# "Mind the gap" offensive?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-the-gap-offensive/990516 "2023-09-22T02:51:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-the-gap-offensive/990516/5 "2023-09-22T04:59:18Z")

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> [@Why all the genres?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-genres/990368/32):
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> The only thing I can think of is that “gap” is also used to refer to a thigh gap

I’m sure I’ve seen ‘mind the gap’ explicitly referring to thigh gaps, in which case it might not be the directly sexual allusion that’s taken offense to, but the (imagined) perpetration of an unhealthy and objectifying standard for women’s bodies (‘thigh gap’ as a shorthand for extreme slimness).

But yeah, some people just work hard at finding something to be offended by.

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