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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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AhhhSchtop · 28/06/2026 22:41

I was at the Harry Styles concert at Wembley few nights ago. Approx 95% female audience. About half the young women and girls were wearing extremely revealing outfits, including loads and loads of sequin hot pants, tiny denim shorts with arse cheeks on display and bikini tops (it was hot!).

I don’t think any of it was for ‘the male gaze’. Just youngsters having fun with fashion.

PyongyangKipperbang · 28/06/2026 22:39

In the 60's there was outcry at the shortness of the mini skirts so many young women were wearing. Same in the 20's from older women still in Victorian fashions and so on.

Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose!

AurielleBaies · 28/06/2026 22:38

HumberSquid · 28/06/2026 22:33

I dont see why we have to support every stupid thing women may choose to wear, or double standard they choose to promote.

You don’t have to like or support what people wear, but there’s a difference between opinion and calling young women ‘disgusting’ or using sexualised insults, as some people have on this thread. That’s the point being made.

LaughingCat · 28/06/2026 22:38

ThatCyanCat · 28/06/2026 22:34

I actually don't think that, generally, they are trying to look sexually provocative. I think they are trying to look fashionable. Being revealing has an edge to it but I think it's more about the style, such as it is, than provocation.

I never had my arse out in the street or on the beach but I did sometimes wear stuff like a Wonderbra under a lace top or a top done up with only lacing at the sides. I realised boys might like it and it would help if I was on the pull but it was more about trying to look sophisticated and cool. And failing, but still, that was the intention.

Wonderbra under a lace top! Paired with a tartan, pleated mini-skirt or hipsters that showed the top of your thong…oh my god, you’ve properly taken me back. I really did think I looked sophisticated too 😂

It’s ‘fashion’. It’ll pass.

PintofFizz · 28/06/2026 22:37

Isittimeformynapyet · 28/06/2026 22:33

You are the first ever person to come up with that 😂. Good work 👏🏻

It was at the cycle track though, wasn't it, the café?

No, I just made it up for effect because I wanted to make the comparison with the mums in lycra point.

I've never been to a cycle track. Couldn't bear all the MAMILS comparing times and wearing those goat shoes they do.

Don't take life so seriously.

ThatCyanCat · 28/06/2026 22:34

Noodleschicken · 28/06/2026 22:29

Yes I agree. I find it really hard to see young girls walking around with this provocative look - I feel a natural urge to cover them up!

I actually don't think that, generally, they are trying to look sexually provocative. I think they are trying to look fashionable. Being revealing has an edge to it but I think it's more about the style, such as it is, than provocation.

I never had my arse out in the street or on the beach but I did sometimes wear stuff like a Wonderbra under a lace top or a top done up with only lacing at the sides. I realised boys might like it and it would help if I was on the pull but it was more about trying to look sophisticated and cool. And failing, but still, that was the intention.

Marmalademorning · 28/06/2026 22:33

Two2TooAlsoToToward · 28/06/2026 22:31

I actually haven’t seen one woman wearing these; only girls. Children. In the 13-16 age bracket.

I have unfortunately. I was with my 9 year old daughter behind a woman in the checkout queue at The Range who looked in her 30s wearing them.

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 28/06/2026 22:33

PancakeCloud · 28/06/2026 20:43

If you don’t like it, don’t look.

How can any of us ‘not look’? I don’t want to see a girl’s underarse any more then I want to see a male’s arse crack but if they are hanging out I don’t have a choice! How do you suggest we move around the streets with our eyes closed?

Isittimeformynapyet · 28/06/2026 22:33

PintofFizz · 28/06/2026 22:24

I think it's definitely time for your nap.

You are the first ever person to come up with that 😂. Good work 👏🏻

It was at the cycle track though, wasn't it, the café?

Triskellion75 · 28/06/2026 22:33

I'm not a massive fan of arse cheeks on display but I did see the most gorgeous young woman in sporty shorts (not micro shorts) the other day. That figure was proof of God's existence I can tell you.

HumberSquid · 28/06/2026 22:33

AurielleBaies · 28/06/2026 22:25

I thought we’d moved to a place where women support each other more, but reading this feels like that’s still not always the case.

