If you ever thought that all nudist clubs and resorts have mostly the same amenities, you would probably be right. Every one is guaranteed to have at least one hot tub, a volley ball court and a swimming pool as a minimum. What distinguishes Sunny Glades, located in Bothwell, Ontario (Canada), from most other clubs is its vast tracts of forested land.
For someone like me who is less inclined to spend hours sunning myself or sitting in a pool, a walk in natural surroundings is just about the best nudism can offer. I get my dose of exercise and fresh air while wearing my favorite birthday costume. Sunny Glades has a total of 94 acres, and most of them are forested and crossed by many trails which you are free to roam without a care in the world. I did just that last Saturday (May 19, 2012), as I happened to be not too far, in the Detroit / Windsor area with nothing to do on an unseasonably hot day in the upper 80s. The thick forest provided welcome shade from the heat as I wandered through countless paths for hours. You cannot get lost or wander off the property here since it’s bordered by farmland, a county road and a railroad. The only forest lies within Sunny Glades.
The club house
As Clara Wortner, who owns and operates the club along with her husband Stanley and their daughter, tells me, there is very little forested land left in southwestern Ontario, something made evident by a glance at the area with Google maps. From the time Stanley bought the land in 1959, the intent was to reforest it and act as conservationists in a county (Chatham-Kent) where they are no laws to protect woodlands. You can see it is an ongoing effort when you come across areas where they have recently planted trees. Therefore, when you wend your way through this wonderland, you will get a sense that it is something worth preserving.
Nudist clubs are also a threatened species in Ontario, and indeed the whole continent. Gone are Glen Eden and Four Seasons. The latter was sold and turned into a non-nudist resort. Thus, Sunny Glades is a survivor, the only landed nudist club in all of southwestern Ontario. Clara expressed her concern for the future of her club as well. She thinks the younger generations are not inclined to become regular customers at the same nudist club. These are the customers ay club needs to survive.
Besides the spectacular woods to enjoy, Sunny Glades has the usual amenities, which Clara and her family spotlessly maintain. I found the indoor hot tub to be particularly well appointed, and the many rest rooms were clean and ample. I only had one complaint, and that was the lack of soap dispensers inside the showers (bring your own bar!) The enclosed, heated pool is Olympic sized. The restaurant inside the club house has simple but affordable and tasty fare. Behind it is a rec area with a pool table and a large lounging area with a wide screen TV. On the floor above, accessible via a spiral staircase, are rooms for those who prefer not to camp.
The rooms are simply furnished and do not have a television but are much cleaner and economical than anything you can get at hotels / motels in this area (Canadian hotels are much more expensive than in the USA). The daily rate is 60 dollars plus tax (13% in Ontario). There is also a fully equipped cabin not far from the club house, which you can rent for a mere 80 dollars a night, plus tax. The club is family oriented and features a complete playground for children. Camping spots are spread throughout various clearings. There are so many camping spots it is very easy to find one where you will have privacy.
Before you go: Aside from the usual sunblock, make sure you bring a good insect repellent, a hat and a tube of After Bite! These are northern mixed forests and the biting insects are present in quantity throughout the warm period of the year (late May to early September).
Single men: Always welcome as long they respect club rules.
For more info, visit their web site at: http://www.sunnyglades.com/
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It does not take a genius to know that not all weather lends itself to nudism. It would be suicidal to go for a leisurely stroll completely naked though the snow with temperatures below freezing! But what is the ideal temperature to be nude outdoors? There is no simple answer to this question since it depends on your age, your health, your gender and where in the world you live.
Younger people tend to feel comfortable within a wider range of temperatures, but an older person who is in top physical shape can also have a higher tolerance for cooler weather. There is no doubt that the elderly bodies generally have trouble staying warm, making anything lower than 75 (24 C) rather chilly for nude recreation.
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People who live in a tropical climate do not have the same type of body fat as northerners do and can even feel cold in temperatures as high as 78 F. This is not scientific, but in all my years as a nudist, I have observed that female nudists cover up much sooner than males do when the temperature drops. I am not sure if this is due more to males being stubborn or actual physiological differences between the sexes!
