During the transition to gender equality, attempts were made to retain male nudity by limiting access to the pool by women to certain hours, but since they had full membership, this plan was deemed discriminatory. [23] Boy's clubs [ edit ]

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Swimming Pool to be Open to Public on Monday". Sheboygan Press. July 8, 1926. p.3 . Retrieved 2023-07-11.Although some advantages in coeducational swim classes were recognized as early as 1941, the need to maintain pool water quality by insuring cleanliness of both swimmers and swimsuits dictated separate boys and girls classes and the banning of wool suits. Many pools had not been constructed for coeducation, having a single shower room. [28] In a survey of Indiana high schools in 1939, all boys swim classes were nude, while girls wore suits, 87% being cotton suits issued by the school. [29] Students bringing their own suits was discouraged, the institutions not having control of decontamination. [30] A 1947 survey of schools in northern Utah found more local variation. Only three of the six schools had pools. One allowed swimmers to wear their own suits, one supplied cotton suits. At the one that required nudity, the athletic director cited the problem of lint from suits clogging the pool filter. [31] :28–29 In 1963, as it had for 33 years, the city of Troy, New York continued its mandetory citywide program of swim classes for all students in grades 4-8 and 9-12; boys swimming nude. A letter to parents emphasized the importance of learning at least the basics of swimming for survival in an emergency. [32] The October 16, 1950 Life magazine published a photograph of boys swimming together in the indoor pool of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois; the caption did not mention they were naked. [33] Girls' classes [ edit ]

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At that stage, I didn’t imagine that it would result in a ‘making-of’ documentary. I was in the middle of working on my master’s thesis about male nudity in visual art – filming the creation of Anima Ardens seemed like a perfect opportunity to follow the production and get some material for my thesis. When you’ve done all the filming, and you know how difficult it was to get some of the footage, it’s always very difficult to kill your darlings. a b c Wiltse, Jeffrey (2003). Contested Waters: A History of Swimming Pools in America. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-8898-8 . Retrieved November 2, 2022. Andreatta, David (September 22, 2017). "Andreatta: When boys swam nude in gym class". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . Retrieved March 22, 2020. a b c d Eng, Monica (September 10, 2017). "Baring It All: Why Boys Swam Naked In Chicago Schools". WBEZ.com . Retrieved March 22, 2020.

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Swim Campaign in Full Swing at 111th St. "Y" ". Chicago South End Reporter. June 28, 1944 . Retrieved July 10, 2023. In 1966 and 1967, the Manitowoc, Wisconsin Recreation Department held evening recreational swimming utilizing school pools, families on Tuesdays, women on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, part of the session was for fathers and sons, while the final hour was for men only. Women were supplied suits if they did not bring their own; for men and boys, suits were "permitted...those wishing to wear trunks must bring their own". Children's classes were on Saturday, with separate sessions by age and sex. Only girls were required to bring a suit. [47] :12 [48] :29 Colleges and universities [ edit ] There also seems to be a difference in the way that nudity is perceived in the US compared to Europe. My film, Bare, has had a really positive reaction in the US but it’s interesting to see that male nudity is a provocative topic in that country. We’re used to seeing naked male bodies, but it’s rare to be able to observe a group of naked men – men who are comfortable with their bodies and each other – focused on something other than sex or the act of being naked. In this instance, the focus is on dance and on movement. Parents fear sex and equate sex with nudity. Children are told to never show their "private parts" to anyone.

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In 1935 the school superintendent in Pontiac, Michigan approved nude swim classes for boys in high school, saying it recalled "the days of the old swimming hole". [27] In 1940 a New York City school official continued to favor boys wearing bathing suits only in pools visible to both sexes. Girls were issued cotton suits that could be boiled to disinfect them between uses; the wool suits used by boys could not because they would shrink and lose their shape. [15] In addition, fibers from wool swimsuits could clog pool filters. [26] Swim classes were advocated not only for exercise, but as a recreational activity that, once learned, could become a lifelong pursuit. The swim classes were also looked upon as an opportunity to teach children proper hygiene. [15] a b "Young Swimmers in Championships". New York Times. 18 April 1909. p.30 . Retrieved 2015-11-17– via Newspaper Archive. In the 1920s, schools began building indoor swimming pools for purposes of physical fitness and swimming instruction. [26] In 1900, there were only 67 public pools in the United States; by 1929 there were more than 5,000. Taboos against nakedness grew in Europe in the 18th century. Women began to wear more layers of clothing and protected their modesty and avoided the gaze of men at the beach by entering the water through elaborate bathing machines. In the United States, bathing suits were exceedingly modest until the bikini arrived after World War II. A 1940 article in LIFE magazine describes the pool in the Olneyville Boy's Club as providing an alternative to juvenile delinquency in a declining mill neighborhood. Photos show the naked boys crowded into the "dingy little 60 ft. swimming pool" as they had for fifteen years. [24] In 1941 the Olneyville Club won two of the five final events at a national Boys Club of America swimming championship. [25] Public schools [ edit ]In 1926, the American Public Health Association (APHA) standards handbook recommended that indoor swimming pools used by men adopt nude bathing policies and that indoor swimming pools used by women require swimsuits "of the simplest type". [14] Craig, H. W. (1941). "Safety and Hygiene in the School Swimming Pool". The Journal of Health and Physical Education. 12 (4): 242–279. doi: 10.1080/23267240.1941.10620207. ISSN 2326-7240 . Retrieved 2022-10-29. So, fellow freeballers, what do YOU think about this? What was it like when you were growing up? Was size important to you or to the guys around you?

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a b " 'Skinny-Dipping' in School's Swimming Pool Stirs a Fuss". Ogden Standard-Examiner. Associated Press. November 27, 1973. p.6. Around ten years ago, I did my first art nude shoot and photographing men has become a real passion and even though I photograph both male and female models, I mainly concentrate on photographing men. I love capturing male beauty, sexiness, sexuality, sensuality and since I love abstract art then abstract photography is also a part of what I love doing and especially when it leaves people wondering what it is they are looking at. From 1926 until 1962, every edition of the APHA guidelines recommended nude swimming for males. [16] Given the limits of chlorination and filtration at that time, behavioral measures were also used to maintain water quality. In addition to recommending nudity, all bathers were required to empty their bladder and shower nude before entering the pool. Those suffering from skin or respiratory disease were prohibited from using the pool. [17]

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Recreation Centers Are Open to School Children". Sheboygan Press. 1960-01-21. p.26 . Retrieved 2022-10-11. For me, it was interesting to see male nudity from different perspectives – not only as a gay gazing, but also as dancers see it themselves. For almost a century in the United States, men and boys swam nude in indoor swimming pools, primarily for education or athletics, not recreation. Male nude swimming had been customary in natural bodies of water since the 18th century. When the tradition of skinny-dipping in secluded spots had become more visible with urbanization, indoor pools were built in the 1880s as a means of separating swimmers from public view. [1] For the first decades of the 20th century, male nude swimming was associated with a trope of the "old swimming hole" as representing childhood innocence and adult masculinity. In their own classes, nudity was rare for girls based upon an assumption of modesty, but might include young children. Pre-pubescent boys might be nude in mixed-gender settings, including the presence of female staff, [2] [3] public competitions, [4] and open houses for families. [5] Public Bath House No. 3 built 1909 in Yonkers, New York