See what happens when you apply political correctness
TV viewers prefer to watch giant men in spandex after Miss America pageant nixes bikini contest [rt.com]
Heck, I'd wear a burkha at the beach. Best way to avoid the horrific sunburn that'd otherwise inevitably result.
Lesson 1 in "sunbathing for Dummies". You should see Australian women who frequently look 30 years older than they are through exposure to sun as little children. Down here we call it crocodile skin and turkey neck! Smoking exacerbates it.