That trend's over, hon. Please find a new way to look skanky.

I agree that the skank trend has seen its day. I also hope that one day soon young men again wear trousers that don’t hang below their hips. Not because I want to admire a 16 year old kid’s ass, but because I think it looks trashy to walk around with ill fitting clothes be they too small or too big. Oh, and it’s called underwear for a reason.

I’m trying to control my fury.

Let me get this straight. When confronted with an inordinate amount of butt-skin, men should enjoy the view and women should shut up to leave the men to enjoy the view in peace? Oh, and don’t forget that women dress only to impress men. Goddamn, this is about the most sexist attitude I’ve heard in a long time.

I am critical of guys who dress sleazily and women who dress like skanks. Not men who dress nicely or women who dress sexily (in the proper context). I dress for no one but myself, as is evidenced by the fact that 99% of the time you can find me in jeans or sweats and my boyfriend’s XXL sweatshirts.

So no. I might be jealous of another woman’s body, but I can be cognizant of what I’m feeling. I do not get jealous upon seeing someone dressed ridiculously.

I had to go over that a couple times before I was able to reassure myself that “bunny” was a reference to a pet animal with long ears and not yet another euphemism for some part of female anatomy.
For the topic of thongs, low jeans and decoration on the backside, I’ll offer up a song by MooNiE the Magnif’Cent:

How far down your butt does your tattoo go?
How far down your butt does your tattoo go?
How far down your butt does your tattoo go?
I don’t wanna see it - I just wanna know!

Yes, bunny, as in small fury animal. Cute. Big floppy ears. Twitchy nose.

He’s a cutie. :slight_smile:

We got a new one at work that dresses this way. I wondered who she was, at first, with the big roll of stretch-mark stomach hanging out of her low-rise jeans and her thong pulled way up over that tattoo on her backside. Blouse on with only one button done up, jewelry drippin off and enough make-up on to supply a week long Broadway show.

She’s forever walking around the halls on her cell phone yapping about how she can’t bring her kids in here (she was even complaining about this to the janitor an hour ago before she left the building in a huff.) while supposedly she is employed here.

Found out who she was earlier today though. She’s the cleaning person. She’s supposed to do things like dust the furniture and clean off the whiteboards and tidy up the ladies rooms in between janitor-sweeps.

She’s just a bundle of joy, from the skankiness to the not doing any work to the bitching about not being able to have her kids here with her. I wonder who exactly would watch those kids while she’s talking loudly on her cell phone about heading for the bar straight away from work.

Yeah, what a skank. She’s not getting any attention of the positive kind, and I’m quite sure I have no jealousy for the kind of attention she is getting. Just last week a student asked me if she was a hooker!

Universal Law of Purchasing Jeans # 5:
Pick the size off the rack that you tell people (and yourself) you wear. Try on. If they fit, you must buy them, because the chances of such an occurrence happening are 1 in 1000.

Simple question, then.

If you don’t care, why do you feel the need to comment upon it? What would compel you to call someone a “skank”? You don’t see anything particularly wrong with that?

I don’t think you got her post.

She does care, she’s being critical of it–as is her right. It may not be the nicest happiest sentiment in the world to think someone’s a skank, but it’s a person’s right to express it.

Don’t like the look…

Part of me when I see a girl carrying a few extra pounds in low riders thinks “You go girl!” Its nice to see girls comfortable enough with less than perfect bodies.

But the greater part of me thinks if you are skinny enough to pull off the look, you are too damn skinny. A very few girls who have really nice abs pull it off - and usually only as long as they are standing or walking with good posture - even Lindsey Lohan has love handles if she slouches.

Women are much harsher on other women’s weight (and their own) than men are, though. But, if it gives the guys pause (gross generalization here), women seem to want other women to dress appropriately for them. Guys seem to be ready to slam “fat women” regardless of their appeal.

I’ve been wearing the same Levi’s for 20 years, well, the same style - I’ve gone through a few pairs and a size or two since I was 18. Last time it took three stores to find Levis 550s in a size ten. Finally found them at Sears. Every year in the Spring I buy two pairs of khaki Dockers, in the fall, two pairs of black Dockers. Every year I have to try on all the styles as they change each year.

As for skanky, in my experience women who go for the skanky look aren’t trying to attract men - they ususally have a boyfriend and are confused why all these guys hit on them. Its a style choice, as much as the jeans and sweatshirt look is, as much as the conservative look is, as much as Goth is.

I dress to be warm and comfortable. At work I dress to be taken relatively seriously. I’m happily married and if I go dancing with my girlfriends I dress to look good to myself and have fun. And I wear thongs (on rare occations) to either hide panty lines or give Brainiac4 a treat.

I don’t really care how people perceive how I dress. I’m perfectly okay being thought a slob. That’s the decision I make when dressing, as does everyone else, including people who dress skankily.