Wind plays a big role in whether nudists stay nude or throw some clothes on. A stiff breeze can make 75 F feel like 68 (20 C), and for most that is not naked weather! Of course, there are a few die hard nudists out there who eschew clothes outdoors no matter how cold it gets, albeit for a quick dash from the house and back! You are more likely to find such people in places where the climate is rather harsh, such as Canada, Russia, the UK, or Sweden. There is always the option of being nude indoors, but that just cannot match the joy of communing with nature!
If we are going to be practical about this subject, I think everybody can agree that anything in the eighties F (27-32 C) is ideal nudist weather. A bit of wind will be agreeable in that range. Anything in the low to mid seventies (21-26) is marginal nudist weather, where any wind could spoil the joy of being naked, and being in the shade might give some people chills. Exiting the pool or lake will have most shaking in this range. Anything below 70 (21 C) is only for the hardiest naturists.
On the opposite end of the scale, when the thermometer passes the 90 (32 C) mark, at some point even being naked is not enough to keep you perfectly happy, but then that is what a dip in the water is for! Of course, those poor textiles are suffering miserably and wishing they could ditch their sweaty, clingy duds!
Get naked and enjoy, but don’t forget to use sunscreen and hydrate well!
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Last year we began publishing articles from vintage nudist publications. These were well received and we will continue the series, reviving the words of nudists past (most are deceased) and magazines that have long since stopped publishing. Today we bring you the words of a Doctor Carl Becker, of Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, whose “scientific” justification for naturism was printed in the November, 1937 edition of The Nudist. His writing style is a bit awkward, perhaps due to the fact he was a German immigrant, but his ideas have weathered the passage of 75 years…
The following remarks may appear to you over lengthy but please bear with me. I shall merely try to illustrate my understanding of the nudist movement of today and its place in the evolutionary progress of mankind. To all of us it must be a source of great satisfaction to realize that this new philosophy of man is on the “up-grade,” making such a gathering as this possible — in spite of much wide-spread antagonism. Every phase of human progress was started in opposition to tradition and vested interests; progress has always had to struggle against all conservative instincts.
Nature, all inclusive mother of life, built with the benign rays of the sun, from. the beginning out of inorganic elements in solution, its complex plant life, all much more complex animal life and last, as a crowning glory: “man”. Without doubt he existed before the beginning of the last two glacial epochs, and adapting himself to varying geographical and environmental conditions, he established himself everywhere on the habitable globe.
As far as can be ascertained from existing historical data, man’s basic nature seems to have undergone but little change throughout the known period of his existence. Apart from such toil as was required by each group to exist, little was required of him. Against rigors of climate served animal skins, the first covering, and for festive occasions painting of the body and fantastic “drapings” gave him pleasure. Later, ambitious and acquisitive individuals arose which fused small groups into larger units. Then the robes of state and uniforms came into fashion.
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The dreams of man created belief in a ghastly universe full of gods and demons. When some men felt that they could stand between mortals and the spirit world in the capacity of intercessors, priests arose. Chieftains and kings secured the help of wise men, and laws were made to govern the masses. Their distinctions were ornaments and cassocks and lawyers’ “drapings”. Clothing became a mark of caste, of rank, of wealth, and it has remained that ever since. The study of costumes illustrates man’s fantastic ideas.
History chiefly deals with the fate of kings and their realms, their religion, their laws. Both the latter, i.e., the laws of the land and its religion, became of necessity the chief pillars of the government, whatever its name.
Any innovation was frowned upon and generally suppressed. This has always been so, is so today. But sometimes common sense prevails and the new idea succeeds; still it must usually be fought for. In our own country the civil war was such an example. The North was tired of slavery which was the greatest source of wealth to the South. Compromise was impossible. War was the result and slavery was stamped-out.
Nudism runs counter to various large interests. The nudist feels he stands on his constitutional right to secure the greatest happiness to himself, without encroaching on that of others, by getting back to nature as far as possible; that is, of securing the privilege to unburden himself of all the “drapings” of social custom somewhere in sylvan simplicity, close to a sparkling sunlit stream to soak up sunlight with its violet rays and feel the joy of cooling breezes. He thinks he is entitled to use the free sun, the free air and the free waters, to enjoy life as a free citizen in a free country, according to the letter of its constitution. He believes that he and his family, his friends and companions are entitled to this communion with nature.
