I am cautious, or is it empathetic, towards who I may encounter on a naked hike. Lone females, who may have experienced sexual assault when younger, may find it to be quite traumatic to encounter a naked guy.
My view is that it the greater powers that need to change their minds. Search Engines which identify nudity as porn. Governments w…
I am cautious, or is it empathetic, towards who I may encounter on a naked hike. Lone females, who may have experienced sexual assault when younger, may find it to be quite traumatic to encounter a naked guy.
My view is that it the greater powers that need to change their minds. Search Engines which identify nudity as porn. Governments which allow only tiny beach space to legally bathe nude.
Today I observed clothed persons on the nudist legal beach, and debated (with myself) why they can be legally clothed on OUR little patch of sand, when we cannot be legally unclothed on their broad expanses of sand😲
I'm not sure if the little individual nudists changing their minds will help, because they are forced into that corner of thinking by society's non-acceptance of public nudity as normal behaviour.
Thank you for your thoughts. I agree, search engines and online moderators could treat simple nudity as a totally separate issue from pornography, but my fear is that the distinction is either too difficult for their algorithms, or too much bother for people to worry about. I also think that more important than the opinions of search engine giants, is the opinions of the advertisers that generate their revenue. The search engines don't want to spook the horses, so to speak. They will have seen the consequences of public backlash when a celebrity steps out of line and how it affects revenue streams. Upsetting advertisers or risking upsetting them may be a bigger driver of what they perceive to be acceptable content.
Also I am happy to share my part of the beach with a textile... perhaps they will learn something. I know I learned a lot from their section of the beach. Specifically hypocrisy, intolerance, and bigotry.
Here in New Zealand there are no designated nudist areas, and it is not illegal to be naked in public, so technically all beaches are nudist beaches, although it is true some are more recognised as such. I have to remind myself that the rest of the world doesn't treat public nudity in the same way.
Keeping clothed people off public nude beaches simply perpetuates an "Us & Them" mentality which does no one any favours. Yes there is an injustice, but how about we take the opportunity to highlight the injustice and explain our position, rather than exclude people due to their attitudes around clothing?
Don't get me wrong, I really don't care if they are clothed on the nudist beach. It feels like a broader societal hypocrisy. But as there are sooo many beaches where swimsuits have to be worn, I do wonder why these people choose to swim at a nudist beach. I guess they are comfortable with public nudity, and it may just be a step on their journey into a nudist lifestyle.
I am cautious, or is it empathetic, towards who I may encounter on a naked hike. Lone females, who may have experienced sexual assault when younger, may find it to be quite traumatic to encounter a naked guy.
My view is that it the greater powers that need to change their minds. Search Engines which identify nudity as porn. Governments which allow only tiny beach space to legally bathe nude.
Today I observed clothed persons on the nudist legal beach, and debated (with myself) why they can be legally clothed on OUR little patch of sand, when we cannot be legally unclothed on their broad expanses of sand😲
I'm not sure if the little individual nudists changing their minds will help, because they are forced into that corner of thinking by society's non-acceptance of public nudity as normal behaviour.
Thank you for your thoughts. I agree, search engines and online moderators could treat simple nudity as a totally separate issue from pornography, but my fear is that the distinction is either too difficult for their algorithms, or too much bother for people to worry about. I also think that more important than the opinions of search engine giants, is the opinions of the advertisers that generate their revenue. The search engines don't want to spook the horses, so to speak. They will have seen the consequences of public backlash when a celebrity steps out of line and how it affects revenue streams. Upsetting advertisers or risking upsetting them may be a bigger driver of what they perceive to be acceptable content.
Also I am happy to share my part of the beach with a textile... perhaps they will learn something. I know I learned a lot from their section of the beach. Specifically hypocrisy, intolerance, and bigotry.
Here in New Zealand there are no designated nudist areas, and it is not illegal to be naked in public, so technically all beaches are nudist beaches, although it is true some are more recognised as such. I have to remind myself that the rest of the world doesn't treat public nudity in the same way.
Keeping clothed people off public nude beaches simply perpetuates an "Us & Them" mentality which does no one any favours. Yes there is an injustice, but how about we take the opportunity to highlight the injustice and explain our position, rather than exclude people due to their attitudes around clothing?
Don't get me wrong, I really don't care if they are clothed on the nudist beach. It feels like a broader societal hypocrisy. But as there are sooo many beaches where swimsuits have to be worn, I do wonder why these people choose to swim at a nudist beach. I guess they are comfortable with public nudity, and it may just be a step on their journey into a nudist lifestyle.