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Anton's avatar

"... how many people treat the idea of simple nudity with vitriol and loathing."

I wonder how often it's about the nudity itself. A LOT of people strike me as going about their daily lives full of vitriol & loathing and always have half an eye out for any excuse to spew it. I've lost count of the number of rants about 'X' I've heard that've made me think, "How much 'X' is actually involved?"

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I think the reality is, nobody, nudists/naturists included, want to make a spectacle of themselves.

This is the real irony and hypocrisy that naturism faces. How do you convince people to participate in an activity that even the advocates are ashamed to openly put their name to?

There’s a blog post that I’ve been slowly drafting over the last few weeks. It’s been going slowly because I’m trying to condense down many years of trying to pinpoint just what it is that has never quite sat right with me about naturism.

Among the themes I’m trying to explore is why does nudity even need justification?

In my mind, I doubt there’s too many people that don’t understand the appeal of being naked.

What they probably can’t understand is the appeal of being a spectacle. Naturists themselves need to get over that hurdle. Even they’re hesitant to be seen naked in public by people who aren’t naked.

The irony is. If one can see themselves past this obstacle. Get past the ingrained embarrassment of being seen naked in public. All of a sudden, being naked in public doesn’t matter. So much so, it’s possible to reach a point where you don’t care who else is around. It genuinely feels okay and “normal”.

My blog post then is trying to say, “let’s stop making such a big deal out of nudity, because actually, nudists/naturists are making just a big a deal out it as everyone else.”

So long as it remains such a big deal, nobody is going to simply let it pass up.

In my mind, this is the real change that needs to take place.

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