He feels that the meeting of the sexes on such terms of equality realizes all the higher morality by frank, fearless cooperation in work and play, which prompts each individual to observe the other sex with finer human understanding, unadulterated by crude sex—imagery and sex—mysticism and prurient longings, all of which are so largely fostered by civilization in its arts, literature and other exponents, such as theaters, movies, and all its equivalents, as variety shows, burlesques, many dances, and certain music.
It is squarely up to all nudists to make propaganda for their belief in the wholesome aim of nudism by providing themselves as model citizens. All other nudists are but traitors to the cause.
I speak of “the wholesome aim” of nudism because of the feeling that some day the people at large will realize the benefits conferred by the nudist movement. Today practically all physicians place great stress on “preventive medicine.” Yet “nudism,” from childhood on will prove itself the most potential force to develop health, strength and sound understanding, both in a practical and in a moral sense.
Nudist communities will see to it that the lessons which nature teaches will meet with plenty of eager pupils under competent guides. Then harmless snakes, and other likable creatures of nature will not fall victims to frightened folks. Nudists will achieve in their groups by natural selection, striking proof of the value of our basic claims and our hopes will find realization in benefiting all mankind. Auf wiedersehen!
[This is a summary of the paper by Dr. Carl Becker delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Sunbathing Association, Aug. 21, 22, 23, 1937, at Mays Landing, NJ]
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June 1-3, 2012, the Alexis Park Resort in Las Vegas will be the site of a nudist conference, perhaps the first of its kind in the USA. Several businesses catering to nudists already have secured booths at this trade show, and there may be others signing-up in the meantime.
The Nudistclubhouse Expo is organized by Brian Spence, founder and CEO of the similarly named nudist social network. Among confirmed exhibitors are renown resorts such as the Terra Cotta Inn, De Anza Springs, and Cypress Cove. Various print and online nudists will hold court at the event, which will feature presentations by guest speakers such as Susan Weaver, president of the AANR, as well as Spence himself. Spence’s nudist dating site, Singlenudist.com, will have its own booth.
Tickets are just 15 dollars for the two day conference, if you register early online, and they promise a separately ticketed special event for the third day, details of which are not yet available. You can get a special room rate right at the hotel where the convention is being held, the Alexis Park, which is right across from the Hard Rock casino. You cannot be nude at the conference itself, but if enough people sign-up for the “option 2″ lodging plan, which is fifty dollars more per room per night, a wing at another, still unnamed, hotel will be designated as nude.
For more information and tickets, visit http://nudistclubhouse.com/expo.php
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Skinbook was a short lived nudist social site which exploded on the scene over two years ago, its popularity seeded by worldwide press coverage. Its young founder soon found it was more than he could handle and became disillusioned, abandoning both the web site and nudism. Recently, Dario Western, an Australian nudist-activist decided to take over where Skinbook left off, determined to make it work this time. We asked Western a few questions and he provided very insightful answers which we print verbatim below…
On the topic of what he thinks went wrong with the first incarnation of Skinbook:
There was nothing wrong with the whole idea behind Skinbook. At the time, there wasn’t any sophisticated social network that catered for naturists and nudists in the same league as sites like Friendster, Bebo, MySpace and Facebook were doing with the general public. As you said before, Maddocks was not the right kind of person to run the site. He was very young, very inexperienced, and still trying to find his feet with the world. Plus the fact he was condescending towards the very kind of people who put the most capital into nudist ventures in the English-speaking world – a la the “creepy old people” and single men. He wanted his site to be focused mainly on women and male/female couples in the 18 – 35 age group (he was 23 years old when he started Skinbook, along with some university friends). Plus, he trusted in the wrong types of people to help moderate the site. There was a couple called Dan & Vicky whom he chose as forum mods who would routinely ban anybody who disagreed with them, and another guy called Andrew who was also chosen as a forum mod who was rude, condescending and bullyish towards certain people (including me). Eventually, Dan & Vicky were deposed and banished from the site and Andrew stepped down after numerous complaints from the members about the way they treated them. That was a contributing factor as to why Maddocks’ patience with nudism started to run out eventually.
