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Greater Sydney [Blue Mountains] council bans ‘revealing swimwear’ sparking debate about double standards (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, back in the 50s or whatever, going to the pool nude was just the norm. Why can't we just swim in the nude if we want?

[–] phoenixz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Was it? Any pool pics from that day that I can see has people looking like there wearing a burkha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hmm, I was partially correct, nude swimming for MEN was common until ~1970, and was rare for women. Bearing in mind this is data for seppos.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_swimming_in_US_indoor_pools

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's USA only, do you have a source for Australia?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's why I mentioned it's data for seppos only. In a quick search, I found a newspaper article from 1927 suggesting outrage at nude swimming, although it seems to be in a mixed gender pool.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/258423430/28764616