Do you find this offensive?

[Besswess88]

Someone posted this in a group I am in, and I find it really offensive AIBU?!

@Besswess88

I didn’t think my Jim’ll Fix It comment was funny.

But you still think that it wasn’t offensive.

If you really are offended by a bit of smut you need to lie down in a darkened room. Adults can cope with things like this!

Is there some context behind why someone posted it in your Online group. Hey folks this is hilarious, or hey folks look at this shit postcard from yonder.
What is the focus of the online group feminism, recipe sharing, British seaside humour collective ?

Not remotely offensive as looks like work from 1960's, an era long gone.

What REALLY offended me was ''Human Zoos'' programme where Aboriginal peoples were fooled into becoming part of a Circus Act.

Heartbreaking...Never knew it happened.

If you are going to get upset about the past's standards, a silly postcard is a bit ridiculous. Hurt no one.

I think it's a bit dated and tacky and I don't find it that funny but it doesn't offend me.

It's a sixties sea side postcard, which should have gone the way of coal fires and measles. If you have large breasts, some men think you're asking for it.
Big boobs! Smirk, smirk.

It's a bit 1970's humour. I don't find it funny.

Find it tasteless and revolting rather than funny but not really offensive

I have explained the reason for my Jim”ll Fix It comment which was in reply to someone longing to go back to the 70s where it was legal to rape your wife, domestic abuse was considered something we should put up with and people turned a blind eye to “kiddy fiddlers”.

I found that pretty offensive that someone would long to be back in those days.

@NewlyGranny

It's vulgar and outdated. Who posts this stuff in 2021?

No-ne for a few weeks!

I find if pretty offensive what a mockery you’re making out of genuine sexism.

I would imagine someone older posted it and if anyone objected they'd be called a snowflake.

Perhaps you need to get out more.

@Pyewhacket

Perhaps you need to get out more.

This, if this is the worst thing to encounter in a day, it’s a good day.

It's shit, but it's not offensive.

It IS sexist and he acceptance of it then least to the acceptance of other stuff.

I find it sad how many people find this acceptable.

It’s the same attitude that perpetrates the institutional racism in the UK.

Women that challenged and continue to challenge this kind of thing were/are labelled as uptight and neurotic. It was a way to shut down our concerns. "loosen up, luv, it's only a joke"

@Besswess88 - absolutely this.

I find it tacky but not offensive.

Not offensive - I've always had v large boobs and when I was younger men would talk to my boobs not my face. I'm in mid 40s now and thankfully invisible.
Mind you I still love the Carry On films so maybe I have an outdated soh 😂

@Besswess88

It IS sexist and he acceptance of it then least to the acceptance of other stuff.

I find it sad how many people find this acceptable.

It’s the same attitude that perpetrates the institutional racism in the UK.

I don’t find it acceptable but I also don’t find it offensive.

To give an example of this humour being wreaked in real life by creepy old men... When I was a teenager I bought some fruit off a teenage boy at a stall at the local outdoor market. Then his colleague, an older man, started saying something to him about melons. The teen guy looked really confused, thinking this was a work-related thing, until the old man started doing the melon/boobs gesture, making it clear he was commenting on my large tits. The teen looked rather uncomfortable and I was of course mortified.

Yes, it's dated.
No, it's not funny.
Is it offensive in itself? I think OP sees it as part of a bigger picture, where large breasts are something to be laughed at as well as lusted over. In the postcard, the horny man is supposed to be the butt of the joke - it's not even as subtle as a Carry On style double entendre. Her breasts are like melons, phwoar. I've heard enough commentary on my own breasts over my lifetime to know it's a slippery slope. Since the person who posted the image has now taken it down, it looks as if OP is not alone in calling it out.

@Besswess88

It IS sexist and he acceptance of it then least to the acceptance of other stuff.

I find it sad how many people find this acceptable.

It’s the same attitude that perpetrates the institutional racism in the UK.

You are the only one who doesn't come across very well in all this and spectacularly miss the point.

Again, you don't have to like it or find it funny. I honestly don't find it funny either. What you make of it is a bit..silly, and completely ignorant of what sexism really is.

I think it's funny (sorry)