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Opinion: This is about far more than swimming topless | CNN

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Berlin’s state government declared Thursday that all visitors, regardless of gender, are allowed to enjoy public pools topless.
Holly Thomas: Female breasts, like body hair and Adam's apples, are a secondary sex characteristic.
Thomas: The collective mindset around naked breasts in America still seems so fraught.
In Indiana and Tennessee, just showing women’s breasts in public is illegal.
The rationale informing what constitutes indecency appears far from clear-cut.
Perhaps Germany is closer to an answer: treat all naked bodies just like clothed ones.
Nudism flourished in Germany in the early 20th century, and post-World War II it became especially popular in East Germany.
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