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Bums hanging out of the bottom of teeny tiny shorts

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Noodleschicken · 28/06/2026 20:42

Don’t know if this really AIBU or a question!
AIBU to think that shorts have become way too short ?
I have seen a LOT of girls in shorts today - with their bum cheeks hanging out the bottom ! Personally I wouldn’t let my daughter out like that. And I wouldn’t were them myself (I would give everyone nightmares !).
so what’s the consensus on bums hanging out of shorts ?

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SmoothPorridgeOats · 29/06/2026 13:17

PyongyangKipperbang · 29/06/2026 00:07

I am not offended, just digusted with the implications of the question.

And on a public forum anyone can answer, you must be new to this.

Disgusted? 😂 what on earth for?

You must be new to this. I think you need a lie down. What's wrong with asking if someone else (not you) if you're attracted to a group of people or not? I didn't even ask you yet you decided to get terminally offended disgusted.

SummerPunch · 29/06/2026 12:52

I saw people walking along the beach esplanade in thong bikinis. They looked like they had bare bums. It looked silly

lightseeker · 29/06/2026 12:49

It's really not a good look and I don't know why shops are selling these shorts. It's not even flattering for the slimmest person with super-toned slim thighs but, my god, I've seen some sights around London these last few weeks. Tight denim micro shorts like this aren't even comfortable for women whose legs are rubbing together. They're waddling along - why? It just looks awful, sorry.

Two2TooAlsoToToward · 29/06/2026 12:41

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 12:29

She obviously did leave a few steps empty or the wouldnt have been arse to face. Are you seriously suggesting that we should leave half escalator modesty gaps now? How about those with their arses on display use the lift?

That will do a wonder for the congestion in the tube, eh? If every traveller leaves a gap of of 10 steps on all escalators and stairwells in the tube.

nomas · 29/06/2026 12:40

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 12:29

She obviously did leave a few steps empty or the wouldnt have been arse to face. Are you seriously suggesting that we should leave half escalator modesty gaps now? How about those with their arses on display use the lift?

If she had left a few steps clear, her face wouldn’t have been in a girl’s butt cheeks.

That doesn’t need half an escalator’s space.

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 12:29

nomas · 29/06/2026 12:27

Why did you get so close? Why not leave a few steps empty?

She obviously did leave a few steps empty or the wouldnt have been arse to face. Are you seriously suggesting that we should leave half escalator modesty gaps now? How about those with their arses on display use the lift?

nomas · 29/06/2026 12:27

Two2TooAlsoToToward · 29/06/2026 12:24

True. I would NOT want to be following a man up the tube escalator whose hairy butt cheeks were in my face (as I did with a girl’s bum cheeks in my face whilst leaving the tube yesterday).

Why did you get so close? Why not leave a few steps empty?

Two2TooAlsoToToward · 29/06/2026 12:24

CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone · 28/06/2026 22:45

For the same reason that we feel it's ok to criticise what men wear, or don't wear....

According to one PP upthread apparently the reason women dress like this is : men : so we're not really criticising women at all.

True. I would NOT want to be following a man up the tube escalator whose hairy butt cheeks were in my face (as I did with a girl’s bum cheeks in my face whilst leaving the tube yesterday).

EmeraldShamrock000 · 29/06/2026 11:51

likelysuspect · 29/06/2026 11:25

Theres usually signs in shops and pubs etc about topless men, men having to wear shirts/t shirts whatever

You never see the same messages solely aimed at women.

I have never come across a topless woman who has her breasts out anywhere but the beach.
Shops shouldn’t have to display the sign, it should be crime to walk around topless, including while driving a van.

henlake7 · 29/06/2026 11:50

It doesnt really bothered me....I think its coz those teeny shorts just remind me of the PE pants we were forced to wear at school (esp black shorts).
I cant imagine a less sexy item of clothing!😆

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 29/06/2026 11:50

I’ve seen a lot of young girls in teeny tiny shorts in our town centre recently. I can’t say I would ever have wanted dds to dress like that, but if the girls are very young and very slim - as TBH most of those I’ve seen are - I don’t think it looks too bad,

Call me fat shaming if you like, but IMO fat girls dressing like this should be
very tactfully advised to wear something more flattering.

SwatTheTwit · 29/06/2026 11:41

I don’t like it but I think they just look really out of place where I live. I see them as more of a seaside/beach day outfit.

