No sir (or madam) I don’t want intimate knowledge of your nether regions through the medium of flesh coloured scrunchbum pants and inappropriate swimwear that clings to your flaccid member ***title edited by MNHQ to correct a typo***

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Totally get that in theory everyone has a right to wear what they wish but even so…I theory I have a right to not have to walk around looking at the floor

Curses. Nether. Not meter.

I’ve recently been in holiday….there really should be some screening process before people are allowed to buy thong swimsuits. I do not want to see bare arse cheeks that look like a sack of lumpy custard 🤢

Wanted to reply to this in feminist solidarity (hi, sister!) I was doing all those things, too, and I broadly share your concerns. Not about clothing, though. My first real activism was in 1973, a time when people our age - of both sexes - were wearing a lot of cheesecloth, crochet and fine Indian cotton. Mostly transparent (we didn't wear bras). Men's trousers were ... snug in the crotch. Both men's and women's shorts were very short indeed.

Clothing isn't a feminist issue, imo. Most of the objection to women in revealing clothing is about men's expected reactions to it, assuming the women are advertising their bodies. So what if they are?

So it's not the thong you dislike, just less than perfect bottoms?

Who decides though?

A panel of panel of judges in the changing room?

Well i think the prevalence of porn has changed things as regards clothing.
Yes in the past women wore revealing clothing. But it wasn't influenced by porn, and Only Fans, and social media the way it is now. And there is no " innocence " about clothing now that to some extent there was in the past.

I spent a walking tour behind a young woman wearing these in Italy last year. She kept muscling her way to the front of the group, so there was no escaping her arse.

@GarlicFound Clothing isn't a feminist issue, imo. Most of the objection to women in revealing clothing is about men's expected reactions to it, assuming the women are advertising their bodies.

The women who wear revealing clothing are overwhelmingly clear that it has nothing to do with men.

I don’t want to see anyone’s bare bum, I think wearing a thong in public is vile, and I can only imagine that some of the wearers do not possess a full length mirror.

I was walking on a tourist path along the beach yesterday in canaries and very very old very very tanned man was sitting completely naked grinning at everyone passing. I averted my eyes.

It’s an interesting observation that though my OP tried to be gender neutral, criticism of women on this thread is much more prevalent.

I find flesh coloured scrunch bum leggings unattractive but my immediate reaction is not as visceral as seeing a man’s bits through thin cloth. My feeling is that the former is fairly unwise but the latter revolting.

To be fair its difficult to tear your eyes away. Its a bit like passing s car crash.

It's not really another part instead of, it is as well as.

IMHO, some summer fashions are concerning from a public health perspective.

Bare bums on public transportation...is a form of microbiological bravery...

Completely agree with you. My late DM often used to lament ‘haven’t they got a full length mirror in the house’.

I have to admit I feel the same when women wear very low cut tops though I expect that could be an unpopular opinion on here. I'm not saying that they are asking to be assaulted or harassed. We should be able to wear what we want without fear of attack. But really - if you don't want people to look at something, cover it up.

I hate those flesh coloured leggings, it makes it look like they are naked from a distance away!

I saw a woman in town at midday yesterday in a group of what looked like hens, wearing a very short dress that just covered her bum - fair enough - but then she started tugging at the neckline and it rode right up, fully exposing her bum. She had on black pants under sheer black tights so it could have been worse. She didn't pull it down again till she was happy with the neckline, not sure if she realised what she was showing to a packed city centre

We’re just back from a holiday. Thankfully, very few thong bikinis on display, but the owners of the 2 or 3 that were, needed a re-think.

Having a tanned arse may be important to some, but if it means subjecting others to a dimpled, fat arse in all its glory, I’d think it’s not worth it. It was however, quite funny to spot people’s reactions when said bare bums walked by.

What if said bums were nice and pert and firm?. Would you have objected?

Yes, but not as much. I don’t really get having your arse on display full stop - even if it’s young and peachy.

"not as much" 😂
Question answered! 😉

Well that makes more sense than what you said which was

"I do not want to see bare arse cheeks that look like a sack of lumpy custard"

I do think 'arse pants' as I call them, at the gym, are a bit ridiculous. OK, you have arse cheeks, thanks for letting us know.

The scrunch-bum leggings do call to mind the displays put on by baboons and mandrills when attempting to attract mates.

I'm taking about the objectors, not the wearers.

Tumescent

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