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...
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People who are silent about their nude experiences
Return to DiscussionsBased on my experiences alone, I know there are thousands of people, perhaps millions, in the USA alone, who have experienced social nudity, yet don't broach the subject themselves. I travel in pretty conservative circles, as an evangelical Christian, as a political conservative, as an IT professional, yet I've had many interactions with people comfortable with nudity. A few:
- Two co-workers, husband and wife, at a large aerospace company who went backpacking with my wife and I - we did sponge baths in front of each other and soaked in hot springs (Olympic), nude.
- My secretary in the IT company I later founded, and a member of our chur h, who was not shocked at all to hear of our skinnydipping adventures and who laughed that there was no other way to use their home hot tub than nude, and that her husband goes nude around the house. She said she hates bras (she's large-busted).
- A fellow church member, on a group hike with other church members, who looked down into a little valley below us and remarked that a small pond there was "perfect for skinnydipping". No one else with us expressed any dismay at his statement.
- My best friend, whom I ran into at a rustic resort with clothing-optional hot tubs... I later went skinny-dipping with him.
- Another co-worker at the same aerospace company, who announced that her new husband was a nudist and she loved going to his club (Lake Bronson) with him.
And more...
I truly believe if everyone who has experienced social nudity - or even those who've hiked, swum, gone hot-springing, nude would bring it up in contextually-relevant situations, it would go far toward normalising nudity.
After my first social nudism at Turtle Lake, I couldn't wait to tell all my coworkers about the experience. I also thought that by doing so word would get out that one of the university staff was a nudist and I'd get many questions about my experience and maybe have a few become interested enough to want to try it for themselves. Two weeks later one of my coworkers asked me to take him with me the next time I visited the resort. I was a little anxious of how he'd react but to my satisfaction he was very cordial and socialized with many nudists there. As time went on he'd ask about my visits to the resort but never became a nudist in his own right.
Since then Diane, our son Thomas and me have done what we can to passed the word about nudism and all it's wonderful benefits associated with being a nudists. We've placed many AANR and Turtle Lake stickers on our vehicles, Not sure whether a "nudist" license plate is allowed, placed nudists signs around our house and have told a few of our neighbors about us being nudists.
We think until more nudists are willing and able to promote nudism then it'll increase in popularity at a slow rate, little effort will be made to change the minds of those who see nudism as a societal blemish and the ability to get legislation to open more nude beaches and allow nudism in public settings like our own back yards will forever be hampered. We'd like one day to turn on the tv or radio and see and hear advertisements for nudists resorts, non landed clubs, beaches and events.
"Futhermore , because God created it, the human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty." Pope John Paul ll