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To: weegee
No, it was hygiene. Remember the pool of disinfectant that you had to walk through before you got to the pool? They just trusted the adults to shower thoroughly before entering the pool. As for allowing the girls to wear suits, it was the YMCA.

Besides, women are naturally more modest than men. We have a hot tub in the locker room at our health club, which is meant to be used naked. I have only seen it being used about three times since I have been a member. My husband says the men use theirs all the time.

39 posted on 02/13/2002 10:18:05 AM PST by Eva
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To: Eva

Hygiene and clogged filters were the reasons given. Neither one holds up. Girls one-pieces were more likely to clog the filters, but that didn’t count. As for hygiene, there are many ways of ensuring good hygiene, and they shouldn’t be restricted to a fraction of the users.
And as for your other justification:
“Besides, women are naturally more modest than men.” Did you ever think that women/girls are allowed to be more modest than men? To get your eyes opened, read Joel Sherman’s Patient Modesty blog.
Growing up I heard all kinds of generalizations (always from women) on the subject: Boys are all the same. Girls aren’t interested in boys bodies. And on.


63 posted on 05/07/2015 8:33:31 AM PDT by jacquard
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