WVU Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 I wonder why they did that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 In the United States, people have one of the worst reflections of self-image almost anywhere else. 80 percent of women, 34 percent of men have a low opinion of their bodies. That’s an incredibly high cost of dissatisfaction that we all have to live with — especially since it isn’t even normal. This is surprisingly only a new phenomenon. If you look back at just a couple of generations before, you would see a drastically different view on body satisfaction. That might be, that just as recently as the 1970s, people — young people in high school regularly were not only showering in communal spaces but also regularly holding swim class completely naked. We often think of the generations before us being more conservative or modest, but they were anything but. It’s in this forgotten chapter of American history has that it reveals the cheapest way to find lasting body acceptance. Before the 20th century, bathing in rivers was a common form of recreational sport. That all changed when the Young Men’s Christian Association, or YMCA, began to broadly expand indoor swimming across the United States. Source: Minneapolis Tribune — 1950 Accessibility came more quickly then practicality. Early indoor swimming pools lacked of chlorination technology. It led to algae and dirt collect in stagnant water. After quickly building up, it would cause slimy bacteria that would lead to outbreaks of cholera. This would cause the forced the closure of the pool for public safety. At least until it was completely drained and dried. Swimsuits of the era were also part of the problem. Their fabrics were mainly comprised of largely made of wool, and fibers would clog up the filtration methods they had. But further wool is a fabric that holds in moisture once it gets really wet, and then can build up bacteria. So the swimsuits were only making the public hygiene situation worse, and besides that — they weren't even that comfortable. To top it off, average people and families just couldn’t even afford the extra cost. More and more, they were becoming a luxury in the best of light, but at the very least, not very necessary. Swimming naked just became the logically default form and fashion of the day. On the rare occasion that it was expected to wear swim gear was when ladies were present. Apparently, intending to protect the moral sensibilities. While women would swim separately, it was so because they were expected to maintain modesty. In total contrast to men, they were socially expected to be self-conscious. In the 1950s, things started to change. It was after WW2, and fashion designers were experimenting with nylon fabrics that had been used to make paratroopers parachutes. This strong, light and mostly quick-drying fabric was a logical choice for swimwear. This is where things started to change. Source: American Public Health Association Standards Handbook, 1926 Before the 1960s, swimming nude among men was considered a fraternal activity. In contrast to as it is today, it was actually considered to be very unmanly to be ashamed. Real men would swim naked. That all started to change as swimsuits started to become the norm. It started to cause men and women to swim together more often then they did in the past. But in subsequent conversations during the 60s, boys who took high school swim during reported it becoming frequently common for girls to sneaking in to view the boys swimming nude. This was more likely reciprocated as vice-versa, but this nevertheless had an effect that made younger generations yet to start swimming to look at the activity with more anxiety. Parents started to voice outcry that the practice was harming boys, and protested the practice. Most of these efforts were rejected in the beginning, since the view was that nudity promoted healthy ideas about body image. Some of the rejections also added the monetary factor, as this article from 1961 points out. School districts continued to resist changing this policy, but with some others making concessions during the 1970s. However, all school was eventually forced to comply when federal Title IX rules required classes to become co-ed. Nude swimming was over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 we had to open shower after gym or get a failing grade in 6th grade. It was pretty traumatic for many of us. Terrible age to force nudeness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, WVU said: we had to open shower after gym or get a failing grade in 6th grade. It was pretty traumadic for many of us. Terrible age to force nudeness We had that also starting in 7th grade. Weirdo PE teachers made us shower even if it rained and we watched a movie in the gym. They even watched to us enforce their stupid rule. If you did a walk-through they made you go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmcarroll33 Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 What an administration and president. More worried about corrupt Ukraine than their own people. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-turns-down-ohios-request-disaster-assistance-toxic-derailment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstripe Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gmcarroll33 said: What an administration and president. More worried about corrupt Ukraine than their own people. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-turns-down-ohios-request-disaster-assistance-toxic-derailment bidens world.. Clown show Imagine waking up every day knowing you voted for this idiot. Gotta make you feel DUMB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigrunner Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I'll be willing to bet. Right now just like Dumb Jason and FairWarning. Fox News is blaming Pete Buttigen for the train derailment. It's documented that's where Dumb Jason gets his news from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 No more naked swimming PE clases to be allowed in the river BR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVU Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 38 minutes ago, Bigrunner said: I'll be willing to bet. Right now just like Dumb Jason and FairWarning. Fox News is blaming Pete Buttigen for the train derailment. It's documented that's where Dumb Jason gets his news from the buck stops with Pete. He has to have some accountability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Has Pete even been to the disaster site for the obligatory photo opportunities, press conference and hugging of nearby victims? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWarning Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Pete is busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWarning Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Pete says there are 1000 derailments/year. Since he’s the head of transportation and not Trump, maybe he should find out why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, FairWarning said: Pete says there are 1000 derailments/year. Since he’s the head of transportation and not Trump, maybe he should find out why. 998 of them were inconsequential switchyard mixups. The other 2 were Ohio and now Detroit. You would think Engineer Joe would be all over this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, FairWarning said: Pete says there are 1000 derailments/year. Since he’s the head of transportation and not Trump, maybe he should find out why. This is why. Apparently it's a real track in the good old USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, mikeman said: This is why. Apparently it's a real track in the good old USA. WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, FISHHEAD said: WTF China... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Japan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Dont forget this - los angeles California, the city of angels, trains are looted and no one does a damn thing about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 We're finished people, we're done, people just walk into stores and steal, kids rob people on the streets openly, they're teaching our children to be queers and freaks, little kids are taken to drag shows and exposed to naked men and women, trains are robbed with impunity, and there are no police to enforce laws or courts to try them anyway. Meanwhile the president says everything is great and the republicans just look the other way and push endless wars, pray that russia or china nukes us and puts us out of our misery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 The US goes to places like africa and orders them to adopt gay and trans friendly policies - then we sit back and act like we accomplished something, this is what china does for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Does Joe have a model train set? Choo-Choo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Losco Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 9 hours ago, Jimmy Hoffa said: We had that also starting in 7th grade. Weirdo PE teachers made us shower even if it rained and we watched a movie in the gym. They even watched to us enforce their stupid rule. If you did a walk-through they made you go back. are you serious? thats pretty fucked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Hoffa Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, Sam Losco said: are you serious? thats pretty fucked up They were allowed to hit us also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstripe Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Do the biden voters realize yet none of this crazy shyt was going on when Trump was President ? Everything was thriving. LAW AND ORDER ECONOMY BOOMING NO WARS JOBS BROUGHT BACK TO AMERICA ETC IN JUST A FEW YEARS WE ARE A TRAIN WRECK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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