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Saturday, January 24, 2026
Lost in the crowd
We finish with a photo in which the point(s) of interest are almost lost in the crowd.
Skinny dipping was a way of life when I was young. Dad and I did it when camping, at the Y, and in our pool. It's comfortable and fun, and it never bothered me in gym classes in high school or college.
In the United States in the 1900s there were over 900 schools that had some form of nude swimming. The differences had to do with ages of the pupils, how long the school had this practice, etc. Some schools kept the practice until the 1970's. When it came to a halt something very important was lost. When I was in high school in the early 1960's, I wasn't even aware that some schools actually had swimming pools, but my shop teacher told me that he swam naked at the YMCA.
A hundred years ago, when more people were a normal body weight I can see where there were fewer issues with school nudity. But now, even if nude swimming and open showers were still in vogue, I would imagine all the obese kids would find getting naked in front of their peers very traumatic and uncomfortable.
The only time we had a student object to the gang showers at my school, he was an obese transfer student from out of state. He eventually adapted when he realized he wasn't going to be shamed. It helped that we had a few overweight locals in the class who showed how matter of fact it was.
Skinny dipping was a way of life when I was young. Dad and I did it when camping, at the Y, and in our pool. It's comfortable and fun, and it never bothered me in gym classes in high school or college.
ReplyDeleteIn the United States in the 1900s there were over 900 schools that had some form of nude swimming. The differences had to do with ages of the pupils, how long the school had this practice, etc. Some schools kept the practice until the 1970's. When it came to a halt something very important was lost. When I was in high school in the early 1960's, I wasn't even aware that some schools actually had swimming pools, but my shop teacher told me that he swam naked at the YMCA.
ReplyDeleteMy high school didn't have a swimming pool either.
DeleteA hundred years ago, when more people were a normal body weight I can see where there were fewer issues with school nudity. But now, even if nude swimming and open showers were still in vogue, I would imagine all the obese kids would find getting naked in front of their peers very traumatic and uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteThe only time we had a student object to the gang showers at my school, he was an obese transfer student from out of state. He eventually adapted when he realized he wasn't going to be shamed. It helped that we had a few overweight locals in the class who showed how matter of fact it was.
DeletePlaisirs d’été.
ReplyDeleteJust like my summer camp days at the small lakes of the Jura and the Haute-Savoie. One discovers nature among other things :)