Sydney

People are talking about a double standard, but if I'm honest, I don't really think it is. There's a real double standard especially with respect to women's upper bodies, and that bit tacked onto the end about a man from the Gold Coast is absolutely beyond the pale. But if there's a rule against nudity, presumably there has to be a line somewhere where technically someone might be wearing clothes, but it's not realistically enough to count?

Personally, I'd be fine with just allowing nudity and normalising it...at least at pools. That would take away all its power. But so long as we don't live in that world, it seems reasonable to say that clothing so skinny it gets hidden by the bum cheeks is not within acceptable limits.

There seem to be some people trying to turn this into a US-style argument about women's clothing in offices or at schools. But there's a big difference between a bit of leg above the knee, or exposed shoulders, and the bum crack, I feel. It's equally inappropriate (or appropriate) for men and for women.