arse cheeks on display, I was stunned!

Thank goodness the Bible doesn't say anything about looking at men lustfully or I'd have to give myself 50 lashes 😂