Editing Streaking (section)

===In the United States===
Not to be confused with the [[fad]] known as streaking, the first recorded incident of running naked in public by a college student in the United States occurred in 1804 at Washington College (now [[Washington and Lee University]]) when senior [[George William Crump]] was arrested for running naked through [[Lexington, Virginia]], where the university is located.<ref>{{cite web|year=2011|title=University Chronology|url=http://www.wlu.edu/x52674.xml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926214045/http://www.wlu.edu/x52674.xml|archive-date=26 September 2011|access-date=1 July 2011|publisher=Washington and Lee University}} Retrieved from Internet Archive 9 February 2014.</ref> Crump was suspended for the academic session, but later went on to become a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CRUMP, George William, (1786 - 1848)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000956|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917133205/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000956|archive-date=17 September 2011|access-date=1 July 2011|work=Biographical Directory of the United States congress}} Retrieved from Internet Archive 9 February 2014.</ref>

In June 1973, the press reported on a "streaking" trend at Michigan State University.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 June 1973|title=Ironwood Daily Globe Newspaper Archives, Jun 1, 1973, p. 1|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/ironwood-daily-globe-jun-01-1973-p-1/|access-date=12 January 2022|website=NewspaperArchive.com|language=en}}</ref> In December 1973, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine called streaking "a growing Los Angeles-area fad" that was "catching on among college students and other groups".<ref>"Takeoff", ''Time'', 10 December 1973.</ref> A letter writer responded, "Let it be known that streakers have plagued the campus police at [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] for the past decade", pointing out that a group of University of Notre Dame students sponsored a "Streakers' Olympics" in 1972.<ref name=":0" />

In February 1974, the press began calling it a "streaking epidemic."<ref>{{cite web|date=28 February 1974|title=Port Arthur News Newspaper Archives, Feb 28, 1974, p. 18|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/port-arthur-news-feb-28-1974-p-18/|website=NewspaperArchive.com|language=en}}</ref> By the first week of March, college campuses across the country were competing to set streaking records.<ref>{{cite journal|date=March 18, 1974|title=Streaking: One Way To Get A B.A.|journal=Newsweek|pages=41–42|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 18, 1974|title=Streaking, Streaking Everywhere|magazine=Time|pages=58–59|access-date=}}</ref> On March 11, 1974, several Americans imported streaking to Japan, where a series of copycat incidents occurred over the next month.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crime expert: Wrongdoings are a local thing|url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/crime-expert-wrongdoings-are-a-local-thing?comment-order=latest|access-date=12 January 2022|website=Japan Today| date=7 June 2011 |language=en}}</ref>

The prominence of streaking in 1974 has been linked both to the [[sexual revolution]] and a conservative backlash against [[feminism]] and the campus protests of the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref name="bucks" />