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In Australian outback 'skimpy' pubs, bar staff work in their bras | ABC Australia
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4:59Now PlayingScantily clad barmaids known as ‘skimpies’ arrived on Kalgoorlie-Boulder's pub scene in the 1970s and have since become part of the hard-working, hard-drinking culture of mining towns across Western Australia.
Wearing just their lingerie, they serve drinks and chat to customers with the aim of keeping the amber fluid flowing.
But how are skimpies still a thing in the #MeToo era, when women's rights, the meaning of consent, and sexual harassment in the workplace have come into sharp focus?
ABC reporter Briana Fiore attends skimpy night at a pub in Katanning, WA, to find out.
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