About his use of the same name (Skinbook):
Photo by Hughesdarren
I tried to track down Karl Maddocks through numerous internet searches, but to no avail. The Skinbook logo that is being used for the new one is the first one that was used for it’s original MySpace site and then was replaced with the more fancy logo when he took the site to Ning. I don’t see why it should cause much concern for him anyway, seeing as he no longer wishes to be associated with naturism and nudism in any shape or form. When he originally closed down the site and wrote the angry resignation letter, I did try to contact him originally to point him to another network that I’m on which mostly focuses on the under 40′s, but even so I did not receive any response from him.
On how he plans to reach out to the old Skinbook users as well as recruiting new members:
I don’t have the original database for Skinbook. Only network admins and mods on Ning are allowed access to them. Fortunately, I do have a number of nudist friends, acquaintances and net-mates whom I have invited to the new network as well as commented on it on old web pages which refer to it.
On what are his goals with this project:
I hope to be able to put naturists and nudists back in touch with each other and make some new naturist friends in the event that I would like to travel to places like Europe, UK, America, Canada, and New Zealand. I have a few relatives and nudist friends in Canada, which tends to be a bit more open and laid-back with nudity than most people in my country are.
About some of the things that will be different in the new site:
The difference between the old Skinbook and the new one is that I am hoping this one will be better run. I have been a nudist since 1990 at the age of 19, and have also worked in customer service and done a bit of counselling work with studies in Aromatherapy and natural medicine, so I tend to be open to listen to other people’s problems and concerns a bit more. As a bout of my interest in natural therapies, I want to be taking naturism back to its original roots which put a very strong emphasis on exercise, leisure, vegetarianism/veganism, environmentalism, spirituality, communality, and family values. Naturism tends to have a very bad rap today to be associated with pornography, swinging, drunken orgies, and child abuse at the worst, and at best something that only lonely, sexually desperate old people tend to want to do. These are very limiting paradigms to live with, and I want to help normalise the lifestyle and make it a valid and healthy one again that anybody of either gender and any age can participate in (although for safety reasons, I do not allow anybody under the age of 13 to join Skinbook).
On how he will avoid the pitfalls of any nudist social site, namely its misuse for sexual purposes:
I am known to be a bit of a whistle-blower on inappropriate behaviour that I have encountered in my local nudist scene, and am mostly hated for it by the Australian nudist community. Many tend to want to deny that such behaviour exists and just paint nudism as a happy-smiley lollipops and roses thing as you see in the magazines. I think that this does a dis-service to naturism, and does turn off a lot of newbies to the scene when they find that there are some people in it for the wrong reasons. Having said that, I am objectively politically and sexually liberal myself – what consenting and responsible parties do with their sex lives is fine. However, naturism by default is a family orientated lifestyle that is based on mainstream community values. If there is behaviour that is not tolerated in the textile world and mainstream social networking sites, then it will not be tolerated on Skinbook either. I won’t put up with flame-wars, divulging of private information, or imagery that is not allowed on other networks. Basically, I want naturism to become a mainstream lifestyle the same as it is in many parts of Europe, so I need to tread with caution as to what is allowed on the network. Besides that, Ning does not allow full-frontal nudity on its networks anymore. Topless is okay, but no showing ‘private’ parts. Then again, I believe that naturists and nudists need to have some common sense and not surf onto nudist or porn sites whilst at work or in certain public places where other people are not yet ready to handle full-frontal nude images. It’s best to ‘err on the side of caution’. There is also a group on Yahoo! called North West Naturists which does not allow any nudity in its photo album, and it has plenty of members and people posting to it. If people want to see nude photos to get their rocks off, then go to a porn site for that, not a naturist one. There is a time and place for everything.
