Only knickers in the Co-op

[1981RickyVilla]

A teenage girl (aged 15 or 16, roughly) in front of me in the Co-op was wearing a crop-top and a pair of knickers only. Not bikini bottoms, not short shorts but cotton M & S midi style knickers. I didn’t say anything (none of my business and she probably wouldn’t have approved my sartorial choices either). If I had been her mother, seeing her before she left the house, I would have said that it looked unhygienic and wasn’t an appropriate way to go to the shops.
YABU: People of whatever age can dress how they like when they go to the Co-op.
YANBU: A mini-skirt or pair of shorts are a minimum requirement when you’re off to the shops.

My heart bleeds for them! Honestly both sexes, regardless of age, just don't look. I don't look at strangers arses when they're clothed so why should I when they're in undies and it's displeasing to me?

Just look at the stairs, that’s where you should be looking for safety anyway.

The real 1950s were baggy floral dresses under thick coats, flat shoes and headscarves or felt hats pulled over rigid perms ...

... Teenagers were changing all that, though. Some images are 1940s.

If you catch sight of bum cheeks hanging out of a pair of knickers, then it is too late to ‘not look’ as lots of PPs say is the way to behave. The vast majority of people wouldn’t go on to deliberately stare, but you have already made a judgement in that split second, whether it is a negative or positive judgement.

Thank goodness the Bible doesn't say anything about looking at men lustfully or I'd have to give myself 50 lashes 😂

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Just saw this hot weather dress code sign at my local Co-Op and instantly thought of this thread 😆

[image might not show whilst awaiting approval, but it says customers are required to wear shorts/skirt]

Thanks for this. The trend must be more ubiquitous than I had thought!

I've seen a few women like this - it seems to be a goth-type 'look'. Openwork black tights and a 'skirt' (tartan or leather) that only just about reaches to the bottom of the pelvis/bum cheeks, so when walking around, their bum cheeks and knickers are visible. I think it looks awful, as if the skirt is about four sizes too small and they've squeezed themselves into it.

As the skirts often resemble belts there might be no improvement!

Surely walking around showing almost everything comes under a public decency offence?

Isn't it different for men and women?

Wow, it's one thing checking that your outfit passes muster when off to the opera or a fancy restaurant; but imagine having to stand there checking whether you're dressed enough to go into your local convenience store!

I suppose the only thing might be that, technically, according to that notice, you're not allowed in if you're wearing jeans or other full-length trousers. I guess it should be obvious that that is perfectly fine; but then, if they need to tell people in the first place, it's probably not safe to assume that anything along those lines is obvious...

Even so, it will still likely fail, as the first rule of signs is that the only people who ever notice or bother to read them are those for whom no sign was ever needed in the first place.

I’ve never said private parts shouldn’t be covered. Why do you think that’s my opinion?

Because lots of people on this thread have been saying about the frequent unwelcome sightings of women and girls showing off their bums in public, and you've been doggedly asserting that nobody should feel they have the right to tell anybody that they shouldn't be doing this.

And yes, I know that bums are not genitals, but they are commonly considered private parts of the body; even tiny little children know about the Pants Rule, where nobody (other than parents/carers/doctors) should see or touch any part of your body that is covered by your briefs.

Maybe I'm an anomaly of nature, but my eyes have a natural full field of vision, meaning that they automatically capture the wider spectrum of my view as well as whatever I'm specifically concentrating on.

Yes there was a thread about school girls wearing barely there skirts with their buttocks on display a while ago. A surprising amount of PPs didnt think it was a problem 🙄

Because lots of people on this thread have been saying about the frequent unwelcome sightings of women and girls showing off their bums in public, and you've been doggedly asserting that nobody should feel they have the right to tell anybody that they shouldn't be doing this.

When have I even once said nobody should feel they have this right, let alone doggedly?

I remember seeing a bloke walking down the street wearing a pair of Y fronts and an unbuttoned shirt. It was Southend but even so 🤣. My friend’s son kept pointing out rather loudly!

You used to be banned from wearing shorts in Harrods.

The boys weren’t swearing. But they didn’t need to be n the graveyard making elderly people feel threatened. I knew the boys and believe me they got told their behaviour was unacceptable. Stop changing the context and trying to throw it back on me.

We went on a school trip to London in February. It was very cold. None of the girls had jackets and some were wearing vest tops. I kid you not.

Funny how you didn’t mention the boys being intimidating.

People do feel very brave shouting at young girls though.

Thanks for these. Hilarious that these pictures are not getting any criticism from the posters on this thread, despite the skirts and shorts being so very, very short.

Ok thanks I'll try that seeing as it's obviously the eyes in my head that are the problem 🙄