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To ask if you have a problem with the burkini?

817 replies

Mvslimah · 07/05/2023 20:28

Honest answers please

would you give a woman (maybe Muslim maybe Jewish) a wide berth if you saw them wearing a burkini or modest (Ie fully covered) swimsuit at a pool?

if you see a woman wearing one do you give it a second thought or is it just a meh, who cares?

tia

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Borris · 07/05/2023 20:30

Well I notice it but don’t particularly think anything. Why?

DustyMaiden · 07/05/2023 20:30

I wouldn’t have an opinion. To each their own.

Vegalam · 07/05/2023 20:30

No problem with it at all, wouldn't give it a second glance

chipsandpeas · 07/05/2023 20:30

wouldnt give it a second thought

Mum2jenny · 07/05/2023 20:31

Wouldn’t care

SoManyCreepyBears · 07/05/2023 20:31

Couldn’t give two hoots. I mostly concentrating on worrying about my own body.

PinkPlantCase · 07/05/2023 20:31

I can’t understand why anyone would be bothered by it.

Curious0yster · 07/05/2023 20:31

I expect I would notice it, but I wouldn’t be remotely bothered by it. Too busy worrying about what I look like in my swim attire!

Nimbostratus100 · 07/05/2023 20:31

wouldnt notice

GCAcademic · 07/05/2023 20:31

Wouldn’t care at all.

dementedpixie · 07/05/2023 20:32

It's a woman wanting to swim. Is it yourself that wants to go swimming?

Chickychoccyegg · 07/05/2023 20:32

Wouldn't give it a second thought, there's often women wearing them at my local pool, so completely normal round my way.

girlfriend44 · 07/05/2023 20:32

I think what a shame, that they are bowing down to what a man says, when a man can do what they want.
They are agreeing to be treated like a second class citizen, men and women are equal.

I'm glad it's not me. It's time they came out of the dark ages.

steff13 · 07/05/2023 20:32

As long as nobody's trying to make me wear one I couldn't possibly care less.

GoodChat · 07/05/2023 20:32

I'd pay it absolutely no mind.
Wear what makes you happy.

CaptainMyCaptain · 07/05/2023 20:32

I wouldn't care but didn't know how the voting worked.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 07/05/2023 20:32

I don’t know which vote means I wouldn’t think much at all - like the pp, I’d notice but I wouldn’t really draw any conclusions! Certainly wouldn’t think badly of them.

Tbh I’m not religious at all, but sometimes have thought I’d like to wear one on a day when I don’t feel like showing off my middle aged body or hairy legs… I do wear a wetsuit for sea swimming when it’s not summer, so it’s not much different really.

WhiteArsenic · 07/05/2023 20:32

Wouldn’t care at all. I wear costumes with a skirt myself, and nobody looks at them either!

Mars27 · 07/05/2023 20:32

Why would I give her a wide berth?

BarkyMatherson · 07/05/2023 20:32

I don’t mind what anyone wears as long as they like it.

Oldnproud · 07/05/2023 20:33

Curious0yster · 07/05/2023 20:31

I expect I would notice it, but I wouldn’t be remotely bothered by it. Too busy worrying about what I look like in my swim attire!

This.

Anotherparkingthread · 07/05/2023 20:33

I don't mind at all. Anybody can wear whatever they are comfortable in.

JamSandle · 07/05/2023 20:33

As far as I'm concerned, people can wear whatever they like at the beach.

PollyThePixie · 07/05/2023 20:33

It doesn’t bother me at all.

JeanieJo · 07/05/2023 20:33

Absolutely no issue with it, I think they are a great invention!!