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Berlin to let everyone go topless at public swimming pools
The Associated Press ^ | March 9, 2023

Posted on 03/09/2023 12:10:13 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

BERLIN (AP) — Women in Berlin will soon be allowed to go topless at the city’s public swimming pools, like men, the Berlin state government said Thursday.

The new bathing rules allowing everyone to go swimming without covering their torsos followed a discrimination complaint by a woman who was not allowed to go topless in a swimming pool in the capital.

The woman, whose identity was not revealed, had turned to the senate’s ombudsperson’s office for equal treatment to demand that women, like men, can swim topless, the Berlin senate for justice, diversity and anti-discrimination said in a written statement.

In reaction to the complaint and the ombudsman’s involvement in the case, the Berliner Baederbetriebe, which runs the city’s public pools, decided to change its clothing rules, the statement said.

“The ombudsperson’s office very much welcomes the decision of the Baederbetriebe, because it establishes equal rights for all Berliners, whether male, female or non-binary, and because it also creates legal certainty for the staff at the Baederbetriebe,” said Doris Liebscher, the head of the ombudsperson’s office.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: berlin; frauleinboobies; toplessfraus
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To: Eccl 10:2

My very first thought upon reading the headline. This should be interesting.


21 posted on 03/09/2023 12:29:39 PM PST by Mama Shawna
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To: ansel12

In addition to paid swimmers, there will be a host of paid lookers


22 posted on 03/09/2023 12:31:52 PM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All

Guys will look at girls will be appalled that guys are looking. Eventually videos, clips, gifs and meme will be made out of “creepy” guys gawking at women and thr “right” men will be targeted for firing and/or sensitivity training.


23 posted on 03/09/2023 12:32:43 PM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: HYPOCRACY

Poolside Inequity!


24 posted on 03/09/2023 12:35:33 PM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Red Badger

I absolutely love that graphic!

Says it all!


25 posted on 03/09/2023 12:36:19 PM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Going to go over big with the immigrant community there.


26 posted on 03/09/2023 12:36:23 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris events are called dodo ops)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nein bustenhalter??


27 posted on 03/09/2023 12:37:24 PM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where’s the photo of that meat head, Rob Reiner? Also, the local muslim population will react accordingly…


28 posted on 03/09/2023 12:37:48 PM PST by dragonblustar (WEF = World Economic Fascists. )
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To: tet68
:Bikini makers hardest hit"

LOL!

29 posted on 03/09/2023 12:38:59 PM PST by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: rlmorel

Long time ago we were at a boat race in Milan (not even at a beach) and some of the crew saw some topless girls - needless to say they were HIGHLY interested.


30 posted on 03/09/2023 12:39:04 PM PST by Aria
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To: caww

she hot


31 posted on 03/09/2023 12:39:20 PM PST by mowowie
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To: eyeamok

What does that have to do with Berlin. I’m petrified by the ignorance of some not understanding that German women don’t vote in the United States. Holy crap!


32 posted on 03/09/2023 12:41:30 PM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: JohnBovenmyer

“Going to go over big with the immigrant community there.”

The bad thing is the Muzzie men see that as a justification for (and even a requirement) to rape them.


33 posted on 03/09/2023 12:41:49 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: caww

“The horror! The horror!!”


34 posted on 03/09/2023 12:42:55 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

One wonders how the Muslim population will react.


35 posted on 03/09/2023 12:44:07 PM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
YTHCPwz ( hint: Its not the old flubby lesbians they want to see naked ) Jmho
36 posted on 03/09/2023 12:46:03 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: rlmorel

No fat chicks.


37 posted on 03/09/2023 12:46:08 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The woman, whose identity was not revealed...

Reveal your boobs, but not your name.

Got it.

-PJ

38 posted on 03/09/2023 12:47:01 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Aria

I visited some North Sea beaches in the 1980s. I found it was the middle aged (and even old) women who went topless, while the young women all remained covered, or at least, wore bikinis. What a disappointment for a teenage guy!

At the time, I attributed it to an older “hippie generation” being more open vs. a more conservative younger generation - but I think now perhaps it also had to do with notions of vulnerability and generational status. At the time, a younger woman may not as confident, or sure of her “status” to be as exhibitionist as an older matron of German/Danish society.

Anyway, I’m not a sociologist. And that was a long time ago - have no idea what it would be like now.


39 posted on 03/09/2023 12:47:09 PM PST by PGR88
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To: caww

BEACHED WHALE ALERT!!

I hope they do not attempt the dynamite trick a second time.


40 posted on 03/09/2023 12:47:23 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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