Much has change since 30 years...

[lady_vader]

Today I watched the first part of the Astrid Lindgren (the author of Pippi Longstocking, you know) movie "Du är inte klok Madicken" (roughly: "You're crazy Madicken") since I felt nostaglic and wanted to re-watch all the old Astrid Lindgren's movies I watched (and of course read the books) as a child. I got a bad feeling, though, and realized how

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[mmymoon]

The US has always been more conservative than Europe, but that's happened here, too... particularly since my family has generally been free-spirited/okay with their bodies, etc. My mom was definitely a 1970s "hippie

[euro_trash_doll]

i completely see where you are coming from Helena. And its sad..its a loss of innocence. Even when I was a kid it would not have been strange to go topless..not at all....or even swim naked (especially as children)

[tibiloo]

I exactly feel the same. My parents were naturists so I went naked when I was a child... today I feel wierd when I see a little girl with a swimsuit top

I'm afraid Europe have been strongly influenced by the conservative US culture...

We are less free in our bodies... but we have more perversions, pornography

I also think my vision of things has changed... and I lost some of my innocence.

(this summer I was topless all the time at the beach and I did it with a kind of political/symbolic meaning... "I want to be free to be topless even if I'm woman because it's more confortable"... after all men are topless)