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Greater Sydney [Blue Mountains] council bans ‘revealing swimwear’ sparking debate about double standards (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months 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@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months 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

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months 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