Facebook Twitter Email. France's interior minister intervened in the debate over bikini removal in response to the outrage that followed an incident on the beach at Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, in southern France. Two gendames approached a group of women and requested they put on their bikini tops, according to a police statement published Tuesday on Facebook. News of the police action spread and drew a response from the interior minister, Gerald Darmanin, who tweeted that it was "unfounded" that police regulate what people wear on the beach. Darmanin was referring to the police statement, which described the officers' actions on August 20 as a "blunder.

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Could there ever be a naked metropolis? Phil Hoad exposes himself to nude urbanism. We were born naked, but no one shows you the way back. What now?
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Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. Around half of the respondents cited concerns that perverts would attack, harass or otherwise violate them while topless, reported Le Parisien. The French are notorious for their unrepressed sexuality as long depicted in the media and reflected in pop culture. So, naturally, French youth became even more attracted to the indiscretion. Lawmakers attempted to draw a hard tan line on the issue when a proposal to ban nudity at beaches was introduced in the s. While the new survey suggests that times have changed for the French, that is a trend seen less so in other countries. Freedom is something precious.
Cap d'Agde was planned by architect Jean Le Couteur as part of one of the largest state-run development schemes in French history. It is now one of the largest leisure ports on the French Mediterranean. Public transport taxi or bus is available between Agde and Cap d'Agde. Cap d'Agde has a large family-style naturist resort.