Topless in Edmonton
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The City of Edmonton's amended policy for topless swimmers at city pools is raising eyebrows this week.
All patrons are allowed to swim and lounge around at City of Edmonton pools without a top on, regardless of their gender identity.
The policy, under the city's swimwear guidelines for pools, has been in place since June 2022 but it's not a widely advertised change.
Priya Bhasin-Singh, director of Edmonton's aquatics and community leisure centres, said the policy aligns with gender identity and expression protections found in the Alberta Human Rights Act.
"We believe our swimming guidelines must not discriminate on the basis of gender and not exclude anyone visiting a city facility," Bhasin-Singh said in a statement to CBC News.
@George-K said in Topless in Edmonton:
All patrons are allowed to swim and lounge around at City of Edmonton pools without a top on
"We believe our swimming guidelines must not discriminate on the basis of gender and not exclude anyone visiting a city facility," Bhasin-Singh said in a statement to CBC News.
The loungers should be expected to maintain a minimum standard of acceptability.
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@George-K said in Topless in Edmonton:
All patrons are allowed to swim and lounge around at City of Edmonton pools without a top on
"We believe our swimming guidelines must not discriminate on the basis of gender and not exclude anyone visiting a city facility," Bhasin-Singh said in a statement to CBC News.
The loungers should be expected to maintain a minimum standard of acceptability.
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There is a reason a Western woman can't walk down a street unaccompanied in the Muslim world without getting her bottom patted or her tits pinched
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There is a reason a Western woman can't walk down a street unaccompanied in the Muslim world without getting her bottom patted or her tits pinched
@Jolly said in Topless in Edmonton:
There is a reason a Western woman can't walk down a street unaccompanied in the Muslim world without getting her bottom patted or her tits pinched
What is that reason and what has it to do with the City of Edmonton's new policy?
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Muslim (rank and file) men treat all Western women like whores, because this (Western decadence) is what they see.
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Muslim (rank and file) men treat all Western women like whores, because this (Western decadence) is what they see.
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@Renauda said in Topless in Edmonton:
So does that mean we can refer to veiled and burqued Muslim women as R2D2s?
You can refer to them however you wish.
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@Renauda said in Topless in Edmonton:
So does that mean we can refer to veiled and burqued Muslim women as R2D2s?
You can refer to them however you wish.
