QUOTES 11/27/2016

"I personally feel that the only way naturism will gain general acceptance is if non-naturists have more opportunities to see it and get used to it.  And that means more mixed venues.  I know we worry about losing hard-won nude and C/O beaches due to an influx of textiles.  The solution however is not segregation and isolation, but to develop an army of textiles supportive of the option to be nude, textiles willing to speak up in support when some individual complains, textiles willing to tell a complainer to cool it and be tolerant, textiles ready to vote against intolerant regulations and instead be willing to discuss mutually agreeable modi operandi.  The change is not just for textiles.  We naturists need to be more open, to seek actively and publicly more officially sanctioned C/O spaces, to talk to our neighbors about things like backyard nudity, to be naturist role models that supportive textiles can point out, to sincerely not be bothered if we are seen nude by some colleague, acquaintance, friend or unknown invitee, to engage intolerant people in a patient and friendly way, to work to revise intolerant regulations.  We're simply not going to get textiles to recognize the distinction between ‘indecent exposure’ and ‘decent exposure’ unless they've seen the difference themselves.  We have a wonderful set of values to advocate, that are in tune with mainstream themes like gender-equality, ecology. tolerance and mutual respect.  It is time to let these out the gates of a hidden ‘lifestyle’.  It may seem more comfortable to be safe among certified like-minded naturists, but in the long run we need expand our naturist community to include actively-tolerant textile friends who share our values even if they don't shed their clothes." – Adge

“Wife and I spent a weekend at Orvis hot springs.  I took the opportunity to drive home nude, about 3 hours.  Also will drive nude if going on a free hike in our area.” – 1WildOne, https://www.truenudists.com/groups/view.php?action=viewthread&id=8077&idt=78072&page=last

“Communing clothes-free with the trees and the animals and each other.  This is how we return to our spiritual home.” - http://thoughtsonnaturism.tumblr.com/post/143922251425/hiking-barefoot-touching-the-earth-communing?is_related_post=1

“The problem with covering up is that clothing enhances the ‘sexuality’ of the subject.  The briefer the clothing, the more the ‘other’ may become ‘excited.’  Our culture then blames the scantily covered . . .” – Emma, The Naked Truth Naturists Newdsletter, Vol 17, #8

“People have normal bodies like you have and everybody is a little bit different.  So there’s this great sort of body acceptance in nudism that is a direct sort of antidote to the nudity we see in marketing.  Or when you see people naked on TV or movies — they are all celebrities, they’re movie stars, models, or porn stars.  They don’t look like normal people.  So, nudism can kind of help people reclaim ownership of their body.  Like, ‘I look okay.  This is alright.’  It would be great if more people tried it because I think they would feel better about themselves.” – Mark Haskell-Smith, https://www.inverse.com/article/17249-we-were-supposed-to-be-fine-with-nonsexual-social-nudism-by-now-what-happened