Swedish City Legalises Topless Bathing at Public Pools

liah · 30-06-2009 02:27AM #1

http://www.inquisitr.com/27519/swedish-city-legalizes-topless-bathingat-public-swimming-pools/

Sweden’s third largest city has legalized topless bathing…at public swimming pools. The City of Malmö decision after initially being asked to vote on a motion that would force women to cover up after a feminist group started appearing at pools topless. Instead they voted in an amended version that said that “everybody should wear bathing suits,” leaving the door open for topless bathing as long as the woman was wearing a bottom part of a bikini.
A council spokesman told The Local that “We don’t define what bathing suits men should wear so it doesn’t make much sense to do it for women. And besides, it’s not unusual for men to have large breasts that resemble women’s breasts.”
The leader of the feminist group behind the law said that “It’s a question of equality. I think it’s a problem that women are sexualized in this way. If women are forced to wear a top, shouldn’t men also have to?”

+1 Sweden. They got it right.

devereaux17 · 30-06-2009 02:28AM

oh the swedes, they just love their liberalism dont they????

i wonder how the massive Muslim population in Malmo feel about this?

Overheal · 30-06-2009 02:35AM

devereaux17 wrote: »

i wonder how the massive Muslim population in Malmo feel about this?

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swingking · 30-06-2009 02:43AM

ryanair still fly to Stockholm, right? :pac:

poms · 30-06-2009 02:46AM

go sweden...let it all hang out

netwhizkid · 30-06-2009 03:01AM

More turnips on show for the swedes then.

rororoyourboat · 30-06-2009 03:08AM

Makes sense.

K-9 · 30-06-2009 03:11AM

I can see this law backfiring if it was Ireland.

bounceball · 30-06-2009 03:18AM

thread fails without pics

gandhi123 · 30-06-2009 03:19AM

giggidy;)

/orders flight to Sweden

Seraphicblue · 30-06-2009 04:32AM

you people seem to be forgetting something rather important
those who use public swiming pools tend to be rather older and larger than your minds are imagining.
good luck, you'll need it.

Also,
Would you like to see Yore Ma at the pool topless?
I think not. And neither would we.

Rented Mule · 30-06-2009 04:37AM

devereaux17 wrote: »

i wonder how the massive Muslim population in Malmo feel about this?

Who cares ?

liah · 30-06-2009 04:57AM

Seraphicblue wrote: »

you people seem to be forgetting something rather important
those who use public swiming pools tend to be rather older and larger than your minds are imagining.
good luck, you'll need it.

Also,
Would you like to see Yore Ma at the pool topless?
I think not. And neither would we.

Apparently the obesity rate in Sweden is around 9.7%.

So, that's like.. 8 million of these. And just under a million Mary Harney's.

The odds are in favour, imo.

Seraphicblue · 30-06-2009 05:24AM

are you willing to take that chance?
actually, after that pic I am, one ticket to Malmo please

xOxSinéadxOx · 30-06-2009 06:02AM

it’s not unusual for men to have large breasts that resemble women’s breasts :pac:

Rented Mule · 30-06-2009 07:20AM

liah wrote: »

Apparently the obesity rate in Sweden is around 9.7%.

So, that's like.. 8 million of these. And just under a million Mary Harney's.

The odds are in favour, imo.

You are scoring major points today !!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 30-06-2009 09:26AM

devereaux17 wrote: »

oh the swedes, they just love their liberalism dont they????

i wonder how the massive Muslim population in Malmo feel about this?

Bingo. You don't move to Sweden if you're offended by naked skin.

Ghost Train · 30-06-2009 09:38AM

devereaux17 wrote: »

oh the swedes, they just love their liberalism dont they????

i wonder how the massive Muslim population in Malmo feel about this?

Rented Mule wrote:

Who cares ?

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Sam Vimes · 30-06-2009 09:53AM

swingking wrote: »

ryanair still fly to Stockholm, right? :pac:

Well they fly to Ryanair's version of Stockolm, Nykoping:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Stockholm-Skavsta+Airport,+Nyk%C3%B6ping+Municipality,+Sweden&daddr=stockholm&geocode=&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=58.770425,16.947784&sspn=0.060877,0.222988&ie=UTF8&z=9

There are regular buses that take about 90 minutes though.

biko · 30-06-2009 10:10AM

devereaux17 wrote: »

i wonder how the massive Muslim population in Malmo feel about this?

Sweden and Denmark are the least religious countries in the world and I'd like to keep it that way.

Because it means moar boobage! ftw

togster · 30-06-2009 10:14AM

Swedish women rarely sun bath topless anyway so this law will make little difference.

FYI go to the beaches if you wanna see the hotties.

Prof.Badass · 30-06-2009 10:48AM

Well it's only fair isn't it. It is blatant discrimination to allow men to walk around topless but to force women to wear tops.

Strange thing is, it seems to be mostly women who are against this equality. Why though? It's not like we want to force all women to walk around topless, just that those who want to should be given the choice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topfreedom (not safe for retarded prudes...fffs it's a breast. big deal.)

Acacia · 30-06-2009 11:10AM

I think that's great. Breasts are perfectly natural, don't see any problem with having them uncovered. Wish they'd bring a similar law here- on hot days, I'd have the ol' top off myself, no problem. But Ireland is too prudish and backward for anything like that to happen.

I don't get the big hang-up about nudity in general.

Pop's Diner · 30-06-2009 11:34AM

devereaux17 wrote: »

i wonder how the massive Muslim population in Malmo feel about this?

They can think what they like. Sure aren't they, rather than being the voice of morality, the ones making notable additions to statistics when it comes to violent and sexual crime in Sweden (esp in places like Malmo which have high Muslim populaiton)?

Dave! · 30-06-2009 11:46AM

Ghost Train wrote: »

http://www.mylifedump.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/uimassa_vaimon_kanssa.jpg

NINJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

togster · 30-06-2009 12:04PM

Pop's Diner wrote: »

They can think what they like. Sure aren't they, rather than being the voice of morality, the ones making notable additions to statistics when it comes to violent and sexual crime in Sweden (esp in places like Malmo which have high Muslim populaiton)?

Then you don't know what you are talking about.

Tar.Aldarion · 30-06-2009 12:33PM

It's good that they do this, all this covering up of bodies etc, leads to insecurities and such. We all have bodies, don't get how poeple can be offended by showing some skin!
People become afraid to not cover up becuase they are not one of the tiny amount with perfect bodies, just not on!

citizen_p · 30-06-2009 12:48PM

K-9 wrote: »

I can see this law backfiring if it was Ireland.

no vs ireland..... but close enough in some areas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8rrFP2RMmo

rossie1977 · 30-06-2009 01:35PM

Côte d'Azur ftw

Iwasfrozen · 30-06-2009 01:38PM

It's good that they do this, all this covering up of bodies etc, leads to insecurities and such. We all have bodies, don't get how poeple can be offended by showing some skin!
People become afraid to not cover up becuase they are not one of the tiny amount with perfect bodies, just not on!

Yes because we all want to see fat ugly women strip off. :rolleyes:
Sometimes it's better to keep the status quo.

flanum · 30-06-2009 01:40PM

Acacia wrote: »

I don't get the big hang-up about nudity in general.

Its the "hang-downs" is the problem!

Swedish City Legalises Topless Bathing at Public Pools

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