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Swim Campaign in Full Swing at 111th St. "Y" ". Chicago South End Reporter. June 28, 1944 . Retrieved July 10, 2023.

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Canada men swimming nude at the YMCA until women joined". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 1977-09-29. p.24 . Retrieved 2022-09-17. In 1940, the wool suits worn by male swimmers continued to be recognized as a source of water contamination. Cotton suits supplied by facilities for female swimmers were no problem, because they could be boiled to decontaminate them. Wool suits cannot be boiled or heated above 105 degrees F. without shrinkage. Wool suits used in salt water cannot be washed effectively, because soap does not lather due to salt. [15]The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [9] :154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became coed in the 1970s. [20]

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Origins of swimming pools [ edit ] Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907) depicting boys swimming from a pier in the East River, New York City 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. Swimming baths" and pools were built beginning in the late 19th century in poorer neighborhoods of eastern cities to exert some control over a public swimming culture that offended Victorian sensibilities by including not only nakedness, but roughhousing and swearing. Such behavior had begun in the 18th century, but laws prohibiting public indecency had little effect. Naked swimmers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to New York City sometimes flaunted themselves intentionally in view of more upper class passers-by. [1] :9–10 Outside the United States during the same time period, the issues of hygiene were recognized, but close supervision of swimmers and control of bathing suits was an alternative to nudity. In Canada, public health recommendations allowed for suits, but nudity was recommended in pools used exclusively by men. [18] In England, it was recommended that suits for both men and women be inspected and stored by the facility. [19] Public pools [ edit ] Young Men's Christian Association [ edit ]

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