Philobiblon

That’s a question now being put to the test in Sweden, with the equal opportunities ombudsman due to rule shortly.

I would have thought the equality argument was impossible to resist.

But what I’d like to know is what is the “hygiene” issue referred to by the “leisure centre spokesperson”. Why is a woman’s chest less “hygenic” than a man’s?

(I was pleased to see that when I went to this story, the lead item on the entire Brisbane Times was the retirement of the Australian netball captain, Liz Ellis. Even though I personally could never stand netball as a sport.)