Jo Robertson: sex and relationship expert says New Plymouth g-string bikini ban petition is a great conversation starter

One expert says there's a conversation to be had off the back of a proposed ban on g-string bikinis.

A Taranaki mother is calling for the 'pornographic' swimwear to be barred from public pools and drew over 150 signatures in a petition.  

Sex and Relationship expert Jo Robertson says regardless of the outcome, it's a great conversation starter.

"What do we do when our kids are seeing stuff that, maybe, we don't like? And we're all going to have different ideas about what we do and don't want our kids to see."

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(01:03):
talking about people who want to ban g strings from
public pools. A mum in Taranaki thinks it's time to
do that because and she's got the support by the
way of one hundred and fifty others in a petition.
She says that this type of swimwear is pornographic and
that she was frustrated with having to constantly be on
alert at rivers and at pools for the dread of
g string. Sex and relationship expert Joe Robertson is with me.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Hello Joe, Hello, is the misfun Is it? Well?

Speaker 1 (01:30):
I suppose it? Like that's a nice way of looking
at it. I'm looking at it going this is very prudish, Joe,
isn't it?

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Now? It's fun to talk about, you know, it's I
think it's a really great conversation around what do we
do when our kids are seeing stuff that maybe we
don't like and we're all going to have different ideas
about that, about what we do and don't want our
kids to see. So it's, you know, the g string
conbo is backing another very good conversation.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Okay, do you do you think it's okay for young
boys eight years old to see a lady walk past
with the butt out in a G string? I, having
three young boys myself, am okay with that.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
And the reason I'm okay with it is because bodies
are inherently great. So bodies are great, they're fun, they're
they're you know, we're like we use our bodies functional reasons.
But also they look beautiful and they're interesting to learn about.
And that's the position that I've always taken with my
kids is that if they're seeing something, even if I

(02:32):
might not think it's the best thing ever for them
to be exposed to at an early age, I use
it as an opportunity to talk to them. So if
they're seeing something on a beach, I would probably say, hey,
looking at that woman, and then they'll maybe say yes,
and I'll go what do you think about it? What
do you think about those togs?

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah? Mostly they'll be like awesome. If you are a
parent who is who is very uncomfortable about ladies' butts
out in the g string? What do you say to
the kids.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
If you're uncomfortable about it? I would actually encourage you
first to reflect on that. So before saying anything.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
You like, why are you comfortable about you?

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yeah? Like, I would really want you to do some
good self reflections, develop some awareness around what that brings
up to you. And it probably brings up lots of
stuff from your own childhood, and so think about that
and then you know what was good about the messages
you got about bodies growing up and what wasn't good?
How has it been damaging actually? And which do you
want to pass on or not to your own kids?

Speaker 1 (03:33):
Okay, I like where you're going with us, Joe, thank
you very much. So it's not about the butt, It's
about you. If you've got a problem with the butt,
that's Joe robertson Sex and Relationship Expert. For more from
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