Particularly since “bathing” pools in “bathhouses” were the earliest incarnation of these facilities. A ymca policy used to require swimming in the nude People who didn’t experience boys swimming naked in the ymca and in many physical education programs in the public and private schools in the us find it hard to believe that this was done
Why didn’t I get to swim nude at the YMCA?
Yet this was the practice
Boys swam naked in the ymcas, in boys clubs, and in school physical education classes from the time pools were first installed in these institutions in the late 19th century.
Remember when swimsuits weren't allowed A history of nude swimming while it might be unbelievable today, boys were once required to swim nude at ymca pools — yet some recall the experience with no shame. 1 families were allowed to come to our mide swim meets My mother and sisters, and other mothers and daughters all came to our high school swim meets where we all swam naked.
Male nude swimming outdoors was customary in the early united states. Three part documentary on the history of boys swimming nude at the ymca and public schools the following three part video is a youtube documentary compiled by an historian that did extensive documentation research into the policy requiring boys to swim nude at schools and such organizations as the ymca.
