I’m probably being a prude but…

[Username73638]

…what is the deal with teenage girls running around basically naked these days?

Last week, I was driving down the road near a secondary school at letting out time and I must have seen about 5 girls’ actual bum cheeks as they were leaving school. Like, we all rolled our skirts up fairly short at school, but this was actually full knickers and bums on display… one girl was wearing a thong so it was just her whole bum on show.

Then, I was on the beach today (we live near the sea) with my two primary school aged sons and there were a group of maybe 13-14 year old girls, they were very young, more than half of whom were in thong bikinis. They spent most of the time on the beach doing a photoshoot, predominantly photos of them from behind looking out to sea, presumably for social media?!

I know teenagers have always been teenagers, but I’m pretty sure underage girls weren’t wearing thong bikinis on the beach when I was that age 😳

I could see other families on the beach felt uncomfortable with it too.

Do their parents know? Is this just how teenagers dress these days?

I should have made myself more clear, I was rushing.

Apologies to yourself and @Thisshirtisonfire

I meant that this poster cutting tights into thigh high stockings does not compare with today's girls in thongs.

Well you were taking about safeguarding girls and teaching them how to be safe and minimising the risk and also you were talking about pedophiles which suggests you were talking about rape.

But that's adult men.

A lot of posters seem to be getting children and adults mixed up!

If my tits were still the pert things that they were 40 or 50 years ago, I certainly wouldn't be wearing a bra in this weather. And years ago, I definitely didn't wear bras in hot weather, they're far too clammy and uncomfortable.

If people are shocked by the mere outline of a nipple, something men and women both have, I consider that their problem, not mine.

Oh I’m so glad Pony gets to live her life out in safety. Thanks to her rescuers.
Calves??? Seriously???
It beggars belief.
How vile.

How depraved.

I don’t like it either. There’s no way I would willingly have let my daughter show her arse at that age. Thankfully even now at 19 she doesn’t.

Totally agree..

Those saying teen girls virtually naked in public like this is okay are either incredibly naive or worryingly complicit in the sexualisation of young girls.

I do also wonder how many of those that are totally 'fine' about what the OP describes, have young daughters themselves?

Exactly. It’s rubbish about people saying young girls are confused. It’s one thing young girls rebelling against authority, quite another to deliberately display their genitalia! These girls know the difference

So OP, tits out & wear the thong! … this poster thinks makes no difference.

The problem is that nowadays everyone has a smartphone. If a bunch of teenage girls start flashing passersby, someone will take a video and upload it onto the internet where it will stay forever.

And considering the ever-expanding use of facial recognition, their identities could be leaked, putting them at risk.

I'm so glad I grew up before smartphones.

That’s not what’s being discussed here, though! There’s a difference between showing a bit of leg and cleavage, to putting on a practically pornographic display!

Last update from the rescue centre in 2015 said she was thriving and was at the grand age of 21 years old ❤️ Yes, I know. It was on farm, ex employee son who was in his early 20s at the time, around 20-30 of calves died before he was caught. No jail and a £600 fine 🤬

Yes, because it’s sensible to teach girls (and boys) about personal safety and reducing risk.

Its not about rape for me, it’s about minimising being harassed in the street, or having some bloke think he can touch you up because he thinks that what you’re wearing means you’re up for it. Or any one of a hundred different harassments women face when they’re going about their daily business.

Yes they may still happen, but lowering risk, having an awareness of how you might come across and being able to stand up for yourself make a difference. Otherwise we’d just send our kids into the world and leave them to fend for themselves on the basis that shit happens.

Paedophillia isn’t just about rape, it’s about how some people view children as sexual entities, dressing your child in a tiny skirt and a bra top simply reinforces that mindset.

Sorry meant to quote @StarlightLady

See it all the time near our local secondaries but not in them I presume. Ironically they roll their waistbands so much, they all look like they're wearing rubber rings!

Also noticed young girls wearing denim shorts and they even roll those waistbands so they're shorter.

Oh yes, quite agree! Not everyone had a camera in their handbag/pocket back then, it does make a difference.

I'm sorry that happened to you 🤗, but you make the point clearly!

seems a lot of people are still more interested in victim blaming!

Yes, that's what I said pages ago, but been accused of all sorts since 🙄🙄

apparently being happy they're body confident is akin to saying they should show off their bums in public and I'm disgusting because they're children 🙄🙇🏻‍♀️

Instead of fussing over this, let’s be thankful UK daughters, have a legal right to education, to walk the streets without a chaperone, to give their own consent for things and to show their faces.

Exactly!!

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really? In this day & age??

Yep, there is absolutely no middle ground between wearing a niqab and showing your bum cheeks in school.

Exactly!!

very sorry to hear that happened to you 🤗, but people still think they can keep their kids safe by 'not allowing' them to wear revealing clothing (it's as if they were never teenagers themselves) & other parents are 'negligent, unlike them' 🙄🙄🙄

Where has this thread referenced showing bum cheeks in school?

But there has been a lot of victim blaming throughout the thread.

It’s literally in the OP “….I must have seen about 5 girls’ actual bum cheeks as they were leaving school.….” Plus several others have commented the same.