i think the opposite, if men start showing up in mankini’s with a ball or dick popping out every now and then will result in the quickest ban in history
a once off promotional event which was done expressly for absurdity sake vs thousands of men genuinely wearing it as a swimsuit every week I think would get a different reaction
if your reaction to tony abbott was bad i don’t even want to think what the reaction would be like if women went down to the beach and saw hundreds of men in mankinis
you say it like nobody cared about tony abbott when it was the opposite, it was a huge raygun style meme at the time, it was an australia wide ‘please don’t’ and lasted for years and as you have kindly pointed out, still being brought up to this day
you say that like if 20 million people body shamed julia gillard it wouldn’t be the guardians top story of the year, biggest outrage and constantly reinforced under every article about sexism and double standards since then
was anyone bringing in bylaws to prevent men wearing them?
I duno, was there any demand for one? Is a shirtless guy wearing underwear equivalent to young girls running around near nude?
I duno why i’m even here, i never even go on the beach
edit: it looks like they are both banned anyway
“Thongs and G-string swimwear is not acceptable for males or females when visiting our leisure centres."
Australia had a long history of policing women’s bodies
Blue Mountains Leisure Centres is saying that men can’t wear them either?? How did this go from men and women can’t wear this to just women are impacted?
I predict that the moment men start showing up wearing thongs, nobody will have a problem with this rule.
i think the opposite, if men start showing up in mankini’s with a ball or dick popping out every now and then will result in the quickest ban in history
Borat punched a hole in that one years ago
a once off promotional event which was done expressly for absurdity sake vs thousands of men genuinely wearing it as a swimsuit every week I think would get a different reaction
if your reaction to tony abbott was bad i don’t even want to think what the reaction would be like if women went down to the beach and saw hundreds of men in mankinis
You mean g strings as thongs in Australian english are what Americans call flip-flops.
You are correct.
Butt floss, as it were.
Nobody wants to see your chocolate starfish trying to hide behind some butt floss. So I’m going to go with “no”.
I mean I saw wayy more than I ever wanted to of tony abbott but that passed without fucking comment
you gotta be kidding me?
you say it like nobody cared about tony abbott when it was the opposite, it was a huge raygun style meme at the time, it was an australia wide ‘please don’t’ and lasted for years and as you have kindly pointed out, still being brought up to this day
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/budgie-smuggler-abbott-unaustralian-of-year/rdeerx6kc
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/tony-abbott-declares-campaign-a-budgie-smuggler-free-zone-20130811-2rpsp.html
oMG DouBLe StAnDarDs
Yeah he got sporked - but was anyone bringing in bylaws to prevent men wearing them?
oMg pOlItIcIaN FuNnY SaMe aS OuTrIgHt bAn!
you say that like if 20 million people body shamed julia gillard it wouldn’t be the guardians top story of the year, biggest outrage and constantly reinforced under every article about sexism and double standards since then
I duno, was there any demand for one? Is a shirtless guy wearing underwear equivalent to young girls running around near nude?
I duno why i’m even here, i never even go on the beach
edit: it looks like they are both banned anyway
Blue Mountains Leisure Centres is saying that men can’t wear them either?? How did this go from men and women can’t wear this to just women are impacted?