Disgusted at this advertisement on a bus (photo included)

[Kerry71]

Does anyone else find this imagery completely inappropriate in this day and age, or am I a prude as my husband so kindly put it? It unnecessarily objectifies women and I thought we’d moved on from this sort of thing.

It's a safety ad to remind people to stay in their seats while the bus is moving, and they've illustrated the point with a picture of some feet in shoes that would be quite impractical for walking along in a moving bus.

A pair of women's legs?!
Has anyone alerted the church elders?!
I'm shocked. SHOCKED.
😁

"Not just any pair of legs.."
Ha, sounds like something M and S would say.
Maybe that could be their next advert for tights.
"It's not just any pair of legs. It's an M and S pair of legs." 😂

It’s pretty dated, I work general public adjacent, and I see a woman in high heels about once a week.

There would be no women in heels on the buses where I live... cos most people here are using walking frames/sticks or have ankle tags.
A woman in heels would be using a cab.

Can't see a problem with it. Just think it is an old advert.

Is that how you go around in daily life viewing things. Must be very depressing.

Well I cant talk for all women who choose to wear heels but for me I liked how they looked, liked that they made me taller and liked how they made my calf muscles look more defined.

@XenoBitch same!
Zimmers, sticks and mobility scooters all round! In fact, our buses need a public health information poster, about the dangers of the damm things
( mobility scooters !)

No. I'm quite superficial.

Of course you are, as if there is nothing inbetween.

What is the poster selling? It’s a warning poster about not getting out of your seat before the bus stops…

We would get such a bollocking from one of our local bus drivers if we weren't at least halfway down the aisle by the time he opens the doors. "I GET FINANCIAL PENALTIES IF I DON'T COMPLETE THE ROUTE ON TIME BECAUSE OF MORONS LIKE YOU." 😁

Answered this already to someone else being deliberately obtuse. It’s selling a safety message. You know what I mean and my point still stands.

It's 'selling' (in other words, promoting) safety. It didn't need to be these legs in this pose and those clothes but for some (sexist?) reason, they chose that image. Considering that it's presumably a young, fit and able-bodied woman, would another image have been more appropriate?

Maybe you should tell his employers?

I think it's pretty obvious that the safest thing to do nowadays is just use stick figures to indicate something, then no one or no groups of people can be offended as the legs wont belong to a male or female, young or old.

But they’re not selling anything, it’s a warning not to stand up until the train stops

This poster upset me today because its a face that looks like a child

Yeah that's fucked up.

Why is that? I think it’s reasonable advice. Imagine standing in these heels in a moving vehicle—seeing women struggle to walk in them, sometimes even falling over on flat surfaces. Now, picture trying to balance in them in a wobbly vehicle.

Its the thought regarding aging and that a face this young needs injecting 😪

What would you prefer, a tracksuit and trainers or someone actually caring about their image??

Men replied? How dare they. Who gave them computer access and let them out of their cage?!

And unfortunately of you say something silly, people are going to not only mock it with hyperbole but those who want to rile you up will know exactly what to target to do so. So of course you also got that kind of comment.

Which company is this? Is it in the UK?