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Originally Posted by brunettesrule
That argument ignores WNBR events all over the place, and which didn't even exist 20 years ago.
Or the Fremont Solstice Parade, which did not exist until 1989. With 1,500 body-painted solstice cyclists in 2015.
Or Golub's nude bodypainting event, which takes place in downtown NYC.
Or the number of states or municipalities that allow women to be top-free https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topfreedom#United_States
Or the ESPN body issue |
My experience in Australia is that I agree with tklein - females being naked in public is declining. I see it at the beach, and I hear it in my limited conversations with women on the topic. Women here are not writing letters to their local newspapers, TV station or elected representatives to have more nude beaches authorised, nor organising WNBR or similar events. The nude swim in Sydney Harbour called the Sydney Skinny has lots of female participation - hundreds in my estimate for a single event on a single day - but it is the exception rather than the rule - and Sydney is the largest city in Australia with 4.5 million people, and other than the Sydney Skinny (once a year) it can barely manage a dozen females on a nude beach on a hot sunny day in summer (and the beaches here are almost perfect fine white sand that makes squeaky noises between your toes when you walk on it, with clear unpolluted warm water) and our culture here is very progressive, tolerant, and (relatively) supportive for women, and women have significant financial independence here to be able to break free from whatever they want to break free of. The WNBR in Sydney is non-existent (or so small I don't even know about it), let alone having women in a Sydney WNBR.
Women here might go to a nude beach or nude swim event as a one off, but it is more of a giggle between friends (and perhaps a joke about how free and liberated they are) rather than who they really are inside themselves. Repeat offenders are rare - although they do exist. Most women - like most men - are cowards. It's just that testosterone makes men hornier than women. lol
Also, I did not attend this event, but my sense is that most of the young women in the WNBR pics in Byron Bay (about 8 hours drive north of Sydney) in another OCC thread are of women who are not Australian - but backpackers (from other countries) travelling around Australia on a Gap year, trying new things when the opportunity arises. Most (but admittedly not all) of the participants in the Byron Bay WNBR are old men.