Zagorath@aussie.zone to Sydney@aussie.zone · 1 month agoGreater Sydney [Blue Mountains] council bans ‘revealing swimwear’ sparking debate about double standardswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down14
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkGreater Sydney [Blue Mountains] council bans ‘revealing swimwear’ sparking debate about double standardswww.theguardian.comZagorath@aussie.zone to Sydney@aussie.zone · 1 month agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarethreeduck@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoThat’s USA only, do you have a source for Australia?
minus-squarethreeduck@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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