Posted on 08/21/2019 10:25:37 AM PDT by 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.
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Laz can’t post those great pics up anymore.
Church ladies got him.
Don’t test the church ladies.
Shariah. Hijrah. Jihad.
“Going topless is an invitation to rape for the new muslim population.”
And rape by mooslims should be an invitation to Frenchmen to hang mooslims from lampposts.
Where is Charles Martel and the guillotine when you really need them?
Lets just get all the art out of France while we have the chance.
Martinique was a beautiful beach. I wonder if it is the same 30 years on. Absolutely beautiful. The funny thing about topless or nude beaches, is that after about a half an hour it just feels normal. I was quite surprised by that.
We all did it back in college in the day, but the population demos have changed since then.
I haven’t seen Laz post here in ages. Anybody check for an obit?
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