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WTF was he wearing?!

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BengalBangle · 14/04/2026 18:26

I passed a man earlier (maybe 45 to 50), who was wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words "I'm not a gynecologist [sic], but I'll take a look anyway".

AIBU to think this is arrantly classless, misogynistic in reducing women to mere vulvas and that you'd have you'd have to be a prick to own such a monstrosity, never mind wear it out in public?!

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Lilyhatesjaz · 15/04/2026 08:21

20 odd years ago I went to pick up a friend I had met through baby group from her home and her husband was wearing that grim t shirt, maybe he only wore it in his own house but he still went down in my estimation I had previously liked him.

Putyourownlifejacketonfirst · 15/04/2026 08:20

Worst one ever, seen in Asda on a 30ish year old man. Stop screaming don’t turn this rape into a murder.

SoIf · 15/04/2026 08:18

Years ago during a very hot summer, I was walking around a market and there was guy in front of me walking around topless and he had a massive tattoo on his back of an open legged woman showing her tuppence. Plus another on his arm of a woman bending forward and it was equally explicit and gross.

At least with a t-shirt he can take it off. I remember thinking what woman will find that idiot attractive!!

Bikergran · 15/04/2026 08:07

There are companies selling millions of such crass garments. The one that got me was seeing a deeply unattractive man wearing a T-shirt that said "This shirt would look good on your bedroom floor".........whilst out for the day with his wife and kids..🤔

Youdontseehow · 15/04/2026 08:06

Renamedyetagain · 15/04/2026 06:48

I remember being about 21 (25 years ago) on a bus in Australia and feeling a bit wtf at a guy wearing a t-shirt which said "Real Men Eat P*ssy"

It's sad, desperate, attention seeking behaviour

I saw one in the wild in Australia too - a man in a restaurant with his wife and daughters (looked about 8 and 10) and he’s wearing a t shirt with a cockerel on it with the words “I’ve got a massive cock”. Even by male Australian standards, it was revolting.

DH recently-divorced friend came to ours one day during his post-divorce “new life” wearing a t shirt with just a picture of a woman in stockings and suspenders bent over - knowing we had a teenage DD - he got short shrift from me, sent home and told he could “come back when he wasn’t a dick”. He never wore anything like that again - saddest bit was, he is one of DH’s really decent friends, who I probably like the most, so it just highlights the everyday casual misogyny that seems acceptable.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 15/04/2026 07:58

SmallBox · 15/04/2026 07:55

When I worked in a pub in my 20s there was a guy who would come in wearing a t-shirt saying 'it's not gonna suck itself'. So gross.

Factually correct though I guess…

SmallBox · 15/04/2026 07:55

When I worked in a pub in my 20s there was a guy who would come in wearing a t-shirt saying 'it's not gonna suck itself'. So gross.

notacooldad · 15/04/2026 07:51

That’s disgusting. What sort of parent would want their child wearing that?
Actually I can think of a few that would find it hilarious.
I agree it's a very grim slogan.

Loloblue · 15/04/2026 07:49

WormHoleInSpace · 14/04/2026 20:20

It's better than the t-shirt a saw a little girl of about 5 or 6 wearing a few weeks ago

Daddy's sexy kitten 🤢

What!!???

Imisscoffee2021 · 15/04/2026 07:49

In a way its good for us all that he is actually advertising his misogyny and creepiness, can avoid immediately!

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 15/04/2026 07:49

Could you please point out where in my post I said it was okay to criticise women but not men?

I said ADULTS. I don’t condone it being done to men or women and the fact that one person is still clutching their pearls 20 years later is almost laughable.

Forestgreenblue · 15/04/2026 07:49

Can’t stand slogan or novelty T-shirts on men.

Once went on a date with someone who was wearing a tshirt with cartoon sperm and some sort of slogan on it - I can’t remember what it said - perhaps I’ve blocked it out as trauma 😂

Why on earth would you wear anything like that on a first date!!!! 🤮 it was back in the day where men wore shirts and trousers to nightclubs so he had been well dressed when I had met him

I declined a second date - purely based on his dreadful dress sense!!

BillStickersWillBeProsocuted · 15/04/2026 07:44

Reminds me of being at a family party and friend of someone who tagged along was wearnig a T-Shirt that said "nice legs, what time do they open?"

I remember at the time wondering who that was supposed to be for!

nomas · 15/04/2026 07:44

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 15/04/2026 07:43

Policing the clothing of grown adults - weird. It’s fine to disapprove but surely you just get on with your day?

There’s a whole thread of people policing women’s clothing right now.

But policing men’s clothing is a no no of course.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 15/04/2026 07:43

Policing the clothing of grown adults - weird. It’s fine to disapprove but surely you just get on with your day?

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 15/04/2026 07:43

I opened the thread thinking it can’t be that bad but wow think that’s one of the worse T-shirt slogans ever but at least women know to avoid him

nomas · 15/04/2026 07:33

MinnieMountain · 15/04/2026 05:30

I believe the "sexy" thing. DH's cousin was a TA in a school with a Barbara (not actual first name) May Swallow. Her parents thought it was funny.

I hope she ditched the second name as soon as she could.

And if my parents had done that deliberately, I would have no qualms about changing my entire name, including surname.

nomas · 15/04/2026 07:31

WormHoleInSpace · 14/04/2026 20:20

It's better than the t-shirt a saw a little girl of about 5 or 6 wearing a few weeks ago

Daddy's sexy kitten 🤢

🤮🤮🤮

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 15/04/2026 07:30

Makes me wearing FCUK T-shirts back in the day tame. Only joking!

Bettyfromhomeroom · 15/04/2026 07:30

Lemonfrost · 14/04/2026 23:03

Does anyone remember those awful T shirts that had FBI on them and then, in smaller letters, ‘Female Body Inspector’?

I literally have a photo of myself at about 10 years old wearing a baseball cap with this on it. Apparently I was desperate for the hat and my mum thought it was hilarious to let me wear it! 😒

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 15/04/2026 07:29

Weirdo. Ugh

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 15/04/2026 07:29

He’s wearing it - you aren’t. You don’t have to like it as he’s a total stranger. He’s an adult,

I do however remember seeing a child of about 10 with a t-shirt which said ‘porn star’. That is horrible and shocking.

swallowthelightonthestairs · 15/04/2026 07:26

I've seen some absolutely horrific ones over the years (particularly at festivals) but I generally associate them more with Noughties lad/"bantz" culture.

It's always amazed me how many women didn't seem to mind them, though. Perhaps it betrays a certain amount of "cheeky" confidence on behalf of the wearer? I dunno.

Sugarsugarcane · 15/04/2026 07:26

WormHoleInSpace · 14/04/2026 20:20

It's better than the t-shirt a saw a little girl of about 5 or 6 wearing a few weeks ago

Daddy's sexy kitten 🤢

What the hell!!!! 😭

NormasArse · 15/04/2026 07:18

These T-shirts are useful- they show you who to avoid.