To ask who the hell goes to a prom dressed like this?

[KimberleyClark]

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Unbelievable.

Yeah my local bars and clubs are wall to wall guys in string vests and shorts ......

Oh, hold on, 100 pc of them were wearing jeans and shirts.

While the females are dressed in skimpy dresses or low cut tops etc.

Had anyone else noticed this is actually a very UK thing in Europe?

The rest of Europe (or most of it), women seem to dress casually to go out for drinks etc. Like blouses, sweaters, jeans, flat ish boots etc.

We went to the Canaries and Italy and the European tourists looked absolutely mind boggled by the way British young women were dressing (porn style).

Same in the US (east coast) when I was there. Very very casual to go out to a bar or club.

Thank you for the link to the TED talk - I couldn't open the other one @Myunclesmustache posted.

I have long said that the hyper sexualised culture we re living in is damaging boys as much as girls, but boys don't realise it. They just learn to reject tenderness, whether for girls or towards themselves, and lose a capacity for intimacy and it damages all relationships and ruins families..

@WhackingPhoenix Ten pages in and I’ve read the words slag, tart, stripper, prostitute, streetwalker, tacky, cheap. All of those tired old misogynist tropes from women, about a woman they don’t know just because she’s wearing a dress they don’t like.

And all those "tired old misogynist tropes" are used in porn where the females are dressed just like that and are called "sluts, hoes, brats, c**ts, slags, bitches."

I fucking despair.
So do I when I see the commercialisation of women's sexuality

What’s next, a woman who wore a dress like that was ‘asking for it’?
Pornography desensitises men and promotes "Rape Culture".

Yes - you're right.

Plus most European women are very aware that ""sexiness" - really looking attractive - has more to do with what is concealed than with what is on show. Italian and French women in particular know how to dress (Yes - I know it's a cultural stereotype, but it's true.)

So don't buy it then.

Who made you the prom dress police? Her figure is amazing and if someone else wants to wear it to look like her, fair play to them.

You’re missing the point if you think posters are criticising the model’s figure in the picture.

Shock horror, most parents “police” their children.
I’m finding it hard to believe a mother would buy this for her 16 year old and wave her off cheering “Fair play, you go girl, amazing, I’m so pleased with your choice to copy the sexualised images of celebrities online darling”.

As for posters arguing about whether you can see her arse? We’re not talking about a photo, we’re talking about wearing it in real life.
I’d challenge anyone to wear a dress that short with no knickers and NOT give everyone a glimpse of your undercarriage.

Oh so this is the same "empowerment" wearing a dress like that that Demi Rose and all those other numbskulls show with their arses spread in the media every day! Right then....

My niece lives in France. They are bemused at the way English girls dress on a night out. They really do stand out like a sore thumb.

Prom?

dont you mean porn?

that is common

The answer to your question is, of course, who ever wants to

Wouldn't get into most proms dressed like that.

Neither flattering, nor elegant nor age-appropriate.
Unfortunately, these days, there is a demographic that thinks it needs to attract on the basis of appearance.
This get up does not give a very positive impression, sadly.

Maybe it is a UK thing….?

I’m not in the UK (although lived there for several years not sooo long ago), so maybe that is clouding my thinking.

No-one would wear a dress like that to a school dance here.

But even so, all the photos on FB of teens I’ve seen dressed for proms, etc, this year in the UK wore dresses much more like the floor-length dark green one upthread, than even close to the one in the OP.

Tacky.

I bet it does!!

She looks like a prostitute though.

Thinking about it some more, I'd say it's a dress to wear on a hot (but certainly not a first date). It's really not appropriate for mid-teens, however lovely their figures are.

Isn't this the age to be making these fashion faux Pas though? Gosh, when I think of the awful shite I wore in the 90s..

And, the whole " she looks like a prostitute' thing is a bit pointless. She's not. Its a dress, not a career. Alright, it's not the best, but so what?

Don't be daft.

You don't honestly think she could wear that dress for a casual bimble around Asda and no one would bat an eyelid, cos no one would want to judge??

People judge others for a hell of a lot less than that.
You get tutted at if your children are noisy, for Christ's sake.

@Ameanstreakamilewide im not saying people wont judge. Im saying people shouldnt. What the hell has it got to do with anyone what you choose to wear ? Does it affect anyone elses life ? . NO

@ChocFrog - 🤣🤣🤣
Slim pretty girl in a short dress - must be a prostitute🤔 . Ah yes of course !.