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I’m probably being a prude but…

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Username73638 · 29/06/2025 22:19

…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?

OP posts:
Calamitousness · 30/06/2025 22:03

I hate those thong bikinis on any girl/ woman. I don’t want to see a bare arse on anyone. It’s really manky. Not a sexual thing for me although I admit I would think it inappropriate for young girls to display themselves like that because we have to acknowledge that while they can make decisions about their own body to display there are paedophiles and perverts throughout communities. Why fuel their lust with your children so that they feel they have body autonomy while underage. We don’t allow consent for lots of things as a young teenager. Why is this different. Anyway. All arses should be covered. They are rank.

OonaStubbs · 30/06/2025 22:05

Someone should tell these young girls that modest is hottest.

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 22:06

OonaStubbs · 30/06/2025 22:05

Someone should tell these young girls that modest is hottest.

Modest is male controlled.

ChessorBuckaroo · 30/06/2025 22:08

BruFord · 30/06/2025 20:20

@Fetaface Not the kids recording, other people recording and/or taking photos of them. We're in the US, photographing or filming minors in public is legal. Perhaps it's different in the UK.

Filming in public is legal in the UK. Private (girls changing rooms for example) without consent ain't.

That's the issue on this thread, girls exposing themselves in public and then ending up online and their self esteem in tatters.

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 22:24

Fetaface · 30/06/2025 20:38

But still a child?

Old enough in France to consent to medical procedures, to do a part time job, to leave home and to have sex with consent.

MidSumner · 30/06/2025 22:26

Lingfield01 · 30/06/2025 10:39

Rubbish, don’t believe a word of this mischievous crap!

Who do you think you are??

post your own thoughts,, I'm entitled to mine. You don't have to share them.

plenty of others do though.

MidSumner · 30/06/2025 22:31

Naunet · 30/06/2025 11:24

Ridiculous - they are CHILDREN, you don't see boys walking around with shorts up their arse, because boys aren't the 'Sex Class'. The fact that you celebrate minors taking this message on board is utterly grim. Confidence doesn't come from male validation.

🙄😩🙇🏻‍♀️

CorbyTrouserPress · 30/06/2025 22:42

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 22:06

Modest is male controlled.

Is that a joke?

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 22:54

CorbyTrouserPress · 30/06/2025 22:42

Is that a joke?

No! Men decide what and when is appropriate for female bodies to be seen. Men decided that women should wear bikini tops on a beach. Men decided that is OK to expose their chest on a beach but not women. Men decided it was OK to expose the female breast in a so called newspaper. Men decided to call a woman who enjoyed sex names.

Men sexualise women.

Non joke questions, are you by any chance a man? Or are you just embroiled in male sexist attitudes?

CorbyTrouserPress · 30/06/2025 23:00

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 22:54

No! Men decide what and when is appropriate for female bodies to be seen. Men decided that women should wear bikini tops on a beach. Men decided that is OK to expose their chest on a beach but not women. Men decided it was OK to expose the female breast in a so called newspaper. Men decided to call a woman who enjoyed sex names.

Men sexualise women.

Non joke questions, are you by any chance a man? Or are you just embroiled in male sexist attitudes?

I wasn’t sure if your post was claiming that men want women to be modest, therefore I asked a simple question for clarity as I found your post ambiguous. You have taken that 4 word question to mean I am either a man or embroiled in male sexist attitudes. Bit of a reach.

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 23:23

CorbyTrouserPress · 30/06/2025 23:00

I wasn’t sure if your post was claiming that men want women to be modest, therefore I asked a simple question for clarity as I found your post ambiguous. You have taken that 4 word question to mean I am either a man or embroiled in male sexist attitudes. Bit of a reach.

But no answer to a straight question. Are you male, yes or no? That is not an ambiguous question.

I think whether those following this thread should be told.

CorbyTrouserPress · 30/06/2025 23:28

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 23:23

But no answer to a straight question. Are you male, yes or no? That is not an ambiguous question.

I think whether those following this thread should be told.

Why does asking a simple question make you suspect I am male? Why does it matter what sex I am? Why do those following the thread need to be told?

This is really weird.

UsingAMansNameInAWomensWorld · 30/06/2025 23:30

CorbyTrouserPress · 30/06/2025 23:28

Why does asking a simple question make you suspect I am male? Why does it matter what sex I am? Why do those following the thread need to be told?

This is really weird.

MN has a weird thing about men being here and people being men if they don't follow the apparent party line

Petitchat · 30/06/2025 23:58

DiscoBob · 30/06/2025 17:17

I have seen a few young women wearing very short skirts or shorts but not actual arse cheeks.

I guess at the beach anything goes really bar full nudity.

I wish I had the confidence to wear things like that when I was young.

