Just wondering: why wouldn't you go to a nudist camp or resort?
They are far less about bodies and much more about health than you might believe. The people i've met at such places (and i've been to "clothing optional" beaches up and down California's coast as well as to more than my share of naturist resorts) have be more open and accepting of other people's frailities and imperfections than the average bear. I've never ever been subjected to a lewd or unwanted sexual advance at any such places (i've been going to them since i was in my middle teen years).
Is there some reason one would think such places are, well, kinda icky and definitely not a place to go visit?
There's a code of honor at naturist places, actually, that forbids overtly sexual conduct in public areas. Just as one always carries her own towel with her wherever she goes (for sitting on - it's *really* a breach of conduct to sit on someone else's towel), so does everyone keep thier sexual interest to themselves until/unless there's a more appropriate time/place for such interest to be expressed (an adults-only evening event, for instance).
Exception: Most clothing optional beaches i've been to have a healthy, active, naked crowd down on the beach with a gangly, teenaged-mentality, beer-drinking, stinking crowd of oggling men up on the cliffs, some with binoculars. You get used to them and eventually simply pity them for the so-narrow lives that make sitting high on cliffs and squinting down at naked people on the beach below something they do for thrills. However, all the naturist encampments/resorts i've been to have *very* well-maintained fences and no problems with such idiot peekers.
Nudity is natural. It is misplaced morality that causes us to hide behind clothes. Clothing is fine if it's cold, but why wear anything if your comfortable?
Well I like taking my cloths off, but not in public, and certainly not on a side walk. If they do not get permission does it mean they will all have to wear long macs?
I have always heard that nudist facilities are not the places to go to see beautiful people nude. From what I understand it is mostly older people with imperfect bodies. It is good, though, that they are so tolerant.
I like the fact that clothes leave some things to mystery. I prefer looking at a woman in a long but light skirt than short shorts or a short skirt. When the wind blows against it, you can see glimpses of her figure that you dont see so much with something else. Women in clothes are good in the same way Christmas presents are, because opening them up is half of the fun!
nudist colonies are not a bad thing, neither are the people with "imperfect bodies"
Then again I look at a person for their drawing potential not there body. "imprefect bodies" are so much fun to draw.
I agree, Rambling Man: "I prefer looking at a woman in a long but light skirt than short shorts or a short skirt. " I work part-time in a clothing store that sells modern versions of ankle-length Victorian-era dresses. As a store employee, I am expected to wear these dresses while I help customers. I have three I bought at the 50% employee discount. They hug and flatter my figure without revealing much, and I do feel sexy in an ELEGANT way when dressed that way.
As for older nudists...I like walking around the house nude, but only in private. I like the way my Frank looks at me. Even if it doesn't lead to sex, just seeing his appreciation of my naked body at age 51 makes me feel very good about myself. I exercise daily to maintain my 38C-28-36 figure. Yes, my belly has a slight outward rounding compared to skinny models with 20-inch waists, but he genuinely likes my curves. I have gotten nude and made love in a lake and in the woods, but only when we were COMPLETELY sure nobody else would see us.
I was never so comfortable with my body before I met Frank, and his appreciation for my body made me appreciate myself more. From the other posts on this thread, it sounds like nudist camp members have that level of comfort with others as well as within their relationship. Non-nudists staring from the cliffs are the ones to be pitied, they are not comfortable enough with themselves or with nudity in general to behave decently or to join in.
I was raised a strict and repressed Catholic, and as soon as I could be on my own (at 21), I rebelled against it. But it is only in the past 5 years, in my second marriage, that I am truly comfortable with my body, nudity, and sexual adventure/experimentation.