About how he might one day profit from this venture:
Naturism is my passion, not my profession. However, I would definitely love to be making some money from naturism sometime soon. I’m also a musician and I’m working on a co-ed band to promote awareness of naturism to a contemporary rock and pop music market, so once the band gets to a point where it’s ready to record I’d like to invest my earnings into a 5-star nudist property. I can but hope (grins!). Where Ning is concerned, they now charge between $19.95 per year for a basic network of up to 150 members, to $59.95 per year for a more sophisticated network with an unlimited amount of members and more features such as events calendars, the ability to form groups, create apps, and many more features that were originally free. Initially I was irked when Ning became a pay-only site, but with hindsight I can see why they chose to go that way. In the real world there is no such reality as “something for nothing” and “no such thing as a free lunch”. You want class, you want efficiency, you want sophistication – you pay for it. And I am definitely willing to put my money where my mouth is! 
If you’re interested in knowing more about Dario, here’s his bio:
Dario Western is a nudist activist originally from Manchester in the UK, now living in Brisbane, Australia. He first became aware of naturism at the age of 8 when viewing the BBC documentary “Let’s Go Naked” in January 1979. He has contributed several articles and letters for the magazines Australian Sun & Health, and The Australian Naturist, as well as created and running several nudist and naturist social groups and forums on platforms like MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Yahoo!, and formerly MSN. He has also done interviews with the local media and appeared twice on TalkBack radio host Richard Fidler’s show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as having organised the World Naked Bike Ride in Brisbane three times between 2007 – 2009.
Of course, you should visit the site, and better still, join-up! The URL is: http://skinbook1.ning.com/
Here’s a link to a May, 2010 article in Time magazine about the original SkinBook.
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Not surprisingly, our last post, which proffered a series of embedded nudist video clips, proved to be quite popular. It is in our mutual interest, dear readers, that we should present compilations of videos that more closely fit the principles of nudism rather than the voyeuristic and pornographic trash that seem to dominate any Internet search for nudist movies. Herewith we bring you our latest finds. These videos were not produced by us, but they do receive our stamp of approval!
A very clever ad to promote naturism in France.
An interview of two nudists on a US cable program.
A woman strolls nude through the streets of Barcelona, Spain. Even though it was completely legal at the time, this is proof of why it’s not a good idea to practice nudism where it’s not normally done.
Another woman walks nude in Barcelona. Tourists are rather rude, you’ll have noticed by now!
An art “installation” in a public plaza in a Swiss city, involving 18 nude participants. Notice how people walk by as if nothing! Gotta like the Swiss!
A Spanish television news report shot inside a nudist resort.
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If you a search for “nudist video” you will usually get links to voyeur or sex sites. In an effort to correct this, we bring you a few free clips we gleaned from the web that we feel are relevant to naturism.
A Russian video about body painting
Very short 3D nudist video!!
A short clip by the Bare Oaks club north of Toronto, Canada.
A news report, in German, about nude horseback riding aficionado Michael Zauels, whom we also interviewed a few years ago
A German clip about Valalta, a historic town on the Croatian Adriatic coast that’s popular with nudists.
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An Italian reader contributed the following story. We’ve only made minor grammatical corrections…
I’m Italian, I live in Veneto and my name is Anthony. I’ve been practising nudism for over twenty years. I usually spend my Summer holiday in Istra (Croatia) in a very big naturist village and in a nudist (FKK) camping in Carinthia (Southern Austria), around a lake. I like walking, relaxing, swimming, having lunch, going by bike completely naked. What a wonderful world!
An Italian nudist enjoying the beach
I wish I could live naked all year long. I do think it’s worth making this experience. My friend Paul – who is often with me – likes nudism very much: he usually practices it in this naturist village from six o’clock in the morning – before having breakfast – until ten or eleven o’clock in the evening. Around the Austrian lake, nudists can run, jog, play football and volleyball. When Summer is about to start, I’m looking forward to setting off in order to reach these nudist resorts. The Croatian village gives hospitality to over 6000 people who come from all over Europe.
In Italy I’ve been a lot of times to Lido di Dante (Ravenna) where there is a free nudist beach. When I was there, I usually walked naked as far as the estuary of the small river Bevano, situated at almost three kilometres from a car parking: it’s a nice nudist walk. I ‘ve been twice to a nudist centre in the Appennini, at about 400 m. of altitude in the province of Bologna (“Zello oasis”). There you can find a small swimming pool, a sauna and a hydro massage basin . It’s possible to stay naked and walk completely undressed in a nice wood, along some footpaths. People relax, read, eat, talk pleasantly , completely naked. A naked woman – who works as a cook – prepares typical regional food on Sunday.
