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Originally Posted by congokurtz
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.
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I've been to Sydney nude beaches with my wife. The year was 2001. The beaches were Obelisk, Cobbler's and Lady Jane. The only women on Obelisk was my wife. Very few women on Cobbler's or Lady Jane. So, based on anecdotal experience, I would say that female participation in nude beachgoing ended in 2001. But that would be anecdotal data, which isn't accurate at all. My point is that you have to look at the larger events and trends.