Comments on: Tights are tights

By: Org

Org — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:22:00 +0000

…thank you :)

By: nonjugemental

nonjugemental — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:41:00 +0000

Um..no… I don’t know what puritanical village you live in, but in my small town USA nudity is legal, even on the streets. I don’t recall having run into, or ever seen any nudists, but it is not an offense. My town is also very fitness centered, between all the Gyms, dance studio’s, yoga studios, martial arts studios and cycle centers, there are plenty people wearing leggings and/or other tight fitting athletic clothing. I encounter them at Starbucks, at the grocery store, at the bank. Not once did I ever think I was looking at someones genitatlia! That just blows my mind. Just because something conforms to the body, you consider it indecent exposure?? I’m surprised how many people walk around with thier mind in the gutter.

By: Deidre

Deidre — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:46:00 +0000

Tights are tights. They are items of clothing that our meant to be worn on our legs under other items of clothing. HOWEVER, why do we just let it stop there? Why don’t we let people wear their clothing whichever way they want? Why can’t they be creative with their outfit choices and stray away from the norm? I would find this akin to wearing tube top as a skirt. It was an item not MEANT to be worn one way, but the wearer saw different potential in it.

The majority of people commenting here aren’t just talking about THEIR personal preference, but are fashion policing OTHER people’s choice of how to wear clothing. They are find the site of natural human bodies even in clothing repulsive and I find that sad. Seeing someone’s panties, bra, or even genitalia won’t kill you and I’m sorry if it offends you, but you need to realize that we are all one in the same. We’ve been so conditioned to think that we need to hide our “naughty” bits that the mere flash of a pantie causes uproar and disgust. Seriously? We’re all just humans who have nearly the same body parts as the next. People seriously need to get the fuck off their high horse and realize that people should be able to wear WHATEVER THE HELL THEY want without being scrutinized for it.

I may sound overly progressive, but it annoys me to see people scrutinizing people doing anything different from the norm.

By: Erin Marie

Erin Marie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:50:00 +0000

You might not be body shaming, but you are fashion policing. What gives you that right?

By: jj

jj — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:38:00 +0000

I always wear leggings by themselves (by tights I assume you mean leggings…sorry, I live in the UK and am not familiar with American/Australian terminology!). I couldn’t care less if people think it looks bad – I think I look good in them and they’re very comfortable. Yes the material is clingy and shows off my shape…but I think it’s sexy and I applaud any girl who has the confidence to wear them freely. Sorry but you cannot see my “bits” because I wear underwear and opt for slightly thicker material, not anything totally see-through!

Why is a bikini appropriate for the beach? I have pale skin and do not like to tan, so a bikini is not essential for me. I wear a t-shirt and shorts. If a bikini is “appropriate” as you say, then anything else should be at any time too.

By: Ashlee

Ashlee — Mon, 09 May 2011 20:51:00 +0000

I say a lot that tights aren’t pants. And I never, ever body shame (well, I do sometimes, but I always catch myself and stop/fix it).

I just don’t think that tights are pants. I really don’t. They aren’t proper pants.

Unless your shirt is long. But a short shirt with leggings for pants is a big no-no to me.

By: Jinfeng

Jinfeng — Sun, 08 May 2011 07:51:00 +0000

i like the general idea of your post. one should never be ashamed of one’s body. but i have to disagree on the “tights are not pants” equals body shame part. for me it’s about respect. i love my body, even the private parts (for example i happen to be very proud of my bosom. i don’t know why, i just love it ^^), but there are certain parts of it that i feel are not appropriate to be shown in public. not because i don’t like them, but because i respect other people’s right as well as my own to choose how intimate with one another one wants to be. it is offensive to me to be forced into a situation that has a heavily sexual context to me with people i don’t want to share it with.
for example a bikini at a swimming pool is just fine, because it is appropriate for the situation and i decided to take part in an activity that involves such little clothing, while seeing someone wearing no bikini top and a g-string bikini bottom would make me feel uncomfortable. it’s the same with tights: if they are worn in public i expect the one wearing them to make sure, that their bum is properly covered with another item of clothing not out of shame but out of respect for those around them.

By: definatalie

definatalie — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:08:00 +0000

Are beaches a problem for you then?

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:58:00 +0000

Isn’t indecent exposure an offense?

By: tolasudolsa

tolasudolsa — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:10:00 +0000

I’m a fat girl, and I try not to flash too much of my unflattering rack, but I’m getting tired to cover as much as possible because “it’s not pretty”. I do wear short skirts and minidresses, I love them, careful to have my bottom covered at least when I’m standing… but you know, when you have a big ass nothing seems enough.
To me here is where I draw the line: if you are wearing a dress, or a skirt, even if very short, wearing see through tights or leggins is perfectly ok, polite even. I do not like young girls wearing leggins with a normal lenght t-shirts beacause they do seem to have forgotten something, but I think is mostly my fashion taste than a problem with their way of showing their bodies.
I also think jeggins are awfull, and somebody should pay for inventing them, and often they go way too up between the back cheeks, but again I think it’s stupid to say that every way to wear leggins/tights/jeggins is wrong. May be if you see me you’d think “god she’s way too fat to pull that off” but not “those are not pants”.

(sorry for the bad english)