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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] 2 points 2 days 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 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day 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