Here Are a Few Disgusting Things

The man leaves the public toilet and is accosted by a woman holding a roll of toilet paper. She asks him if he used the paper to wipe his bum, and when he admits that he has, she asks if it did a good job. When he somewhat hesitantly agrees that the paper did the job, she suggests he go back to a privacy stall and remove his underwear. He's now so clean in that region that he can ... GO COMMANDO!

Remarkably, the man agrees to this and pulls the waist of his pants down to show no underwear.

Not wearing underwear is one of those things in life that I would never do. I was taught that we had private areas on our body and that we kept those areas covered. Young people today are being taught to be free as, in some opinions, not being free about one's body is now called body shaming. I'm not ashamed of my body: I just think that private areas should remain private. Conversely, another TV commercial shows 3 young girls standing in front of potted bushes. Each one has a different way to shape the green bush into something cute, like a heart shape, but the one who wins uses a new Shick electric razor specifically designed for shaving the pubic region. The three green bushes are strategically placed in front of the girls' pubic area, so the message is sent: use this new tool to get creative with your pubic hair. I know women who have very hairy pubic regions, according to their own admissions, and they did groom the area when it was bathing suit weather. I am not aware of any of my female friends who groomed their pubic hair into cute shapes! And, I certainly never expected this whole trend to be part of a 60-second commercial.

We now have commercials with hundreds of actors wearing protective panties to proclaim that they are securely protected against unwanted leakage while out in public. I think it's nice that this product is available to both women and men, but I'm not sure I want to see such an "in your face" pictoral of it on my TV. Can't the point be made without having men/women parading in public with their Depends leading the way?

And women's breasts have become a status symbol in outfits designed--or just worn--to offer maximum exposure of the mammary glands. It's one thing for a woman to breast-feed her child discretely in public, but another to have females of all ages wearing tops with cutouts that draw the eye to naked breasts. Women walking the various red carpets used to be known for their excellent style; now, they are going commando and braless because the dresses they wear have sheer panels everywhere but across their nipples and the genitalia. That's not fashion: that's simply too much exposure in public.

I once laughed at the thought of a commercial showing a woman removing her tampon and shaking it to show how much menstrual blood one brand could hold versus another less absorbent product. Sad to say, what used to be a joke is now coming much closer to becoming a televised commercial. In fact, there is a new "craze," called free bleeding, for women who like nature to take its course by not using sanitary napkins and/or tampons. Yes, they just bleed wherever they go, which has to create a health hazard for the rest of the world. I can't imagine how anyone in their right mind would want to freely bleed, especially for those who have heavy periods, since that would be horribly messy for the person, as well as the leave-behind for the rest of us, especially those of us who use public restrooms when necessary.

I'd like to go back a few years and regain some public modesty. What goes on in one's home is one's business, but when it comes out into the public arena, those of us who are disturbed and/or offended by the lack of public modesty have no recourse.