Should i wear bikinis

Originally Posted by MrJester. As a guy, I wonder why women wear bikinis. Women feel violated if guys see them in their underwear--until it's at the beach, and they're wearing waterproof underwear.

Do women wear bikinis to feel sexy and show off in front of guys? Wouldn't women think that bikinis are overly sexualized?

At my university's gym pool, even many female lap swimmers would wear bikinis, along with swim caps and goggles. It looked funny and out of place. Women, how can you do any serious swimming in a bikini?

A decade ago when I was a boy, I took swim lessons with a couple other kids. One of the girls was 8 or 9 years old and had 4 or 5 bikinis she rotated between. One of her swimsuits was a thong bikini with an attached miniskirt. She would dive head first into the pool, and her miniskirt would blow up, revealing her bare buttocks. Isn't that awfully risque for such a young girl? Why do women's swimsuits show off the leg more than guys' swimsuits?

Even one pieces leave the leg completely exposed. Guys' have their thighs covered unless it's Europe and they're wearing speedos. Also at my university, girls would sunbathe on the lawn in front of the dorms in their bikinis Originally Posted by K Originally Posted by ClaraC.

Women, and girls, are expected by society to wear extremely revealing clothing in public to swim in while men's socially accepted bathing attire is modest. Originally Posted by kitty Here is what a bikini looked like in We should have that again. It is still sexy. If you've found yourself feeling apprehensive about wearing swimwear this summer, try to take some inspiration from these women, who have managed to put it in perspective for themselves and are now encouraging others to do the same. I actually never posted the first picture.

I took one look at it and decided that after months of dangerous crash dieting I still wasn't thin enough. I'd failed. I hadn't punished myself hard enough to wear that bikini and in my mind, that meant I didn't deserve to be out in the world at all. That's how every summer went, year by year. Missing out on all the days that should have been spent making memories in the light to shut myself indoors and focus everything on shrinking my body smaller. And every single year by the end of the summer, I'd take one look at myself and decide that it wasn't enough.

It was never ever enough. I wish I could get that time back now, spend it on letting myself grow in a million beautiful ways instead of forcing myself to be small, smaller, smallest. I can't do that, but instead I can tell you what I wish I had been told back then: this is not your only option. You do not have to spend your life chasing weight loss. You do not have to punish yourself smaller. You do not have to put your life on hold until you can look in the mirror and see a body that you believe is worthy of being out in the world.

And you always will be, whether you're smaller, larger, or exactly as you are. So for anyone who needs it, this is for you: stop hiding your body away from the light. Go let yourself grow in all of your beautiful ways. I'll be making up for lost time and growing right beside you, and accepting my body unconditionally throughout it all. This post is to show off my tomato butt in asos swim. Refuse to edit my cellulite.

It's totally normal. Don't be ashamed to get in a swimsuit this Summer because of it. Go fuck it up. To you, these two photos might not look very different.

To me, they looked extremely different 3 and a half years ago. At this point, I see far less of a difference. But I can notice exactly what areas are manipulated because they were what I was most insecure about with my body. I used to be so particular about the length of my torso. During the summer, that means a department overrun by cute bikinis and shorts that barely cover her panties.

The latest swimsuit styles are limited to two pieces. Peace signs, hearts, tie-dye -- all two pieces. My daughter could choose between solid pink, solid purple or Hello Kitty. The other five -- yes 5! I don't understand! As women, we complain about the ads that show an unreal image of what women should look like.

We cover our faces with makeup, and we watch every morsel we put in our mouths so we can still fit into our tight little skirts. We notice every wrinkle, every pound and every blimish.

So why, oh why, are we passing along that same issue to our kids before they are even old enough to know what sexy is? At 8, my daughter doesn't even know WHY a man is looking her way.

Isn't it my job to protect her? We are defining attractive for our own kids both in what we wear and what we buy them. My daughter is smart, beautiful, and carefree, and I believe I will keep her that way as long as possible.

If covering her body more helps with that, I am all for it. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline.