WTF (potentially upsetting photo)

[Wellthisunexpected]

This came up on an advert for wish on Facebook.

AIBU to think wtf?

The potty thing on her waist !! It's ridiculous I'll give you that !

I think you need to link the other thread because this makes no sense without it. Its a kids bum and its on a hip carrier.

However, as this is a taat i suspect deletion soon.

I cannot see a strap. All I see is bum crack!

Oh yes I can see now it is just a bum. Luckily, given DS’ preference for nudity when indoors, I do not find small children’s bumcracks upsetting.

Upsetting? Doesn't take much to upset you. Ffs

I get you, OP. Yes it is just a bum, and if this was an advert for nappies, or sudocrem or something then that would not seem odd.

But a bare arse is not necessary to demonstrate what this product does. Pp have said upthread that these Chinese split pants are less common now anyway so why couldn't the child just be in normal trousers?

In 2018, i don't think manafacturers and retailers need to ration photos do they?

OP they're not crotchless panties, calm down 😂

Split crotch pants are common in China. TBH, they make me feel uneasy too but that's my western association with such a garment. It's absolutely not a sexual thing there, it is so that very small children can easily go to the toilet. It's not considered degrading for a young child to have their bits visible as lets face it, children that age don't care.

Most of the products on Wish come from Chinese sellers and it wouldn't occur to many people there that a photo like this may cause alarm any more than a western person would consider it controversial to include a model baby in a product photo wearing a nappy.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??? It’s a kid’s arse. They are split pants (worn a lot in, you know, other countries). Get a grip. Or don’t ever leave your house. Turn of your internet, board up your windows, and eliminate communication completely (see what I did there?).

Honestly I doubt they were chosen on purpose! It's just a perfectly normal piece of clothing for a young child like you might see a western child in a combination of a nappy and a t-shirt. Why not wear trousers? Well why would it occur to the photographer to make a child "cover up" if what the child is wearing does not seem in the slightest bit unusual to them?

It's not a candid, incidental photo though either. It's a staged photoshoot. Everything about it will have been done on purpose

I’m struggling to see what is wrong

Not for a cheap product. The product will have been chosen of course, but not necessarily the outfits of the adult and child model. They may well have just borrowed someone's wife and child and not thought about what they were wearing.

Multinational companies with marketing budgets and proper photoshoots do not usually advertise on Wish.

I didn’t notice anything until I read the comments so I went and looked again.

I’m still not sure it’s actually the child’s bum - although if it is, I’m not in the least bit bothered - it looks to me as if the trousers have a print on them of one of characters from “Angry Birds”, and that the bit along the back seam is the beak.

I had a seat like that, think it was called a Hippy-Chick. But you wore it to the side, not on the front. Much better on your back than carrying a child on your hip.

(missed point)

This advert was actually part of an advertising standards complaint that was upheld. Facebook said they wouldn’t show the ad again as it violated their policies

www.asa.org.uk/rulings/contextlogic-inc-a17-406522.html

@BertieBotts is a sensible voice on this thread.

I love how the deliberately obtuse pile on.

It's obvious why the OP might be surprised if they are unaware of split pants in China.

While bare bums are common in nappy adverts, I'd be surprised to see trousers like this being ok in western adverts.

The trousers are a great idea, much more hygienic than nappies!

Of course they are. (No thought to how they are used). Why don't you start a campaign to get them over here

Well since the advert has been ruled as inappropriate and violating standards then I think the OP has a point, even though she's also pointed out that it doesn't bother her so much, but she's noticed that others can be of a more sensitive disposition.

I didn't know about the split trousers in China - good to know about that bit of cultural difference! - but I don't see that they needed to show the kid's bare bottom on the carry-seat.

I agree ThumbWitchesAbroad it’s just not necessary to advertise a child’s carry seat.