I think my main qualm with bathing suits is that it makes swimming (an activity that's good for your body) into a fashion show. I've gotten over the size issue, but being judged on how stylish I am in the swimming pool or at the gym makes me uncomfortable exercising. I think it may have something to do with the fact that high school wasn't so long ago for me, and I can still remember feeling frumpy in gym class because I didn't have matching workout clothes, and even if I had wanted them, they didn't come in my size. I also hated feeling obligated to shave my legs, because shorts were part of the required gym strip for spring.
I did recently buy a bathing suit, and it's a really cute one. Not that it matters if I look stylish, because I only wear it to Aquafit classes, and the only other people in the pool are wearing utilitarian navy blue or black one-pieces. All of the other times I swim are at the nude beach.
I do feel for transgendered people, because they have such a hard time with appropriate swimming pool/beach fashion. A FTM I spoke with couldn't enjoy swimming, because they didn't know what to wear. They were uncomfortable dressing as a woman in a standard bathing suit, but didn't like to wear a binder under shorts and a t-shirt in the pool, because that much clothing made swimming cumbersome. There's a swimming pool in my area that holds nude swim nights, I wish they could do genderqueer nights as well.
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Date: 2005-04-05 05:34 pm (UTC)I did recently buy a bathing suit, and it's a really cute one. Not that it matters if I look stylish, because I only wear it to Aquafit classes, and the only other people in the pool are wearing utilitarian navy blue or black one-pieces. All of the other times I swim are at the nude beach.
I do feel for transgendered people, because they have such a hard time with appropriate swimming pool/beach fashion. A FTM I spoke with couldn't enjoy swimming, because they didn't know what to wear. They were uncomfortable dressing as a woman in a standard bathing suit, but didn't like to wear a binder under shorts and a t-shirt in the pool, because that much clothing made swimming cumbersome. There's a swimming pool in my area that holds nude swim nights, I wish they could do genderqueer nights as well.