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olderbutwiser · 20/04/2024 22:29

Regularly have to teach cpr to people wearing these. I make sure I’m not standing behind them. Tough on their classmates. If they are not wearing underwear with a robust gusset you can pretty much see the outline of their vulva.

soundsys · 20/04/2024 22:37

Lots of teens/young women round my way wear them! I think it's a sort of equivalent of wearing a low cut top/showing cleavage?

(I am ancient so not a chance I'm giving them a go, but they do exist out there in real life for sure!)

pelotonaddiction · 20/04/2024 22:39

@ItsFuckingBoringFeedingEveryoneUntilYouDie aesthetics mostly
Bigger bum makes your waist look smaller and more of an hourglass figure look
There's a fitness woman on Instagram that has the body I dream of Grin

For me it's for protecting my back so I do loads of hip thrusts, clamshells, all the boring stuff

Imtotallybored · 20/04/2024 22:45

SuziQuinto · 20/04/2024 18:31

When I was a teenager, you had to hide your bottom. Every girl thought their bum was too big!
I like girls and women reclaiming their arses!

Yes. When I was growing up too big bums were considered the height of ugliness and people obsessed over not wearing something that made their bum look big.

I'm afraid my experienc growing up must have permanently affected me because I still find big bums unattractive and can't understand how people can keep a straight face when they see some of the more extreme ones.

Whatafustercluck · 20/04/2024 22:47

Oh wow, they're actually a thing! I saw my first pair yesterday in the gym changing rooms and couldn't take my eyes off them. All I could think about when I saw them was "why on earth does anyone want to accentuate their puckered anus?" How awful. Mind you, I've almost come face to face with an actual puckered anus in the same changing rooms when a woman bent over in front of me. There's just no need for it.

NameChangedAgainn · 20/04/2024 22:47

I have shorts and leggings like this, they're really comfy. Loads of my friends and other women I see around wear them too.

CulturalNomad · 20/04/2024 22:50

I'm really not the pearl-clutching type, but when I see very young girls in these (tweens/teens) I do notice grown men gawping at them and it's.... unsettling.

Adult female wanting to call attention to her backside? Whatever floats your boat! Eleven year old girl with some adult pervert staring at her crotch? Ugh.

Sugarfish · 20/04/2024 22:50

I honestly wish I had the confidence to wear something that highlighted my arse like this.

What’s so bad about showing off a part of your body that you like? Aren’t we supposed to be encouraging body positivity? Or does that only apply if you’re obese? And why does a woman wearing these mean she’s giving into social pressure? She might just like the look.

Also everything is covered by material. It’s not like anyone has their bare cheeks or hole on display.

OnHerSolidFoundations · 20/04/2024 22:51

Are they padded?

OnHerSolidFoundations · 20/04/2024 22:51

AhBiscuits · 20/04/2024 18:04

They are absolutely hideous 😂

Bum hole pants 🍩

Mirabai · 20/04/2024 22:52

clearmoon · 20/04/2024 18:06

Not something I have ever seen in London! maybe they are all round me, but I've got some sort of filter or blindness that means I don't see what I don't believe in! 😂

I’ve seen women wearing them in public in London not just in the gym

OnHerSolidFoundations · 20/04/2024 22:52

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 20/04/2024 18:06

I was following a woman wearing the leggings version of these at parkrun this morning. The first time I've seen them and I'm in no hurry to see them again.

😂

Howbizarre22 · 20/04/2024 22:52

I see them out n about on a daily basis in Manchester. Grim.

Echobelly · 20/04/2024 22:53

Aworldofmyown · 20/04/2024 17:59

I see them alot at my gym.

Ditto - I call them butt-shorts. I blame the Kardashians for that and lots of women doing exercises that make them look like dogs peeing presumably to get that 'two basketballs' effect bum.

OnHerSolidFoundations · 20/04/2024 22:53

Sugarfish · 20/04/2024 22:50

I honestly wish I had the confidence to wear something that highlighted my arse like this.

What’s so bad about showing off a part of your body that you like? Aren’t we supposed to be encouraging body positivity? Or does that only apply if you’re obese? And why does a woman wearing these mean she’s giving into social pressure? She might just like the look.

Also everything is covered by material. It’s not like anyone has their bare cheeks or hole on display.

Showing off your butt hole is quite strange. Makes me think of baboons.

Why do you not think obese people would be wearing them then?

VikingLady · 20/04/2024 22:55

I've seen people wearing them around town, usually teenagers or those in their early 20s. Beige ones are rather disconcerting.

Crowgirl · 20/04/2024 22:57

I've seen these loads in the gym especially but also on the high st

Causewerethespecialtwo · 20/04/2024 22:58

Saw LOADS of the shorts and leggings versions of these in my SE England location in 2023……….. but thankfully they have died a death here in 2024. Only flattering on about 1% of the population.

dawngreen · 20/04/2024 22:59

Its better than risky surgery for those that like that look.

aridiculousargument · 20/04/2024 23:01

OhOneOhTwoOhThree · 20/04/2024 18:06

I was following a woman wearing the leggings version of these at parkrun this morning. The first time I've seen them and I'm in no hurry to see them again.

Why were you following her then?

👀

Boombatty · 20/04/2024 23:03

Lady in front of me in yoga was wearing the leggings version of this. Cat/cow was...interesting 😵‍💫

DAZZlanch · 20/04/2024 23:06
  1. Women still can’t wear what they want to wear. Sad times. Ffs. Why do you care? Does it hurt you? Women want to be taken seriously yet there’s women out there posting nasty stuff like this for no reason. Just stop.
Koptforitagain · 20/04/2024 23:06

I saw a mum bending over to see to her child. I thought she was naked from the waist down…. Pink ones

AliciaCared · 20/04/2024 23:07

Lady at yoga in these. Although they seemed to have actual pads in the bum cheeks bit. After some cat/cows, one side of the pads had ridden up higher than the other.

SusieLawson · 20/04/2024 23:07

Arent they worn as safety shorts, so that if you wear a short dress, it doesn't matter if the wind blows it up?