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To not want to see t*ts on the beach??!

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TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 12:34

Just that really!

on holiday at the mo and I cant even count the number of times I have seen topless women sunbathing at the beach… next to kids!…on non-nudist beach!

I really don’t want to see titties out in the middle of the day

on top of that I don’t fancy my teenage boys or even my DH having a look at them either

its obvious they’re coming from certain European countries ! Do they have no sense of what’s right or wrong ?

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CharlotteLucas3 · 30/07/2024 14:12

IceCream889 · 30/07/2024 13:41

YABU. The men have their nipples out, so can the women. Breasts are not sexual objects, they're useful. Women have been bathing topless since the 60s, have you been hiding under a rock?

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Of course breasts are sexual objects. You really are naive.

Octavia64 · 30/07/2024 14:13

I would like to join the campaign for more cinnamon buns and a more relaxed attitude to nudity in the U.K.

(I do a lot of wild swimming and most wild swimmers while getting changed under a towel really aren't too bothered if some bits are seen. I'm also planning on joining the Big Skinny Dip where a load of people swim naked.

www.greatbritishskinnydip.co.uk

Cuppateatea · 30/07/2024 14:13

Topless sunbathing! Ah, memories (mammaries - haha lol at my own joke) from the good old 1980s. I remember freeing my girls on a few Spanish and Greek beaches back in the day. It’s totally acceptable in Europe to go topless on a beach. Obviously totally different to walking round shops, going on a play date etc as the OP has mentioned. Not the same. At all.
This is definitely a you problem OP. You best holiday somewhere chilly with no beaches next year.
Wish I was there! 🍈 🍈 ☀️

pizzaHeart · 30/07/2024 14:14

XenoBitch · 30/07/2024 12:36

They are just tits.
I bet there are men on the beach with moobs bigger than some of the women.

This^ and to be honest I absolutely hate it when men with really big boobs swanning around topless in places where women and girls with just an hint of nipples are not allowed to do this.

Ksqordssvimy · 30/07/2024 14:14

You object to a perfectly normal body part but say titties? Are you a 98-year-old man?

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 14:15

Mondaysocial · 30/07/2024 14:12

Women don't need to have all that flesh to carry milk or breastfeed. Other mammals don't have this and still breast feed. Its a very human thing. We have that large fleshy bit, very prominently displayed on the front of our bodies, to display sexual maturity and attract sexually mature males.

I don't really understand why so many women want to deny this.

Again, Google gorilla breasts.

Conkersinautumn · 30/07/2024 14:15

Madness. Greece (particularly various islands) had a tourist campaign to emphasise that there was 'no problem' with beach nudity (80s maybe) - in spite of more orthodox traditions. Those places chose tourists and acceptance over traditional notions.

Bodies are bodies and context is important. Nudity / near nudity around beaches/ bathing/ spas IS acceptable in a few cultures that are otherwise seemingly private, its totally normal and if youre going to travel then a little research is wise/ polite. If you're on a beach where multiple people are dressed a certain way then that's just how it is. If you're not comfortable then leave, but you choose where your eyes go and someone laying down I wouldn't be looking at long enough to notice much about at all (I add the rider I am short sighted here).

SocksAndTheCity · 30/07/2024 14:15

Putting · 30/07/2024 13:56

Scandinavian people generally fall in line in Britain and don’t force everyone to eat cinnamon buns or get their tits out.

I’d welcome being forced to eat cinnamon buns tbf

Oh you beat me to it! I will happily get my tits out (and I've done exactly that in Ayia Napa plus many other places), and eat all the cinnamon buns 😊

BMW6 · 30/07/2024 14:15

WTF!

Have you just time travelled from the 19th century OP?

I (English) sun bathed topless on Beaches in UK in the 80's - never mind abroad!

How can you be so shocked by something that's been common for at least 50 years???

If you are so offended by it I can only suggest you only go to beaches when it's winter.

Weird as fuck!

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 14:15

@Beljin are you the bisexual poster who said on the last debate that you get turned on by seeing firm, supple breasts coming towards you on the beach?

Polarnight · 30/07/2024 14:16

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 12:38

How can I not look? They are not far from me!

there are not many t**s on the streets , why are they right there on the beach?

it’s not a nudist beach there are tens of families around how is that normal?

Is breasts in your vocabulary or are you a teenage boy who thinks tits is rude word and needs bleeping for the only appropriate description?

BeEasyonYourself · 30/07/2024 14:17

Havanananana · 30/07/2024 13:29

"If you go to Denmark and complain about the naked people you will be laughed at or ignored."

Many years ago when I was working in the west of Denmark, a British holidaymaker actually did complain to the local Tourist Office about the topless women. (I think he was so focussed on them that he missed the naked Germans further down the beach playing volleyball).

