To think bums should be covered in a public pool?

[Whatkatyforgottodo]

I may be being unreasonable and I’m just old and out of touch… took my kids swimming today at our local public pool and there was a lady wearing one of those swimming costumes that is basically a thong at the back? I saw lots of them in the beach during the summer which I kind of understand as it helps you get a very high cut tan/eliminates tan lines but I felt a bit weird seeing one in an indoor pool? Not sure where boundaries lie…? Happy to be told IABU but wondered what others think?

Full bum briefs have fabric to absorb bacteria that come out of your arse.

Not sure how much of a consideration this is in the pool, but anyway, I believe that's the idea.

It's rude but I don't think it's unhygienic. Any bum cling ins are going to dissolve in the water any way .

That's not really how it works, full bum briefs are no more or less hygienic than a thong in terms of providing a barrier for bacteria. Even on land it wouldn't be true but a backside in water is a backside in water, no matter what is (or isn't) covering it.

I'm with you OP, I don't know why so many women feel the desire to show off their arse like a baboon looking to mate.

There is usually an extra lined gusset in a normal costume, I've never worn one of these but I imagine they may not always cover labia adequately and we are basically talking exposes mucus membranes in the water. Just really gross and lacking any kind of decency.

Yes, this covers it

I was on holiday last year standing behind father and daughter in the que for the bar. She was approx 12 wearing a thong bikini I was pretty surprised. He didn't seem bothered at all. Thing is it's what is for sale in the shops a lot of it is thong bikinis, even for girls :/. To be fair it wasn't a cheese wire type thong that look awful on everyone but very high rise.
I was with my 13 year old daughter and there's no chance she'd be wearing one or want to.

Predatory men don't need to see your arse full stop though. No body needs to see your arse.

Diabolical!

Are we really comparing the skin on a buttock to the skin on a scrotum? Really??

One is genitals, one is not.

The whole area (no pun intended) is not known as the 'private parts' for nothing. We teach children about their private parts & their bottom is included as it should be.

We aren’t just talking about a bit of buttock skin though. It’s basically a completely bare bottom with a string disappearing into the crack. Any bending over or legs akimbo repositioning does show the genital area. Equally the front part of the thong is often cut very low and narrow, hardly covering adequately.

Teach him 'lard arse loudly!

You think this might win the amount of time the word arse gets mentioned in a thread award? 😆

Which is nonsense of course, plus men’s swim shorts don’t have any close covering so even if your statement were true that’s 50% of the pool users whose starfishes are getting a proper wash in the pool.

It’s just playing straight to the perverts and paedos. Women must understand they have a duty to protect the young.

This is why I hate them - because my children and I were subjected to an entire rectum and anal passage view. It didn’t cover the vagina adequately and it was sickening actually. Way too much, and a violation in every conceivable way.

I have felt really strongly since then. I don’t know how I didn’t go over and insist she bloody covered up. Next time I will.

Haha yes but it's erm liberating and stuff

Designers need to take a good look at their moral ethics if they deem this swimwear to be suitable attire to be worn in front of children or any self respecting adult.

I don't like thong bikinis - they look awful. And my 10 and 11 year old boys don't know where to look🤣
As an aside - someone mentioned earlier about boys and girls clothing...girls is always tighter, and lighter in fabric. Boys is far more hard wearing and comfortable. Unfortunately kids are almost conditioned from a young age.

Perverts and paedos don't give a shit what you or anyone else is wearing and why is it women's duty?

I guess in terms of role models

On the one hand, we have women’s fashion shaped by the male gaze (thong bikinis showing the whole arse, primary school girls’ clothes being much skimpier than the equivalent for boys). This is “women’s bodies should be on display as public property” (or at least those who are young and shapely.

On the other hand we have this anecdote about what Ali allegedly said to his daughters which exemplifies the view of “women’s bodies are men’s private property”, akin to expensive jewels, and should be hidden away except from their husband.

During the Olympics a picture was doing the rounds of two women’s beach volleyball teams, one wearing skimpy bikinis clearly designed to be attractive to men, the other team with as much body coverage as possible (playing sport in a heatwave) to be ‘modest’. A pretty clear illustration of this.

Yes he was very persistent I think drink was also a factor in his behaviour

They just scream “look at me” if you ask me.