AIBU to be bothered by the way female presenters dress?

[Justwrong68]

I was just watching Good Morning Britain and it seems ridiculous that the male presenters stick to their male uniform whereas the females, particularly Susanna and Kate wear very tight, colourful dresses that really emphasise their body shapes. The contrast is stark, I don’t understand it and it’s certainly distracting!

You are still basing it on men’s desires.

I wonder how much say the presenters have over what they wear? I bet there are guidelines if not being overtly told what they need to wear.

Why are we getting caught up on how a woman chooses to dress?

If a man was saying that men shouldn't be wearing form fitting shirts that show their muscle definition, because he's jealous and worried that his wife may like it a bit too much, are his feelings based on women's desires??

No. It would be because he's being insecure.

I have to say my DH was dressing to emphasise his 54 year old male shape today. I could clearly see his very solid muscular legs in his straight cut trousers and very round belly in his shirt and jumper. Other than wearing perhaps Middle Eastern garb it would be hard to hide his shape. And you'd probably still see his belly!

I used to wear the absolutely most shapeless baggy clothing in my mid teens and clumpy boots as it was fashionable in the early 1990s, and it didn't show my body off at all. I used to get cat-called by grown men and hassle from boys at school all the time.

It's not the clothes.

Is this meant to be an analogy? If so, what for?

I find it impossible to believe that these women choose to dress this way. There can’t be a little pocket of presenters with no interest in fashion who all dress like it’s 30 years ago.

Of course men do the same. You can clearly see men's body shape in most standard Western male clothing! They just don't get judged in the same way the OP is doing for women presenters.

If anything men have their own, far stricter rules of conformity and masculinity that they impose on themselves, particularly many of those aged over 40 or 50. I've been with groups of men who absolutely have a go at another man for wearing brown shoes with the wrong outfit.

Where as I would automatically grant a couple of fifty-something women with having some ACTUAL FUCKING INTELLIGENCE because I'm not weighed down with internal misogyny and self-loathing.

Gosh yes Italian telly 🫨 It’s been a while since I saw any but it was all boobs, big hair, bright lipstick, and oh so very loud. We look very conservative in comparison.

Remember 'Marjorie and Joan' on Victoria Woods' show? They wore sensible clothes 😄

Whenever a school decides the uniform for girls should be trousers there is an outcry from parents. I was sent a petition to sign about this recently. I didn't sign it because I thought it was quite a good idea.

Are you ok hun?

It's a body grow up.

Jesus, always shaming of women's bodies online.

Mind your own!

This bloke wore the same suit for a year to see if anyone would write in, like they do with the female presenters. No one did. Of course there will be some sort of guidelines on what to wear, otherwise why would they all look so out of date?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30069564

you might be on the wrong thread?

Nobody forces them to. I often see something on TV a presenter is wearing take a picture and do a Google image search.😂😂😂

You’re right. They are not forced to dress along those lines, they could always leave their career….

I wonder if they'd be allowed to just wear a plain shirt and suit, in a dark colour, not an actual mans one but the female equivalent?

I bet a load of the audience would complain and say they liked looking at those awful dresses? I don't think they can win really.

So all clothes for girls should be shorter because some girls want to impress the boys?

If she'd be unattractive, I'd tell her not to be stupid, look in the mirror, and look for a job in radio/print media.

TeleVISION is a visual media, meant for good looking people. A tv presenter needs to be attractive, well-presented and charismatic. Being an 'investigative genius' is irrelevant, that's not the presenter's job.

I have no wish to look at an ugly toad in a bin bag/house on a prairie dress on tv. Those colourful bodycon numbers are dreadfully dated, but I see no problem in trying to look good and showing off the figure you worked hard for.

They also don't hire ugly/fat cabin crew, models, actors (unless for a very specific role or comedic relief), front of the house staff, etc. And that's fine.

I will hold my hands up and admit that I do t watch daytime telly so have no idea what the presenters in question are wearing. But 30 years ago Judy Finnegan was co presenting This Morning and IIRC she always wore either trouser or skirt suits and nobody batted an eyelid. Mind you I would've been too busy swooning over her husband to have noticed anyway!

And on the apprentice, all figure hugging dresses, tottering heels and full make up

On a side issue...jewellery! It's not about body shape, I know, but thinking about what's appropriate and the style of female daytime TV presenters. I remember when Julia Somerville used to read the news wearing the most massive dangly earrings it was a bit distracting and somehow jarring if the news was dire. Almost like her jewellery was too flamboyant for the context. She's now on Rip Off Britain having a competition with Gloria Hunniford to see who can wear the craziest chunky jewellery but at least the subject matter isn't so serious.

What's wrong with chunky jewellery?
Do you think that women should wear grey ankle length dresses and walk with their head down in case a man dares to glance at them as they pass by?