I have small boobs and didn't like to show a lot of cleavage because it was a good 33% of my boob.

A woman with enormous boobs can show vast cleavage and nobody blinks twice because her boobs are just bigger, and she still hiding a lot but showing a lot.

Same goes for butt cheeks these days. Everyone's are bigger and some are gonna peek out.

There's more choice in swimsuits than ever before! At any time in history! There are burkinis! Find one that "suits" you... haha!

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Anonymous wrote:So you're the one who trolled my bikini-at-the-community-pool thread last year?

Joking. I'm French and find American contrasts fascinating: US culture is hyper-sexualized, yet, middle class uptight moms don't want to see skin except at certain types of "resort beaches". Girls should be affirmed and not told they're fat, yet middle class uptight moms deplore their crop tops...

Maybe you should just enjoy your life. You only have one.

Most of the women I know have huge issues about their bodies and their daughters’ bodies. I’m almost 49, living in a UMC enclave, and I’m just being honest. The sexual and “display” hypocrisies are absolutely astounding and most of the highly educated, politically astute (not really but they have polite and educated politics and mourn for the Uyghurs from afar kind of thing) will instantly critique the appearance of a woman they don’t like for any reason. And their daughters.

OP is the unfortunate norm.

Maybe we’re not criticizing the women and their daughters but questioning why the only bathing suits for sale for women require Brazilian waxing and constant wedgie picking, as well as a lot of exposed cheek. My daughters aren’t comfortable with that much cheek showing. And the men are wearing board shorts. It’s an interesting contrast.

-not OP

The Daisy dukes have been out for decades. It’s true that more are visible in the grocery stores, the museums, the parks, the mall, the Metro, etc. It does appear to be a trend—Cheeks peeking out.

Anonymous wrote:So you're the one who trolled my bikini-at-the-community-pool thread last year?

Joking. I'm French and find American contrasts fascinating: US culture is hyper-sexualized, yet, middle class uptight moms don't want to see skin except at certain types of "resort beaches". Girls should be affirmed and not told they're fat, yet middle class uptight moms deplore their crop tops...

Maybe you should just enjoy your life. You only have one.

Most of the women I know have huge issues about their bodies and their daughters’ bodies. I’m almost 49, living in a UMC enclave, and I’m just being honest. The sexual and “display” hypocrisies are absolutely astounding and most of the highly educated, politically astute (not really but they have polite and educated politics and mourn for the Uyghurs from afar kind of thing) will instantly critique the appearance of a woman they don’t like for any reason. And their daughters.

OP is the unfortunate norm.

Anonymous wrote:Our society encourages women to be sexually desirable to males. News at 11.

Eh I think the showing of cheeks is a fashion thing, not a male gaze thing. Yes men would rather see hot women wear less than more but you can still look plenty hot while wearing a bikini that covers a couple more inches of your a$$.

If OP's point is that it's not fair that no fashionable women's swimsuit will cover the area around your groin (upper thighs), then I agree. I don't care much about but cheeks on at the beach, I'd just like to be able to look cute at the beach without having to worry about getting rid of my pubes.

So you're the one who trolled my bikini-at-the-community-pool thread last year?

Joking. I'm French and find American contrasts fascinating: US culture is hyper-sexualized, yet, middle class uptight moms don't want to see skin except at certain types of "resort beaches". Girls should be affirmed and not told they're fat, yet middle class uptight moms deplore their crop tops...

Maybe you should just enjoy your life. You only have one.

Anonymous wrote:Our society encourages women to be sexually desirable to males. News at 11.

Requires?

Give it a rest.

Wasn't this same trend going on in the 80s?

It's trashy.

Our society encourages women to be sexually desirable to males. News at 11.

I agree! I noticed it last winter watching women’s gymnastics. The leotards were all cheeky and seem to require a Brazilian wax in order to perform, while the men are in biker shorts. Now it’s every girls’ bathing suit, even the swim team. The girls didn’t even have an option for full coverage. It’s ridiculous.

I think it's physics and freedom. As a big bottomed girl before the Kardashians made it a thing, I was always picking wedgies trying to wear the styles that I guess just stayed on the butt cheeks of flat butt girls.

Now we're just eliminating the extra fabric and putting the fabric where it will be after movement. I'm too old to participate but it's great.

Same with olympic divers. Their suits are cut almost thong style. oh so scandalous. No, it's to minimize fussing with the physics.

Where are you? In the U.S. I don’t see many buttcheeks but when I’m abroad I do!

It takes balls to wear a thong in public is all I’ll say.

What’s with everything being cheeky these days? Enjoying our second week of vacation at the beach and I’ve never seen so many bare butts. This cheeky fad has morphed from panties to swimwear and now seen on sidewalks and stores.

Since when has society accepted women baring their buttocks in public, yet the trend for men remains square cut board shorts and boxer briefs. Men are wearing shorts whereas women are wearing what pales in comparison more along the lines of skimpy panties.

Don’t get me wrong, I dread the thought of my husband or son wearing a thong at the pool or beach. I’m no prude, I have a few racy cut swim suits that I wear in the islands with hubby but wouldn’t wear in Ocean City.

What’s behind this new fashion trend?