DazedAndConfuzed
Contributor
In the old days we wore nothing under our wetsuits. Sometimes pantyhose to make it easier to get the bottoms on.
What changed this for me was when women started diving, there was a group of us at a local dive site, all men, changing clothes. A local instructor was bringing a class of young ladies over the dune and walked into a group of naked men.
Shrieks all around.......
Although individuals may be comfortable with their bodies, others may not be......and in the US we have many stupid laws regarding public nudity.
Weren't the women taught the appropriate way to wear their wetsuit? If so, the tradition would not have been broken.