I also often went to a new official naturist beach in Veneto last Summer: it’s called “Mort beach”, between Eraclea Mare and Jesolo (province of Venice), situated next to estuary of the famous river Piave. I’ve been part in a Venetian Naturist Association for over two years. Thanks to it, the Municipal Authorities of Jesolo legalized nudism on this beach at the beginning of June 2011. On the Mort beach there is a lifeguard at every weekend when some regional association members are present with our banner. A lot of people went to this new naturist beach last Summer. I took part in some meetings organized by this association in Summer 2009 and 2010. They took place on a nice meadow belonging to a wellness centre at Castello di Godego (Treviso – Veneto). We relaxed, we organized some team games , we had lunch and enjoyed staying together. I didn’t feel awkward, as I was used to staying naked.
My association organized a guided tour in the “Acquarium – Tropicarium” at Jesolo on September third, a Saturday evening. I took part in it. We were about fifty people and were divided into three groups. The tour was led by dressed guides who accompanied us to see wonderful tropical animals, fishes, sharks, snakes, tortoises, crocodiles, “varanos”, iguanas. We were naked and walked naked in the building of the Acquarium – Tropicarium: what an extraordinary experience, in touch with nature ! Two of us entered a big basin where there were some harmless sharks: they were filmed and interviewed, because two journalists were present on the occasion of this meeting.
Our slogan is “Naturism is respect and freedom”: it’s the essence of naturism. Mentality is changing in Italy, so I do hope naturism will spread in Italy more and more from now on, getting over silly opposition and prejudices.
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It is a simple fact that most nudists are men and therefore most of our readers are male. For men, nudism seems to be easier to adopt. Perhaps it is because our bodies are not “sexualized” by society in the way the female form has always been. Perhaps it is women’s fondness for fashion. Whatever the reasons, almost every nudist man will experience difficulty in convincing his wife, girlfriend or female friend to take a step forward and give nudism a try. It might seem like an impossible task, but as a man who has persuaded many of the fairer sex to open their minds to this liberating form of recreation, including my current spouse, perhaps I can offer a little help…
Only once have I dated a woman who was already a nudist before I met her (she volunteered that information our first time out), but our personalities did not mesh, so nothing came of it. The likelihood of meeting a nudist is very slim and the mere fact that she’s a nudist should not be the main reason you’re attracted to her! You’ll likely meet your significant other in the textile world, and she’ll likely only have a vague idea of what nudism is about, but if you’re right for each other, then there’s a pretty good chance you might try out each other’s interests for size, but if all she does is accept this side of you, count yourself lucky already!
Firstly, it’s generally not a good idea to present yourself as a nudist to anyone you have not known for more than a few days or even weeks. A woman telling a man she’s a nudist (as one of my dates did) probably won’t be ill received, but I’m afraid the reverse is rarely true. Such are the differences between the sexes! If your lady friend is not well acquainted with nudism, she may find this creepy and not only will you not have a nudist girlfriend — you might not have a girlfriend, period!
When you truly feel the two of you are comfortable with each other, then you can broach the subject by introducing it as “there’s something you should know about me”. She probably will be expecting something shocking and be relieved when it turns out you just like to romp around naked! She’ll naturally be curious about how you became a nudist, so let her ask you the next question. That will be your cue to explain to her what attracted you to it. I will give you some ideas on how to present your case a little further on, but let me forewarn you that you should not, at this point, suggest that she join you for a nudist experience! Give her every opportunity to make that offer herself. You will have told her about the wonderful world of social nudism and there is a fair chance she’ll say “sounds great, could I try it sometime?,” Why? because you did not push the agenda. You shared something with her in complete sincerity. Never pressure anybody into trying nudism. Nobody likes to be pushed into anything.
Another way to broach the subject is to have a nudist publication strategically placed in your home when she visits. Not front and center, but perhaps in a stack of other magazines. She will come across it and ask you about it. Be casual in your answer and follow the same script as described earlier.
