At one time swimming naked was no big deal. However, our society has become so uptight and paranoid, and so many new laws have been created, that it is not common to swim naked anymore. This speaks volumes about how our society has gone BACKWARD instead of foreward. Instead of being free and open, we have INVENTED new reasons to be ashamed of ourselves.
Alright, I redid the compression. YouTube won't allow me to simply replace the old versions with the new ones, I had to upload the new ones as new videos.
My father graduated from high school in 1952 and he has always told me that he swam nude and that the pool had a removable underwater wall and that girls swam nude on the other side. I swim nude at nudist camps in a coed setting and everyone survives the experience. In the 80's I could swim nude at a YMCA men only time. You can have this experience today through the American Association for Nude Recreation.
The odd things is, that the many covers of common magazines like Life etc... would probably be considered child pornography today. On one hand we have the heightened sense of morality & modesty, but on other fronts kids today are very immodest as can be seen in the many boys with sagging pants.
Very well done, well researched. If one has historic knowledge and understands world-wide swimming practices of the 19th through early 20th century, boys routinely swam naked even at public beaches and lakes in a mixed gender setting. It is unfathomable today that it could have been that way, but it was common 100+years ago.
Not only in the schools. We swam that way during free time at the YMCA after the boys swim practice. The mothers would be excused and our swim suits would be throw on the deck. Growing up this was normal even in junior high
men sure have gotten uptight over the years about their own bodies. a lot of gym have gang showers; i grew up with them. i'm 45. no big deal. will gang showers disappear too?
It was right to teach kids that nudity was separate from sex. Now anyone who is nude in public is judged as being sexual. The irony is that now casual sex is the norm... it is called "hooking up". Our kids don't ever show themselves non-sexually but they do show themselves sexually when they "hook up". If nudism was allowed, our young people would seek to "hook up" less.
When my parents grew up in Virginia, back in the 50s and 60s, they had to wear suits. The boys and girls were allowed to swim together, but whites and blacks were not, by law.
I'm surprised how Garry Meier, the guy being interviewed, could be so unaware of a time of innocence. He seems totally confused by how people could have ever thought it was okay to be nude together. People thought it was okay to be nude together because it IS okay to be nude together. This is why it existed and why it was so prevalent, because it really is okay and people back then were innocent enough to know this. This change from innocence is terribly sad, a real tragedy.
We were told it was because the boys would never wash their suits and it would get rank. But the girls swam in suits. Never seemed fair to me, but we just did what we were told. The parents didn't seem to think it was weird.
back in the late 40's when I was a little kid, my mom to me to the local "Y" to learn how to swim. I wasn't allowed to go into the pool wearing a bathing suit. The only people with clothing were the priests that "supervised " the swim classes. I wasn't upset about the lack of bathing suits, but my mom sure was. Never went back !
here is a gallery of men swimming nude up till around the 70s. Yes it did happen and it was healthy. Men bonded as men. It was nothing to do with sex.
Was this the same for men AND women?
psychokinrazalon 1 day ago
At one time swimming naked was no big deal. However, our society has become so uptight and paranoid, and so many new laws have been created, that it is not common to swim naked anymore. This speaks volumes about how our society has gone BACKWARD instead of foreward. Instead of being free and open, we have INVENTED new reasons to be ashamed of ourselves.
billmichael 1 month ago 2
Alright, I redid the compression. YouTube won't allow me to simply replace the old versions with the new ones, I had to upload the new ones as new videos.
PublicAccessVideos 1 month ago
How about recompressing and reuploading the video?
DMichaelAtLarge 1 month ago
This just shows how narrowly provencial the US has become. So much of what is represented as "traditional" is really quite recent!
doug24444 2 months ago
My father graduated from high school in 1952 and he has always told me that he swam nude and that the pool had a removable underwater wall and that girls swam nude on the other side. I swim nude at nudist camps in a coed setting and everyone survives the experience. In the 80's I could swim nude at a YMCA men only time. You can have this experience today through the American Association for Nude Recreation.
regip 2 months ago
Thanks for the great videos.
blueboyblue 2 months ago
The odd things is, that the many covers of common magazines like Life etc... would probably be considered child pornography today. On one hand we have the heightened sense of morality & modesty, but on other fronts kids today are very immodest as can be seen in the many boys with sagging pants.
What a crazy world we live in.
blueboyblue 2 months ago in playlist More videos from PublicAccessVideos
Nice spelling I'm not hating I would revise before I post ( Louisiana)
TheBlackhawksown 2 months ago
Very well done, well researched. If one has historic knowledge and understands world-wide swimming practices of the 19th through early 20th century, boys routinely swam naked even at public beaches and lakes in a mixed gender setting. It is unfathomable today that it could have been that way, but it was common 100+years ago.
BradVSFW 3 months ago
Not only in the schools. We swam that way during free time at the YMCA after the boys swim practice. The mothers would be excused and our swim suits would be throw on the deck. Growing up this was normal even in junior high
DennyRec 3 months ago
men sure have gotten uptight over the years about their own bodies. a lot of gym have gang showers; i grew up with them. i'm 45. no big deal. will gang showers disappear too?
milwparnassum 3 months ago
It reminds me of when I was a swim coach and no one gave a fuck what we did
kylepost4 4 months ago
It was right to teach kids that nudity was separate from sex. Now anyone who is nude in public is judged as being sexual. The irony is that now casual sex is the norm... it is called "hooking up". Our kids don't ever show themselves non-sexually but they do show themselves sexually when they "hook up". If nudism was allowed, our young people would seek to "hook up" less.
1230mikeena 4 months ago
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When my parents grew up in Virginia, back in the 50s and 60s, they had to wear suits. The boys and girls were allowed to swim together, but whites and blacks were not, by law.
crazychrisva 4 months ago
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crazychrisva 4 months ago
I'm surprised how Garry Meier, the guy being interviewed, could be so unaware of a time of innocence. He seems totally confused by how people could have ever thought it was okay to be nude together. People thought it was okay to be nude together because it IS okay to be nude together. This is why it existed and why it was so prevalent, because it really is okay and people back then were innocent enough to know this. This change from innocence is terribly sad, a real tragedy.
brianakraemer 5 months ago
Louisiana is spelled wrong in the video.
AllPro777 9 months ago 2
When I was in college in the 50's all male swim classes were done nude even the warm up exercises. Later I used to swim naked at the YMCA.
GrantsHollow 10 months ago
We were told it was because the boys would never wash their suits and it would get rank. But the girls swam in suits. Never seemed fair to me, but we just did what we were told. The parents didn't seem to think it was weird.
grrallnamesaregone 11 months ago
back in the late 40's when I was a little kid, my mom to me to the local "Y" to learn how to swim. I wasn't allowed to go into the pool wearing a bathing suit. The only people with clothing were the priests that "supervised " the swim classes. I wasn't upset about the lack of bathing suits, but my mom sure was. Never went back !
mickeytuf 1 year ago
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here is a gallery of men swimming nude up till around the 70s. Yes it did happen and it was healthy. Men bonded as men. It was nothing to do with sex.
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nixatnite 1 year ago
This was well done. It gives facts on history and has both points of view. I makes me wish things haven't changed but yet helps me understand why.
phourthefunovit 1 year ago