I dont see why we have to support every stupid thing women may choose to wear, or double standard they choose to promote.

HangingOver · 28/06/2026 22:32

VickyEadie · 28/06/2026 20:54

Driving in Tesco car park on Friday, we found ourselves behind a woman wearing a teeny pleated skirt. We could see her bum cheeks below the hem (she was a stocky young woman, and there was quite a bit of bum visible) and both my partner (female) and I (ditto) exclaimed "I don't think she's wearing pants!"

She suddenly leaned over the trolley her bloke was pushing and we could see she was wearing a thong.

To those saying "Don't look" - I couldn't close my eyes, I was driving.

My opinion - it's not appropriate in public.

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I think OF has infiltrated social media to the extent where this is normal now. Some of the most high profile OF girls have massive female followings.

PintofFizz · 28/06/2026 22:32

AurielleBaies · 28/06/2026 22:30

but why does anyone care?!

If nobody cared we'd all walk the streets naked. It's what it is to be human to care what we and others wear. It always has been and is likely to be for the foreseeable future.

sweatymessi · 28/06/2026 22:32

FrangipaniBlue · 28/06/2026 22:31

i can say with much confidence that people don’t defacate or urinate from their ass cheeks either.

That would be more of a leakage scenario or bad wiping technique

FrangipaniBlue · 28/06/2026 22:31

Ilovegolf · 28/06/2026 21:47

Because, in general, people don’t defecate or urinate from “naked legs or naked arms”

i can say with much confidence that people don’t defacate or urinate from their ass cheeks either.

Marmalademorning · 28/06/2026 22:31

PancakeCloud · 28/06/2026 20:43

If you don’t like it, don’t look.

Stupid comment ⬆️

Two2TooAlsoToToward · 28/06/2026 22:31

shuggles · 28/06/2026 21:27

There's no evidence that women wearing revealing clothes causes paedophilia.

I actually haven’t seen one woman wearing these; only girls. Children. In the 13-16 age bracket.

indigorising · 28/06/2026 22:31

Just wish someone would finish the job and walk the high street naked. It’s as though young women and girls are egging each other on. Perhaps a positive outcome would be to desexualise the female body.

Jollyhockeystickss · 28/06/2026 22:30

I just think have they had a shower or a bath before they put them on! #skidmarks

AurielleBaies · 28/06/2026 22:30

PintofFizz · 28/06/2026 22:29

Either that or people just don't want to look at other people's arses cheeks in Greggs.

but why does anyone care?!

LaughingCat · 28/06/2026 22:30

PintofFizz · 28/06/2026 22:29

Either that or people just don't want to look at other people's arses cheeks in Greggs.

To be fair, I feel like I’ve seen many builders bums bent over to pick up a 4 pack of sausage rolls in Greggs.

sweatymessi · 28/06/2026 22:30

AurielleBaies · 28/06/2026 22:25

I thought we’d moved to a place where women support each other more, but reading this feels like that’s still not always the case.

Can we question why these particular items become trendy or why cosmetic surgery is on the rise? Or is that unsupportive?

JudgeJ · 28/06/2026 22:29

MrsTerryPratchett · 28/06/2026 20:44

I hate it. But I also think women should wear what they like. But I also think it’s for the male gaze. But I also… what can you do?

Women often say they can wear what they like but still object to flabby men going shirtless, builders crack jeans etc etc.

Noodleschicken · 28/06/2026 22:29

BurnoutBee · 28/06/2026 22:18

Hard agree. My daughters 14 and is simply not allowed to wear these shorts knickers outside of the house. I don’t even care if that sounds like I’m from the Victorian age. I am 37 years old. I saw one of her peers in Aldi and yes my eyes nearly popped out of my head. I mean I have eyes. I can’t not see! 👀.

Yes I agree. I find it really hard to see young girls walking around with this provocative look - I feel a natural urge to cover them up!

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PintofFizz · 28/06/2026 22:29

AurielleBaies · 28/06/2026 22:25

I thought we’d moved to a place where women support each other more, but reading this feels like that’s still not always the case.

Either that or people just don't want to look at other people's arses cheeks in Greggs.