Saying that I’ve seen highschoolers roll up their skirts just as short. No one needs to see your tights gusset.

ThatCyanCat · 29/06/2026 11:37

likelysuspect · 29/06/2026 11:25

Theres usually signs in shops and pubs etc about topless men, men having to wear shirts/t shirts whatever

You never see the same messages solely aimed at women.

I have personally never ever seen a woman totally topless on the high street or city centre on a hot day (though I have seen the arses out thing that makes Daisy Dukes look like a kimono). I guess once it becomes an issue, shops and pubs will address it.

likelysuspect · 29/06/2026 11:25

narcASD · 29/06/2026 00:21

I don't like it, no need for everyone to see your arse, same with topless men, put it away

Theres usually signs in shops and pubs etc about topless men, men having to wear shirts/t shirts whatever

You never see the same messages solely aimed at women.

nomas · 29/06/2026 11:01

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 10:58

OK do you agree that men should be able to display as much of their backside and genitals as women in public then?

What a weird take.Have you missed that the post I was responding to was espousing a double standard?

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 10:58

nomas · 29/06/2026 10:56

I’m questioning the double standards here, not my likes and dislikes.

OK do you agree that men should be able to display as much of their backside and genitals as women in public then?

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 10:56

MyPurpleHeart · 29/06/2026 10:38

Each to their own, women should be able to wear whatever they want.

It makes me uncomfortable when its kids and pre teens. Our local school hasn't banned them for some reason and when I'm driving to or from work I'm met with a lot of underage bum cheeks.

But thats more of a parenting issue than anything else

Is it ok for men to wear whatever they want too? Even if they decide they'd like to share those parts of their bodies with the general public?

nomas · 29/06/2026 10:56

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 10:55

Are you ok with men displaying their sweaty arses?

I’m questioning the double standards here, not my likes and dislikes.

HumberSquid · 29/06/2026 10:55

nomas · 29/06/2026 10:54

Why are you fine with seeing a man’s sweaty chest but not a girl’s sweaty thighs?

Are you ok with men displaying their sweaty arses?

nomas · 29/06/2026 10:54

JudgeJ · 29/06/2026 10:02

Why, just for being men? Why is it OK to criticise male clothing choices but not female? The MN hypocrisy bus is on the road again!

Why are you fine with seeing a man’s sweaty chest but not a girl’s sweaty thighs?

Beamsss · 29/06/2026 10:54

ENGLANDalltheway · 29/06/2026 10:45

In the 1970's people weren't so obese

This is true. Very overweight young people seem happy to wear revealing clothes now, when they (the few) would have kept well covered back then.....which is a good thing?

ENGLANDalltheway · 29/06/2026 10:45

Beamsss · 29/06/2026 10:03

1970s hot pants often did reveal bum cheeks.

In the 1970's people weren't so obese

ENGLANDalltheway · 29/06/2026 10:43

ExtraOnions · 28/06/2026 20:48

Good for them, if only I had the body and the youth.

Young women have been pushing these kind of boundaries since Mary Quant gave us the miniskirt

Many of them don't. Recent festival size 22 backsides with rolls of fat looked awful, imagine the knee and hip problems in 20 or 30 years.

MyPurpleHeart · 29/06/2026 10:38

Each to their own, women should be able to wear whatever they want.

It makes me uncomfortable when its kids and pre teens. Our local school hasn't banned them for some reason and when I'm driving to or from work I'm met with a lot of underage bum cheeks.

But thats more of a parenting issue than anything else

genbs · 29/06/2026 10:24

VanessaFence · 29/06/2026 08:23

I hear this argument being made a lot but it just doesn't match up with my experience at all. I used to get cat called all the time as a young girl and it definitely correlated with what I was wearing. I remember wearing my pube-skimming low rise jeans back in the day and getting hollered at by men in cars 3 times in a ten minute walk. It was only then that I realised they might be a bit revealing.

I got cat called last year for the first time in about 10 years (you can imagine my shock). Got home and realised my top had gone see through in the wash.

Of course women should be able to wear what they want but we're being dishonest to young girls if we tell them it makes no difference.

Do you find it acceptable for a 60+ man to ogle a 14 year old in normal not tight, not very short summer shorts? I saw it with my own eyes. Yuck what a perv.