be outraged by the sexism in girls swimwear and underwear

[ZippyPeer]

At the outdoor pool in my town today, it's one for younger kids. All the girl children wearing close fitting costumes that show the shape of their bums all the boys wearing baggy swim shorts. There's a lot of climbing onto inflatables and on a number of occasions have to look away as I'm seeing much more of a girl than I want to.

Then doing laundry, realised that the girl pants are all thin cotton and the boy pants much thicker and with a broader gusset. If my girl kid is sitting cross-legged in the girl pants there is a risk of getting an eye full, whereas the boy pants do a better job of keeping what's in the pants private.

Why is this and what can be done to make clothing manufacturers stop being so sexist?

@Burntt I disagree everyone on here has access to the internet if you insist on shopping at places like next and primark and Zara (am I right??) you are seriously limiting yourself. There’s a whole world of retail out there.

I think people get confused - see patriarchy as meaning men rather than the system in which men are favoured - billing feminists as men haters is part of that

and they sometime see feminism as meaning women are always right whatever they do and their every choice should be supported - clearly nonsense and I suspect a sort of patriarchal kick back against feminism - because the majority of women will tend to go along with / be part of the patriarchal system because that’s what we are born into - a way of twisting feminism to support the patriarchal status quo

Dont even get me started on the horrible itchy elastic on female (all age) knickers. Its a real hunt finding basic and reasonable costing pants without it.

Im on a budget btw

They are viscose not cotton.

I bought some lovely navy blue ones in Sainsbury's last year, the pockets are a decent size and you could mix and match so shorts/trousers with long or short sleeved tops. No slogans and perfectly plain. They are available. I bought 3 sets.

Girls wear skirts and boys don't?

Absolutely true

DD hates swim suits for this reason, so I bought her board shorts instead

Had to buy boys board shirts, as the girls one s don't have the sewn in underwear inside

Then girls require sturdier underwear.

Try Uniqlo for girls pants. They are lovely thick cotton with no edging. £10 for three pairs.

My DD12 hates the short shorts that are available, and swimming costumes that are skimpy/bikinis - she doesn’t want to be flashing her flesh, and nor should she either.

My teenagers do and DD2 has done for years. I think it's quite common. Most of their friends do the same.

Well lots of good places have been named where they can buy it.

The comparison is between quality of boys and girls underwear/ clothes.
Boys is generally better quality. Why should girls have to pay more for similar quality?

Exactly. The fair comparison is between two packs of pants picked up eg in a supermarket. Not to say if you want girls knickers of a similar quality to boys supermarket pants you can get them by spending double the money at one of a small number of shops.

One of my biggest annoyances is boys school shoes v girls school shoes.

Why can't they make closed toe girls shoes so their feet stay warm and dry with better support?!!

@Sdpbody they do

@NamelessNancy @Pinkfluffypencilcase this is just silly. If you have an agenda fine, but It's not correct. How are you measuring quality are you such experienced textile technologist you are able to tell the difference in cotton weights??

A quick Google of asda says this is not correct. The traditional girls knickers are all cheaper, probably because yes there is less material the cotton weights will be the same but with more lycra looking at the pics.

If you want a girls pant with more material in overalls plus across the gusset these are available at Asda but yes they are more expensive that the traditional knicker, but still cheaper or on a par wit the boys boxers 🙄

By feel
by thickness.
There is a difference imo.

in underwear, socks, t shirts, shoes.

True, I am so angry that I and my dd always have to wear sandals. Yes, even in winter as there are only ever open toes shoes available. And the teachers shout at dd and all the girls as they all come to school in open toe shoes, even for PE. It's huge shame that no closed tie shoes exist for females. It's not fair 😥

My D niece was the same and all the girls vests had small lace around the arms which irritated like mad. Boys version were so much softer and better quality !

Took GC to adult and toddler swimming class. While waiting I looked at the costumes the 3 and 4 year old girls were wearing in the previous class. One was in a two piece, top was like a t shirt with little shorts that had a skirt round them, one in what I would say was a traditional one piece and wasn't skimpy not high cut legs the other 3 were in little suits that seem popular zip front sleeves to about the elbow and leggings to just above the knee. They were all different so I assume these things are widely available.

On my way out I had a quick look at the costumes the leisure centre was selling and very similar range although I think they were probably more expensive than going to a shop.

Are they double the price? Is it a small number of shops, sound like national chains you'd find all round the country.