Why are fewer Frenchwomen sunbathing topless?

The Spectator ^ | 20 Aug 2019 | Gavin Mortimer

[Rummyfan]

I was taken by surprise last month while holidaying in Biarritz. As I splashed through the surf towards the beach I passed a woman paddling. She was topless and it struck me that this was a sight you don’t often see any more in France.

I first came to France on summer holiday as a young boy and recall asking my mother, who is of Scottish presbyterian stock, why Frenchwomen didn’t wear bikini tops. She replied from behind her sturdy one-piece swimming suit that it ‘was just the French way’

Not any more. In 1984, a survey found that 43 percent of Frenchwomen bathed topless on the beach. But a similar poll last month revealed that figure had fallen to 19 percent. Of 1,000 women interviewed, 59 percent of under-25s said they covered their breasts in order not to arouse men, while 51 percent said they were scared of being physically or sexually abused if they went topless. Other reasons stated were a fear of skin cancer, and a lack of self-confidence about their bodies.

[Rummyfan]

Asking - and answering - the important questions....

On Italian beaches it's not common for women to go topless. And those who do are usually foreigners.

[ClearCase_guy]

But a similar poll last month revealed that figure had fallen

Aging population?

Perhaps the problem is exactly this: the figure has fallen.

[bankwalker]

Need some pix before I can answer.

[headstamp 2]

Couldn’t be the “recent arrivals” could it.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Muslims

[Track9]

Because they’re wearing burkas?

[FatherofFive]

Going topless is an invitation to rape for the new muslim population. Burkinis are next.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Due to increased interbreeding with middle east jihadis their skin has darkened and their hairy nipples are more pronounced.

[BradyLS]

Article tells you. “Newcomers” take notice and harass them.

[Menehune56]

I have a suspicion it may have something to do with the importation of a culture that believes non-burqa clad females are just asking for it.

[BenLurkin]

They're going to need to put on more clothes than just a bikini top....

"I can see her feet! I am enraged!"

[DIRTYSECRET]

Mooslimz are more used to goats.

[TBP]

That’s it!

[JimRed]

Sunburn?

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I hear a lot of women are topless when the Muslims get through with them.

[stinkerpot65]

The Muslim loves him some rape.

[OKSooner]

I saw what you just now did right there.

[Truth29]

Duh Magazine answer - Muslims. The French invited the blood cult supremacists into France and are being eaten by the cancer they introduced into the system.

[kanawa]

Allah only knows

[DPMD]

Re: aging population, don’t you mean the figures have fallen?