QUOTES 10/28/2016

“Clothes are one of the primary social divisions.  Nudism, on the other hand, unites us. . . One of the primary purposes of clothing is to segregate people by altering their appearance as well.  Clothing highlights the differences in gender, race, culture, wealth and social status, which proves that clothing is one of the primary instruments in social divisions.  Clothes create inferiority in terms of social class.  This is why it’s important to have nudity in our lives.  Nudism helps bring us closer together as a species, far more than any nationalism, language, or religion ever can. . . Without clothes we’re all equal.  We are really not different from others.  Nudism means unity.” - https://rfgjga1992.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/lets-do-all-this-to-promote-nudism/

“But if everyone got naked, we might do away with all war, because there would be little that seems worth arguing for.” - https://kauaiartist.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/if-everybody-were-naked/

“There was a time when women’s breasts were not sexualized or fetishized in Africa, parts of the Americas, South Pacific, South East Asia and Polynesia.  There are still indigenous communities in Africa where the women walk around bare-chested and free. . . I imagine that urban men respect these women because ‘it is their culture’.  If men are capable of respecting . . . ‘tribal’ women’s bodily integrity and autonomy, then why can’t this respect translate to urban women?  Why are women forced to hide our body parts in order to protect ourselves from men who can’t control themselves? . . . I am taking my own steps to free my breasts.  I haven’t worn a bra in a week and it has been the most liberating experience . . . April is going to be a bra-free month for me.” – Zawadi Nyong’O, https://digitalubuntu.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/is-it-time-for-a-nipple-revolution/

“. . . shake things up by adding some nude statuary or other objects to their yards.   This would make nudity a topic of conversation and, perhaps, get people to think differently about natural nakedness. . . what about nude cherubs near a small fountain?  Or a figure laying, contemplatively, in the grass with only their backside showing?  Or one of those sign cutouts designed to stake into the ground and to look like someone is standing near the corner of a home or garden au naturale? . . . Usually there's more flexibility with what we do with our back yards.  And one can definitely take liberties when they have installed a non-offense fence.  Besides, it's hard to issue citations to a nudist who is made of granite, wood, or resin . . . Go reasonably crazy.  Try to avoid violating your homeowner association covenants or zoning regulations in the process.  But have some naked fun too!” – Bare Platypus, http://bareplatypus.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-call-for-naked-yard-ornaments.html?spref=tw

“Our prevalent rape culture with its victim-blaming practices not only places the responsibility of avoiding violence on women, but this very practice rapes the victim again, murders them again, makes them a victim again, takes away their dignity again, sabotages the probability of some form of recovery and ultimately abuses them in the most cruel of ways – by crippling them emotionally and psychologically. . . each time that a woman is raped and we attribute the cause of attack to her outfit or to her being out late at night, rather than demanding that the monster who believed that he had rights over her body is brought to justice, then we too, engage in victim-blaming. . . victim-blaming is also a colossal disrespect and insult to men, for it inherently assumes men to be irrational, mindless and animalistic monsters who are controlled only by an appendage dangling in their pants . . . we assume that men are stupid and cannot think? . . . a sexy outfit is not an invitation, nor should nudity automatically be assumed as sexual.  Our officials need to understand the necessity in distinguishing between church and state, and they must understand that their duty lies in implementing human rights, rather than imposing subjective views on morality.  There are tribes in the Amazon and Africa – you know, the ones we call primitive – that live in perpetual nakedness, yet rape is not an issue there. . . They also do not attempt to make women feel ashamed of their bodies as we do in the western world.  When you consider things holistically, you come to realize that the restrictive ways in which we define masculinity (and consequentially oppress femininity) is often reason for much of the negatives we face in society. . . Women in turn, must understand that what a woman chooses to do with her body is her choice and it is unacceptable to degrade and judge other women in order to validate oneself.” - D. Thomas, https://unimprisonedminds.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/rape-culture-misogyny-and-a-misguided-mayor/