Men's and women's separate swimming is implemented in China's swimming,which mainly occurred in the 1930s.and concentrated in Guangdong and Beiping,as well as Shanghai,Wuhan and Tianjin.Among them local governments play an important role.The public opinion community has formed two diametrically opposed factions on the issue of men and women swimming separately and swimming together,focusing on decency,progress and backwardness.And different views are related to the differentiation of the society of the Republic of China.The drawbacks of the men's and women's separate swimming policy are main-ly reflected in the lack of swimming venues,business difficulties and inconvenience to swimming groups.The objective reality at the practical level plays a key role in the reason why men and women swimming together after 1937.Public opinion discussion and prac-tical choice are the two major factors that affect the implementation of new concepts.
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