# Bikinis - immodest or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354 "2014-07-17T12:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354/61 "2014-07-29T00:14:42Z")
Does _immodest_ mean _awesome_? If so, I think they’re extremely immodest. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354/62 "2014-07-29T03:06:36Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I just do not consider bikinis immodest. If I hear that Woman X has worn a bikini, it’s about like hearing that Woman X has worn a pair of blue jeans … my opinion of her doesn’t change. I don’t think of her as more edgy and sexy. Hell, my mother has worn bikinis. > > Microkinis are the new edgy and sexy. Link spoilered because totally NSFW. > > [Microkinis](http://loggtv.tv/2013/12/photo-of-the-day-obscene-are-these-bikinis-too/) I think she was wearing the G-String backwards.:o ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354/63 "2014-07-29T05:07:13Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > If I hear that Woman X has worn a bikini, it’s about like hearing that Woman X has worn a pair of blue jeans … my opinion of her doesn’t change. Pretty much this, with the caveat that if you’re presenting it as swimwear, it should be secure enough to, you know, swim in. I also feel that you can’t attack someone and call them a pervert for taking your picture in swimwear that you claim is not meant to be sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354/64 "2014-07-29T13:25:06Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Pretty much this, with the caveat that if you’re presenting it as swimwear, it should be secure enough to, you know, swim in. I also feel that you can’t attack someone and call them a pervert for taking your picture in swimwear that you claim is not meant to be sexy. Same rules apply. Any time the cartoon “ooga ooga” sound can be applied, you’ve reached outside the bounds of politeness in your oogling - and there is no need for commentary to a stranger. But having once been a hot young 22 year old in a bikini - a doubletake happens all the time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354/65 "2014-07-31T08:37:26Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > For reference, bikinis are not permitted as swimwear at my daughter’s girl scout camps or at middle or high school for the swimming unit. Girls MUST wear one piece or “tankini” type suits the cover the midriff. > > I would assume this is because bikinis are seen as immodest when on nubile fourteen year old girls. Even in places where swimwear is appropriate. > > I think its a crock. Though in middle school, where there is a lot of sexual harassment shinanigans, I think wearing clothing where it isn’t possible for someone to pants you in the pool or steal your top is probably a good idea. However, that isn’t because bikinis are immodest, its because middle school boys can be jerks. If my church is any indication, they are considered immodest in general. It’s just that girls at those ages are more likely to choose immodest clothing. The new rule, BTW, is that everyone must wear a shirt. It applies to both genders. Belly buttons are just apparently “teh sexy.” (Oddly enough, the taboo probably made some kids think they were.) ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354/66 "2014-07-31T12:15:48Z")
My girls wore one pieces until they were about twelve. I don’t have a problem with bikinis, in fact that’s what I wear, but it just seemed wrong to have little girls so sexualized so young. This idea also applied to regular clothing. The youngest is now 14, they are all wearing bikinis, and I could care less. I think my problem was seeing so many little girls encouraged to wear inappropriate, sexualized clothing in general. It’s disconcerting to see six year old hootchie mamas. They have the rest of their lives for that, let them be little kids. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikinis-immodest-or-not/693354.md?page=3)