Why?
Why would you want your bum cheeks showing?
For what reason?

Petitchat · 01/07/2025 00:04

Jigaliga · 30/06/2025 13:10

Maaaaybe we need to work harder to explain to girls that "being a woman" doesn't mean walking around with your arse out. Boys seem to manage to grasp it.

Yes!
Totally agree with this.

blackbirdevensong · 01/07/2025 00:07

Thong bikinis on children are terrible. Everything is overly sexualised. I know when I was a teenager I secretly wore a thong, but we didn't have photoshoots and plaster it all over social media.

Fetaface · 01/07/2025 00:07

StarlightLady · 30/06/2025 22:24

Old enough in France to consent to medical procedures, to do a part time job, to leave home and to have sex with consent.

I didnt ask that. I asked if you were still a child. It is a closed question. Yes or no.

Fetaface · 01/07/2025 00:09

Petitchat · 01/07/2025 00:04

Yes!
Totally agree with this.

Boys dont grasp it though. Do they? Arses out, knickers out, nipples out.

But they boys dont need to be modest do they? Modest is best but only for girls.

Fetaface · 01/07/2025 00:15

ChessorBuckaroo · 30/06/2025 22:08

Filming in public is legal in the UK. Private (girls changing rooms for example) without consent ain't.

That's the issue on this thread, girls exposing themselves in public and then ending up online and their self esteem in tatters.

Edited

Yeah I see girls flashing tits all the time and someone filming it? Give over!

What we see is males sending unsolicited dick pics all the effing time. Cyber flashing to intimidate and yet the boys know how to behave right? They aren't walking around with their bum out just sending their cock to every female they know instead which is grand!

TheignT · 01/07/2025 05:07

Fetaface · 01/07/2025 00:09

Boys dont grasp it though. Do they? Arses out, knickers out, nipples out.

But they boys dont need to be modest do they? Modest is best but only for girls.

I live in a seaside town and you see signs saying tops must be worn in bars, shops and restaurants. Doesn't mention sex, it's for men and women. Good thing too. So yes some places expect both sexes to cover up, I'm waiting for the cover your arse signs.

MuckFusk · 01/07/2025 05:25

Calamitousness · 30/06/2025 22:03

I hate those thong bikinis on any girl/ woman. I don’t want to see a bare arse on anyone. It’s really manky. Not a sexual thing for me although I admit I would think it inappropriate for young girls to display themselves like that because we have to acknowledge that while they can make decisions about their own body to display there are paedophiles and perverts throughout communities. Why fuel their lust with your children so that they feel they have body autonomy while underage. We don’t allow consent for lots of things as a young teenager. Why is this different. Anyway. All arses should be covered. They are rank.

What bothers me about thongs is that I might be sitting in a spot where somebody in a thong sat. The stupid little string does not cover the anus and if she had intestinal worm eggs on her ass it would be easy to transfer them to the sand. It may sound strange, but I actually got worms from a beach with a lot of thong wearers last summer so I don't think that's an entirely unreasonable worry.

pushthebuttonnn · 01/07/2025 05:35

I think those thong bikinis are gross even for the perfect bods on love island. It's just not something most people want to see. Of course for the wearer it's probably all about getting an even tan!

5128gap · 01/07/2025 06:43

MidSumner · 30/06/2025 22:26

Who do you think you are??

post your own thoughts,, I'm entitled to mine. You don't have to share them.

plenty of others do though.

Edited

Its the Internet. A thread like this is going to attract all sorts of unsavoury individuals who will agree with you that the time to show off 'pert youthful' bodies is age 13/14. It doesn't mean you're right or your views are appropriate or safe for children, or that decent people won't be disgusted by them.

Fetaface · 01/07/2025 06:59

TheignT · 01/07/2025 05:07

I live in a seaside town and you see signs saying tops must be worn in bars, shops and restaurants. Doesn't mention sex, it's for men and women. Good thing too. So yes some places expect both sexes to cover up, I'm waiting for the cover your arse signs.

Absolutely! Males get their boobs out all the time and yes some of them do have bigger tits than girls! But their spaniels ears are accepted in society no matter how gross they look! How many layers over the arse is needed? As it seems two for girls is not for girls.

Fetaface · 01/07/2025 07:02

MuckFusk · 01/07/2025 05:25

What bothers me about thongs is that I might be sitting in a spot where somebody in a thong sat. The stupid little string does not cover the anus and if she had intestinal worm eggs on her ass it would be easy to transfer them to the sand. It may sound strange, but I actually got worms from a beach with a lot of thong wearers last summer so I don't think that's an entirely unreasonable worry.

This is also why I hate it when people sit toddlers on tables (who are the main wormery bum owners). It is minging but totally acceptable in society to sit kids on tables and wipe their arses wormy or not where someone is going to eat soon.