Nude sunbathing, g-strings banned on Paris beach

[Deus ex Machina]

An excerpt:

This city is proud of its spirit of exhibitionism, so the front-page newspaper headline last weekend that the city's man-made beach was banning thongs and bare breasts came as a bit of a shock. Not only that, the article in the tabloid Le Parisien reported, but the police might have to hand out $48 fines to anyone who showed off too much skin.

"Heat wave or not, appropriate dress is required," the article proclaimed. Even if the thermometer hits 37 degrees Celsius (98 Fahrenheit) in the shade, it added, "Young women in search of cool relief are requested to stay decent and not expose their bodily forms to the eyes of passersby."

Whole story here: Paris beach is all but au naturel (http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/31/news/journal.php)

[Deus ex Machina]

An excerpt:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> This city is proud of its spirit of exhibitionism, so the front-page newspaper headline last weekend that the city's man-made beach was banning thongs and bare breasts came as a bit of a shock. Not only that, the article in the tabloid Le Parisien reported, but the police might have to hand out $48 fines to anyone who showed off too much skin.

"Heat wave or not, appropriate dress is required," the article proclaimed. Even if the thermometer hits 37 degrees Celsius (98 Fahrenheit) in the shade, it added, "Young women in search of cool relief are requested to stay decent and not expose their bodily forms to the eyes of passersby." </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Whole story here: Paris beach is all but au naturel (http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/31/news/journal.php)

[hm0504]

I read in another article that these new rules came as a surprise to the mayor of Paris who seemed quite against them. Indeed, I assumed the story was a hoax at first but who knows.

[meredith2kp4]

I was last in Paris on some very hot days in July 1986. There were many topfree women sunning themselves on the banks of the Seine. One day I went to an old public swimming pool, Piscine Deligny, which later fell into the river (no casualties). It was very crowded with people of both sexes sunning themselves, with some people completely nude but face down. I was one of the very few people who actually swam. There was a stand that sold g-strings, with a sign saying "Un petit rien en defaut de rien." Translated, this is "A little nothing in default of nothing."

I am confident that this burst of prudery will pass. An anarchical spirit is endemic in French society, and if demonstrating students can get an employment law they did not like repealed, as happened earlier this year, it is hard to imagine that the authorities will prevail this time.

[naked buff]

I have been to France a few times, once for an entire summer in Paris. I have also been to Cap d'Agde and another nude beach in France. Certainly, if nudity were legal on the Paris Plage, there would be many nude sunbathers, but there are many French, probably the majority, who find public nudity offensive or who at least would never take the plunge to try nudism.
In the locker rooms of Paris's public swimming pools, there are segregated showers, but men are still required to shower with their suits on even in showers where only other men can go.
Even so, the attitude there is not exactly the same as in America. On sunny days in Parisian parks, many men strip down to their black boxer-briefs to recline on the grass, even when they are there with mixed group of friends.

[David77]

Naked Buff states;
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">but men are still required to shower with their suits on even in showers where only other men can go. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I am astonished, shocked that this would be the case in the Paris men's showers. Is there some reason for this?
In the USA no one is required to shower with their swim suit on.

[Sanslines]

Maby it is time to head to Germany where you can sunbathe nude in the city parks without hastle.

[unclothed]

How anti-french

[David77]

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[johny]

How sad to hear about French. The next would be a Germany (hope no).

The strings are my priviligated choose, if somewhere clothesfree is really prohibited.

See me in the centrum of pic, at Rimini, Italy some weeks ago.

[Eric6420]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by David77:
Naked Buff states;
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">but men are still required to shower with their suits on even in showers where only other men can go. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I am astonished, shocked that this would be the case in the Paris men's showers. Is there some reason for this?
In the USA no one is required to shower with their swim suit on. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Me too, I heard of such practices. Howver, it is surprising, because generally, naturism is more popular in France than in the USA and nudity is very common in many french movies.

We have to remember that it is not because there are specific rules at a specific place, that it is the same policy all over the country.

[David77]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">and nudity is very common in many french movies. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, I see French movies occasionally on my cable TV and there is nudity, as well as nudity in German and Scandinavian and English movies and even occasional Chinese movies.