Forget calling flip flops ‘thongs’; being mortified by topless sunbathing is the biggest give-away you are an Australian on a European beach.
Even as body-positivity sweeps Australia and America, when you compare us to Greece, France, and much of Europe, we are very uncomfortable in our own skin.
There are two main reasons for this. The first is that we are brought up to be mortified by nudity.
The second reason is that we have been pepper-sprayed with beauty standards that are only possible to reach within a narrow age (and size) range.