What’s the best way to present nudism? As something completely logical and natural. She’ll agree with the simple fact that we were all born naked and that it’s society that made it shameful. Why should we be ashamed of what we are? Make the point that nudity isn’t sexual, that provocative clothing is more sexual than a merely nude person. It may also resonate with her when you confess that ridding yourself of your inhibitions has made you a happier, more relaxed person and that being nude in a social situation becomes completely natural. Let her know that it’s easier to make sincere friends in the nudist realm, perhaps because clothing reflects status, whereas when we’re nude, we’re all equal.
If she expresses interest and wants to see for herself, where should you take her? The worst place is a public clothing optional beach. There’s too much of a risk that there will be many clothed people, making her feel self-conscious, not to mention the voyeurs, the new nudist experience killers! I’ve found that a nude yoga class is a great introduction, mainly because many women relate to yoga and everybody is busy doing exercise so she won’t feel their gazes. If no nude yoga class is offered in your area, plan a visit to a reputable family oriented nudist resort, or perhaps an event organized by a local non-landed nudist club, such as a nude aquatics or bowling night! The idea is to show her that normal people get together and do normal things, except that they’re all nude and are much more relaxed than “normal” people! It’s important that there be a good mix of people, not overwhelmingly male or extremely old, lest she panic! The presence of families and young people will definitely help put her at ease. You might want to do a little homework first before picking a venue! Remember that if her introduction to nudism is positive, there’s a better chance that she’ll adopt it as her own and future expeditions will be consensual!
What if she reacts with disgust to your confession? Then, my friend, you may have landed a judgmental, non open-minded partner, and you have to ask yourself if this is a relationship worth pursuing? If it is, calmly let her know that you care deeply about her and don’t expect her to participate and that you will not let it get in the way. If that is not well received either then I can only say “good riddance”.
In my experience, people’s prejudices aren’t always etched in stone and their opinions may change as your relationship grows, so don’t despair if your initial sortie out of the “nudist closet” didn’t result in her warming to the idea. One of my girlfriends years ago thought it was outrageous at first, but a few months later she did try nudism and became fanatical! Another former girlfriend had told me that if I got naked on the beach (it was Spain), she would leave. I didn’t force the issue. Recently she confided that she was dating another nudist man and she was now comfortable with his public nudity. Somehow I feel that my nonchalance may have had something to do with her eventual acceptance of naturist behavior, albeit with someone else.
In conclusion, be nudism’s ambassador, not its dictator! Also, bear in mind that if you are a woman, the same suggestions apply if you wish for your partner to accept and perhaps embrace your nudism!
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Nudists in Sérignan, in the south of France, had quite a scare September 29 when a World War II era mine was discovered offshore by a diver. After beaches and campgrounds were evacuated, the 200 kilogram bomb was dragged away and exploded far off into the Mediterranean.
Also last month, in Canada’s Gatineau national park, near Ottawa, four nudists were arrested by police. The secluded beach where the arrests took place is commonly used by naturists, but isn’t legally recognized. The police crackdown was prompted by repeated complaints from park visitors.
September 24th, several dozen nudist men and one woman staged a nude protest in the Castro district of San Francisco. They were protesting a proposed bylaw prohibiting nudity in restaurants and forcing nudists to sit on a towel in public. Protest organizers claim that the real intent of the gathering was to create public awareness. Public nudity isn’t against the law in San Francisco and is most commonly enjoyed in the Castro district, best known for its important gay population.
Chihuahua nudist beach near Punta del Este, Uruguay now has two all inclusive clothing optional resorts. The first, named Chihuahua Resort, opened October 3rd, and initially will only allow nudity in the pool area and is aimed at heterosexual couples. The second, Paradise hotel, is dedicated to the gay community which has always had a strong presence at the neighboring nude beach. Previously, the beach only had two small inns for nudists.
Rugby is exceedingly popular in New Zealand, but it’s probably the only place in the world that has a nude team for that contact sport! The Nude Blacks of Dunedin, a humorous version of the famous All Blacks, started out as a farce, but is now a phenomenon on its own and has spawned other nude rugby teams elsewhere. Recently, they played a game against an all female team from Spain, and lost! The Spaniards did shed some clothing, but never fully undressed, in case you’re wondering! Nude Blacks video here.
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