Nude Swimming In Public Schools

[the_nude_topher]

Apparently Dear Abby & Dear Ann Landers (twin sisters) did have some letters about skinnydipping.

https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/ii-archives-early-20th-century-after/b-syndicated-columnists

[Octavia]

Apparently Dear Abby & Dear Ann Landers (twin sisters) did have some letters about skinnydipping.

https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/ii-archives-early-20th-century-after/b-syndicated-columnists

Using Newspapers.com, I was able to confirm that at the very least, the first column in that article is real: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/18077808/ Couldn't confirm the others, though, but I'm willing to assume that if one is real, they're all real, at least on that specific webpage. If anyone wants to do more research, feel free.

This actually kinda only cements my hunch that the Dear Abby column posted on the previous page is fake. The fake Abby waxes poetic about how grand it is that boys can and should be nude for several sentences. The real Abby is much more short and to the point, rarely using more than a few sentences, and still provides nuance, by saying that the parents should have been consulted first or by poking at the double standard of having boys be required to swim nude but not girls. She's not militantly pro-male nudity. Again, I could be wrong, I've read a very small sampling of the archive of Dear Abby advice articles from that era, but that's what it looks like to me.

[the_nude_topher]

Apparently Dear Abby & Dear Ann Landers (twin sisters) did have some letters about skinnydipping.

https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/ii-archives-early-20th-century-after/b-syndicated-columnists

Using Newspapers.com, I was able to confirm that at the very least, the first column in that article is real: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/18077808/ Couldn't confirm the others, though, but I'm willing to assume that if one is real, they're all real, at least on that specific webpage. If anyone wants to do more research, feel free.

This actually kinda only cements my hunch that the Dear Abby column posted on the previous page is fake. The fake Abby waxes poetic about how grand it is that boys can and should be nude for several sentences. The real Abby is much more short and to the point, rarely using more than a few sentences, and still provides nuance, by saying that the parents should have been consulted first or by poking at the double standard of having boys be required to swim nude but not girls. She's not militantly pro-male nudity. Again, I could be wrong, I've read a very small sampling of the archive of Dear Abby advice articles from that era, but that's what it looks like to me.

@Octavia thank you for expressing your suspicions and deeper drive.

[Rebekoo]

Apparently Dear Abby & Dear Ann Landers (twin sisters) did have some letters about skinnydipping.

https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/ii-archives-early-20th-century-after/b-syndicated-columnists

Interesting, my mom must have grown up in that environment, she likes showing off my brothers the way one of those articles describes

[Rebekoo]

I heard that girls were even allowed to spectate the boys' swim classes during finals when parents of the boys were invited to watch them do their class. I'm not sure if this is true though.

I would not be surprised. Just read through this stuff. Unbelievable.

I wonder if any schools let 5he girls do this as well... there's usually a false negativity to females in any of these kind of regards

The boys often had female instructors as well. 

Did this happen as much as she says it does? Personally I think a pool party where boys went nude and girls were in swimsuits or the other way around would be cool,

[Millie]

Apparently Dear Abby & Dear Ann Landers (twin sisters) did have some letters about skinnydipping.

https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/ii-archives-early-20th-century-after/b-syndicated-columnists

Interesting, my mom must have grown up in that environment, she likes showing off my brothers the way one of those articles describes

“She likes showing off my brothers” what? Why? No way this is true, sorry

[Rebekoo]

Apparently Dear Abby & Dear Ann Landers (twin sisters) did have some letters about skinnydipping.

https://sites.google.com/site/historicarchives4maleswimming/home/ii-archives-early-20th-century-after/b-syndicated-columnists

Interesting, my mom must have grown up in that environment, she likes showing off my brothers the way one of those articles describes

Well. when they were younger and  she visited clothed friends they would stay nude,  a few guys I've chatted with have similar experiences, sounds similar to the article