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June 12, 2008 - Bikinis Are BackKanab, Utah, has reportedly decided that a policy at their new city pool prohibiting both bikinis and speedos went too far, and will change the rule. Giggling though at City Councilwoman Nina Laycock’s statement that “We were so engrossed with safety and health issues we overlooked the wording.” How on earth is a dress code a health and safety issue? The comments on the original Salt Lake Tribune article are particularly entertaining.  > Posted by Chuck at 5:41 am. 2 Comments
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pLEASE DEFINE BIKINI DOESNT REVEAL TO MUCH.
HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU CONTROL THAT ONE? YOUR OPPION!
AT LEASE YOU KNOW WHAT A TWO PIECE SUIT IS, THAT CAN BE CONTROLED.
Well, I’ve seen different groups try and write beach dress-codes over the years to mixed results.
The worst leave it to the discretion to the person on the scene as to what’s appropriate or not, and some prude usually screws it up and overreacts sooner or later.
The clearest, to a lawyer or doctor if not an actual beach user, detail the body areas that must not be visible. For example, San Diego County requires that the “genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic symphysis, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anus, anal region, or pubic hair region of any person or any portion of the breast at or below the upper edge of the areola thereof of any female person” be covered if the person is in a public area. Fine if you have a medical dictionary on you, but otherwise I’m guessing most people can’t identify all the parts from memory.
Probably the most laughable was a square-inches-of-fabric requirement that made no allowance for height or weight.
In my opinion no one’s come up with a rule that can replace common sense, and personally I’d rather let people make fools of themselves than have bureaucrats and administrators suck the fun out of life for everyone.