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body, takes its form more easily, and adhering

as it were to the flesh, receives its shape, and

marks out the woman's figure, so that the whole

make of the body is visible to spectators, though

not seeing the body itself.” Mary Quant, the

designer of the miniskirt, said when interviewed,

“This apparel is typically of a woman trying to

seduce a man.” She said this in 1970, and she

also said,“Some European countries banned the

miniskirt saying it was an invitation to rape.”

Now, she said that herself.

We have the booklet by Jeff Pollard in the

library called “The Public Undressing of

America.” I gave you the rundown of the history

of swimwear, and I took a lot of that from that

book a number of years ago. He said, “The rush

for the beach opened the door for justifying

public nakedness,” and he goes through the

history of this and comes down through the

years and talks about swimwear being packaged

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