Who is allowed to swim? And who is not? What causes trouble among the swimmers? Society is reflected in the pool. A wide variety of people with different lifestyles and moral concepts meet in public pools - sometimes more and sometimes less harmoniously. What does it mean to SWIM FREELY? Together? Or rather separately?
It is considered a democratic achievement that everyone has equal access to outdoor and indoor pools. After all, the rich and poor once bathed separately. Women and men anyway. During the Nazi era, the Jewish population and "foreigners" were excluded. Even before that, war invalids had to stay outside. The sight of them was considered unacceptable. Neither was the sight of women, who, according to the prevailing opinion, did not wear enough textiles.
Freedom and freedom of movement are now being hotly debated again. Do women, queer or disabled people need a "protected space"? Does topless bathing benefit or harm feminism? Is the acceptance of maximum concealment backward or progressive?
It is considered a democratic achievement that everyone has equal access to outdoor and indoor pools. After all, the rich and poor once bathed separately. Women and men anyway. During the Nazi era, the Jewish population and "foreigners" were excluded. Even before that, war invalids had to stay outside. The sight of them was considered unacceptable. Neither was the sight of women, who, according to the prevailing opinion, did not wear enough textiles.
Freedom and freedom of movement are now being hotly debated again. Do women, queer or disabled people need a "protected space"? Does topless bathing benefit or harm feminism? Is the acceptance of maximum concealment backward or progressive?
