Zagorath@aussie.zone to Sydney@aussie.zone · 4 months agoGreater Sydney [Blue Mountains] council bans ‘revealing swimwear’ sparking debate about double standardswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkGreater Sydney [Blue Mountains] council bans ‘revealing swimwear’ sparking debate about double standardswww.theguardian.comZagorath@aussie.zone to Sydney@aussie.zone · 4 months agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squarethreeduck@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoMan, 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?
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoWas it? Any pool pics from that day that I can see has people looking like there wearing a burkha
minus-squarethreeduck@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoHmm, 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
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThat’s USA only, do you have a source for Australia?
minus-squarethreeduck@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYeah 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
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?
Was it? Any pool pics from that day that I can see has people looking like there wearing a burkha
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
That’s USA only, do you have a source for Australia?
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