Why would I feel that there’s anything wrong with me thinking that? I don’t often call a person a skank based on what they’re dressed, but I’d sure feel comfortable calling them skankily dressed. I’m not judging her sexuality or anything else, just her bad taste and judgment in clothes.

Men’s Levi 501s with the button fly. Slight hipster fit and a boot leg which is flattering without being extreme. I’m a woman and they fit me just fine … once I worked that out I never bothered buying anything else.

And by the same token it’s my right to call someone an asshole for calling someone a skank. That is about one of the rudest things I can imagine, and I can’t fathom what makes people think that they can call other women skanks just because they don’t like their style. I want to know what motivates people to do this. Is it rage? Is it jealousy? Disgust? If it’s disgust, what’s so disgusting about it?

If you want to tell me I’m wrong, you need to set me straight, not just accuse me of sexism and mysogyny and all the other names.

That means you wear a 42" waist, 30" inseam, yeah? And you see your Levis as ‘ornamentation’ of what? :dubious:
Look, bud, most of my boyfriends, male friends and gay male friends (what, gay men aren’t “average guys”?) value style and class - wear what flatters you. I can dress to look sexy, to look romantic, to look like I’ve had two hours of sleep after a marathon paper-writing session, to look studious, to look professional, etc… Clothing has different functions, sexiness/ sexual attractiveness is only one of them.

And duh, clothes have utility - as a born-and-bred Midwesterner, let me give you a list of clothing items I have that are purely utilitarian (although their probably is a fetish site somewhere…)
Long underwear
Thick knit socks
Thick mittens, scarf and hat
Snow boots
Ski jacket

aurelian
wears a 30/35, thank you very much.

Why do you think it’s so rude? It’s not jealousy or disgust. Why would YOU call someone badly dressed? Is it motivated by jealousy or disgust? When people, male or female, dress to attract attention and succeed only in making themselves look ridiculous, I feel perfectly justified in calling them skankily dressed. I don’t hate them, I don’t invest myself emotionally, but I’m aware they look stupid.

Oh, and as we’ve gone over every fucking time anyone has a conversation on this board, of course you have the right to call me an asshole, wrong though you may be. And as to the sexism, I call it like I see it. Women do have other thoughts in their heads than men, shocking to you as it may be.

I just think it’s going to be funny fifty years from now when there are all these little old ladies drinking tea and playing bingo, and cooing over great-grandchildren - they’ll all be covered in tattoos.

I think, many times, it’s the context of the outfit. Angelina Joile does indeed look sexy in that outfit. She’s on a beach or some such equally sun drenched location. Now, wearing that same outfit to the mall on Thursday afternoon? :rolleyes:

Low slung jeans, thong, and a halter top at the frat party on Saturday night? Potentially sexy.
Same outfit at the church’s youth picnic? :rolleyes:

White crocheted mesh top over a purple bra and leather pants at the club? Potentially sexy.
The same outfit at the corporate dinner party? :rolleyes:

In summation (and my opinion), skanky is the inability to dress appropriately for an occasion and the knack of looking like a low paid prostitute in any situation despite the amount of breeding or class you claim to have.

Don’t tell me why I dress. I dress to prevent sunburn and saggy boobs.

AD: * I can’t fathom what makes people think that they can call other women skanks just because they don’t like their style. I want to know what motivates people to do this. Is it rage? Is it jealousy? Disgust? If it’s disgust, what’s so disgusting about it?*

The OP did not call the woman a skank: she complained that her passe and tasteless clothing style made her look like a skank.

In other words, the OP thinks that particular fashion looks skanky. This is simply a taste call, dude—why are you reacting so strongly to it, as though it were some kind of horrible personal insult that must have been motivated by some deep negative emotion like rage, jealousy, or disgust?

The idea that criticizing another woman’s clothes must mean you’re jealous of the other woman is dumb. The idea that the only acceptable responses to unattractive clothing styles on other women are “compete or be quiet” is eye-rollingly dumb. As Cervaise and Sauron commented, you’re embarrassing the guys with a clue.

Imagining that women’s opinions on fashion are solely about sexual competition comes across as not only sexist, but pathetic and needy. It gives the impression that you’re clinging to the idea that nothing really matters to women except attracting male attention. Yes dear, of course it’s all about you. Everything is always all about you. Now run away and play, and let the grownups have their rant about clothing styles, 'mkay? :rolleyes: C’mon Airman, you really don’t seem like a pathetic-sexist type of person, so why would you want to come across that way in this thread?

Me personally, I am not a big fan of uncovered underpants or butt-cracks as public attire for males or females (and I know a lot of guys who agree with me). I don’t know that I’d call it “skanky”, but I do think it’s kind of repellent. I don’t care how young and gorgeous you are, I don’t really want you rubbing your fecal bacteria all over the chairs that other people have to sit in, thankyouverymuch.

This was exactly what I wanted to say, only you said it much better.

And some think it should… :rolleyes: