He had no trousers on?

[ThisFunLife]

I saw this photo in the guardian today and had to give a double take because I initially thought the man on the right had no trousers on! I was a bit shocked until I realised he did! they r just beige!

Then I saw there was a woman to the right who actually doesn't have any trousers on and I had no reaction.

Then I wondered - what the hell? Why is my reaction so different to a partially naked man as it is to a partially naked women?

Of course, she does have some kind of skirt or shorts or something I'm sure! But I know if the man had dressed like this I'd have felt really shocked, whereas I don't feel anything much towards seeing a woman dressed like this.

Why do some women where clothes which reveal their legs and men don't? What's this about?

Also - why do some women dress 'sexy' in the workplace but men don't?

No AIBU really, just was surprised at my horrified reaction to a man with no trousers on, when I didn't bat an eyelid for the woman.

What's going on!? Any thoughts!

I don’t think it’s sensible office attire and women like that don’t do any favours for the ones who fight tooth and nail to be treated as an equal.

There were quite few women at the event, if the photos are accurate. The others are more formal? And men are mostly suits not mismatched trousers. There's a wider shot of the people here:

Source: The Heartland Institute Solidifies Its Global Impact by Founding ‘Heartland UK/Europe’ - The Heartland Institute

I also don't understand why female actors and 'celebrities' feel the need to walk down the red carpet with everythhing on display. You never see Brad Pitt at a premier wearing a see through suite with his pants on display. Whatever happened to class and elegance?

I think she looks out of place, but I also despair of female singers and performers, on stage in their pants.

Luckily we never see men on stage like this.

"I see we are still judging women on their clothing choices."

Exactly.

Nowhere I've ever worked in the last 30 years.

That doesn't cover all sectors I'm glad to say.

Edited: as I reread the post.

Why, I wonder?

She looks bored in that picture too @UnemployedNotRetired.

Patriarchy. Women feel unconsciously pressured by the male gaze to dress sexy. (This lady looks fab though, this is no shade on her).

On the flip side though, men like women to look sexy, but only in the way they want them to. Skirts are great, but if it's too short you're a slut. A small amount of cleveage is sexy, but too much and you're asking for it. Men don't dress this way because men don't want to see other men in dresses with their legs out.

The reason no one wants to see men walking around in tight hot pants with their bulge on show is because predators would use it as an excuse to flash their penis at every opportunity. You'd have blokes whipping it out the side of their shorts on the bus or something. I'd feel almost threatened if a bloke came into work and you could see everything through a pair of tight shorts. And that's because 99% of the time, it's not women who are engaging in creepy behaviour.

If men weren't creepy gits, from my POV they'd be welcome to wear what they please, as women should also be. At work, just dress appropriate to your work setting.

I absolutely agree with this ^
I have no desire to sit next to a guy in trunks on a busy train either. Also he didn’t look like trouserless for me at all, however a young woman clearly attracted my attention with her pose and honesty inappropriate clothes.

And agree about massive tit in the foreground.

I just laughed at how few of them are even looking at Farage holding forth. Thry doll look bored to tears.

Most men don't have attractive legs!

Wasn't there a "no trousers tube day" last week?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyevk5ng7eo

The very last thing I was expecting or wanted to see when I opened this thread was a large picture of N F.

They even look, how I imagine other Mumsnetters look.

The most 😱 I ever saw, was the back view (from maybe a 5m distance) of a girl in town who was wearing peach/flesh coloured scrunch-bum leggings. I did really think at first that she’d forgotten both her knickers and anything else.

It was the first time I’d seen such abominations, and didn’t even know then what they were called.

"Has it ever occurred to you that these women might WANT to wear the clothes they're wearing?"

Why would you want to have bare legs in cold weather? As soon as I read op's first sentence I was about to answer with 'but what about the woman...' Reading on I feel the same as the OP.

And my answer would be women who believe dressing like that is just them being independent/ progressive is just pure internalised misogyny. Ultimately it's for the male's gaze, if it wasn't serving the patriarchy it wouldn't have been normalised.

However, I found that post interesting -

"Men with no trousers = flashers or sexual predator = be on high alert.
Women with no trousers = normal Friday/Saturday night = ignore.
It's all down to self preservation."

thanks for giving me a different pov @AwaitingFreedom (although I haven't completely changed my mind).

That tube thing is just bloody stupid.

I would be more worried about being in the same room as Farage.

Neither of them seem to have hit the tone for the event, they look like 6th formers who've been invited along.

You blame men for other women dressing how they want to? Maybe women should all dress only how you want us too?

I see men topless in the park in summer showing their flesh but never any women doing so. Is this women forcing men to dress that way in the park or does it only work one way?

Wear what you like people and don't blame others for your choices.

Yes!

The woman is just standing in a typical "standing listening while holding something" pose. Resting one leg almost. It's not a sexy pose. Men and women do tend to stand differently.

But in this photo I am more distracted by the massive tit in the foreground.

😂🤣🤣