Normalising Nudity

A group for people with a common interest in using nudism/naturism to normalise nudity in society, and promoting healthy attitudes to the human body. We will share ideas, events, media, etc. that will help make non-sexual nudity acceptable generally and not only in reserved areas. Society's attitudes towards nudity lead to unreal expectations about appearance, shame, and ignorance of what a...

What can any of us try to do to normalise nudity

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I was at my favourite CO beach yesterday (also last Friday) and thought what can any of us do so that being seen by a non-nudist is less of an issue, so they just shrug their shoulders or say hello. Both last Friday (a hot day) and yesterday (a mild day) I decided to go for a walk to the far end of the CO section of the beach. When the tide is out it's quite a long walk, about an hour there & back, well long for a nude beach in my experience. On Friday I passed quite a few textiles, I give them space and just smile or sometimes wave and sometimes I get a smile or wave back. I feel that by giving them space and being friendly it makes it more normal, except I have no clothes but I am not a flasher trying to shock, just a man enjoying a walk on a beautiful beach. Yesterday there were less people as it was cooler but there were still a few. When it was time to leave I walked naked back through the textile part of the beach, about 1 kilometre, to the stairs leading up to the carpark. There was a woman behind me who had seen me earlier and was not bothered, and a couple as I go to the stair and some girls coming down the stair. No one was bothered by me and I think I made being naked in public a little more normal, or I hope I did.

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RE:What can any of us try to do to normalise nudity

I guess you have found the secret - just act normally.

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Thanks for sharing that story. Just behaving that it's normal to be nude while leaving a nude beach helps acceptance. I wonder if Australia is a little more tolerant in general. At designated nude beaches in the US there are pretty strict rules about where and where you cannot drop trou. Glad you had such a cool experience.

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Thanks for the feedback. I like this beach, there is a lot of space and nudists in the CO section are well behaved. One of the other CO beaches I have gone to nearby almost seems to have been hijacked by people trying to pick up or engage is sex in the dunes. I really like sex but this is not what these CO beaches were legalised for. So behaving normally when naked around textiles in a public place I think is important.

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i always sleep naked, walk bedroom to bathroom naked, always bath naked, no matter whr i bath, change cloths without hiding, dont panic if get caught naked, just try to relax .

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I would suggest some of the following which I follow:

1. Send postcards to friends from Naturist locations.
2. Leave a copy of BN around
3. Ask friends to house sit while you go to friends/weekend spa

Be surprised how many then will happily discuss naturism.

In fact a couple of ex neighbours are now confirmed BN members of around 5 years

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I spent many days when my wife was in treatment on our roof deck sunbathing nude, my wife was very comfortable with my nudity and with others seeing me naked for her it added something sexually.
Anyway I was on the roof naked as always one afternoon when our lovely neighbour and friend walked out, I could hear her opening her food door and stepping out. Our spaces were divided by a low 5 ft wall so I felt sure she must have seen me when I got up to bring a fresh beer. I told my wife I thought Id been seen and it was her that normalised the situation. She simply laughed and told not to worry as she ( our older neighbour) would be made up to see me nude.
Fast forward several years after my wife has passed and I had moved, I called on that neighbour and over beers I mentioned I was a nudist and had often sunbathed nude and apologised if shed seen me. She never had but my wife was absolutely right she wouldve loved it. She then suggested if I enjoyed it then I should go ahead with a smile as she fetched beers from downstairs I went for it and she arrived to find me naked with a broad smile.
Encouraged she stripped too and we spent a lovely afternoon together naked.
Sometimes it just takes a conversation..

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My previous posts were of the summer from last year. This year at my favourite CO beach the CO signs got shifted, around 1km further along the beach, to where the beach is not as nice and there are landslides, rock falls etc. from the cliffs above, it is beautiful but can be dangerous, a guy died from a landslide this summer just ending. Many of us who use the Pt Addis part of the beach have continued using it, and on a weekend especially there are a lot more textiles in what was the CO section. We have tended to blend and I'm not aware of there being any problems. It does seem a bit odd that there are so many textiles there these days but I maintained my habits as have others and it seems to be working. Hopefully it's doing something for the cause.

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The second guy I talked to told me he had seen me walking by and that some of the people I had past got on there phones while turning to give me a backward glance. He was worried that they may have been calling the sheriff to report me but obviously that was not the case.I like to think that if anything they may have been calling a friend to have a good laugh about that old naked guy walking along the beach.
Last summer I experienced something similar. On a secluded beach a single woman walked past me and set up about 300-400 beyond. I could see she had her phone out and did not want her to take my nude photo and send it to the park rangers. If this happens again I will approach anyone near me and get their approval of my skinny-dipping.

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I had a day at the beach early this week. It has cooled here but Monday was nice so I did not go as far along the beach as I have been. The CO part of the beach has been pushed further along but the tide was high so there was little beach. I set up where the CO part used to start. Had a few people walk past with dogs, no one was bothered, one textile woman smiled waved and I think said something like it was a nice day for the beach. Just trying to do my bit to normalise nudity.

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