Anyhoo - his complaint made the front page of the local paper, to much hilarity.

OP - whatever you do next .... stay ... away... from ... the ... sauna...!

What is it with Germans and nudity 😅 seriously in each of the places I lived, Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic there were big communes of Germans who just loved to get naked. And play frisbee/volleyball/tennis. Weird 🤣

Eyesopenwideawake · 30/07/2024 14:17

I soooo hope this thread ends up in Classics!!

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 14:18

@Mondaysocial done the work for you. These are like our breasts. These are what ours were based upon. Hence why they look the same. Pigs also have a lot of flesh around the nipple. As do some bat breasts actually. But not all bats.

Hope that helps your weird assertion that human breasts are only for sex.

To not want to see t*ts on the beach??!
LadyRoughDiamond · 30/07/2024 14:19

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 13:31

How can you tell I am British?

Believe me OP, we can ALL tell that you’re British. Go on, off you pop back to your hotel room to get on with your knitting if your that outraged. 😂

Mondaysocial · 30/07/2024 14:19

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 14:05

Go have a good look at primate breasts, like gorillas. Then come back. Our breasts have evolved from theirs. Not for sex. If they were purely sexual then early humans and some current tribes would also have covered them titties. They don’t. Because it’s societal, not evolutionary.

I'm aware of what sexually mature female gorilla breasts are like and they are not like human breasts. And I'm back here to say it. Humans have probably evolved such prominent fleshy breasts as we walk upright, unlike other apes, and so they are very visually on display as a sign of sexual maturity.

I genuinely don't understand why people want to pretend to themselves that human males are not sexually attracted to signs of sexual maturity women, things like breasts and hips. Its blindingly obvious they will be. For blindingly obvious reasons.

Cobswaffle · 30/07/2024 14:19

I’d really be in my element eating cinnamon buns with my tits out. Especially on the beach.

ChristmasPostman · 30/07/2024 14:19

Maybe Bognor is more your bag.

GingerPirate · 30/07/2024 14:20

Certain European countries?
Which ones???
😐

InternationalVelveteen · 30/07/2024 14:20

Oh, those dreadful forriners. They just have no sense of right and wrong. They should all go back to Forrinland where they belong! 😂

On the off chance that the OP is serious, calm down and enjoy the beach. Don’t waste your holiday ranting on MN.

Rummly · 30/07/2024 14:20

BeEasyonYourself · 30/07/2024 14:17

What is it with Germans and nudity 😅 seriously in each of the places I lived, Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic there were big communes of Germans who just loved to get naked. And play frisbee/volleyball/tennis. Weird 🤣

Yeah. I do think the Germans are a bit, um, odd.

Orderliness is a must in Germany, apart from unruly body parts which must be on display.

I blame Freud and Jung.

Mondaysocial · 30/07/2024 14:21

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 14:18

@Mondaysocial done the work for you. These are like our breasts. These are what ours were based upon. Hence why they look the same. Pigs also have a lot of flesh around the nipple. As do some bat breasts actually. But not all bats.

Hope that helps your weird assertion that human breasts are only for sex.

I never said they are only for sex. I said, as you will sees above, that human males are attracted to signs of sexual maturity in females. Such as breasts.

If you are acknowledging that breasts are sexual signifiers and are for feeding then we are on the same page.

HemelHan · 30/07/2024 14:22

XenoBitch · 30/07/2024 12:42

Breasts are not genitals.

THIS 👌🏼

breasts don’t need to be sexualised.

Teach your kids not to ogle women. Mind your own business.

BeEasyonYourself · 30/07/2024 14:22

pizzaHeart · 30/07/2024 14:14

This^ and to be honest I absolutely hate it when men with really big boobs swanning around topless in places where women and girls with just an hint of nipples are not allowed to do this.

Exactly. My husband is probably... an H cup? He was very obese when younger and the moobs have stayed although he's lost the rest of the weight. I'm 34a. Why are my boobs more offensive than his??

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 14:22

Mondaysocial · 30/07/2024 14:19

I'm aware of what sexually mature female gorilla breasts are like and they are not like human breasts. And I'm back here to say it. Humans have probably evolved such prominent fleshy breasts as we walk upright, unlike other apes, and so they are very visually on display as a sign of sexual maturity.

I genuinely don't understand why people want to pretend to themselves that human males are not sexually attracted to signs of sexual maturity women, things like breasts and hips. Its blindingly obvious they will be. For blindingly obvious reasons.

Breasts form during puberty, for the woman to have a baby. Hips widen, for the women to have a baby. It’s about prepping the body for reproduction, not so men fancy her! How ignorant can you be?!

Come on then, link your scientific paper that backs up what you’re saying. It’s common knowledge that body changes are for reproductive purposes, not so then men want to have sex with a woman.

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