QUOTES
11/28/2016
“My first outdoor nude experience was about age 9 or
so. One summer night I was on a
sleepover with the boys who lived next door.
Someone dared someone else to get out of his sleeping bag and run naked
across the yard to the back gate, and return.
Soon we had all done it. And a few
nights later we were daring each other to go out the back gate (our school
yard) and over to the school. Running
naked through the night felt really good. I was hooked.
I don't think it really matters why someone decides to take off his
clothes or her clothes and run naked or stand naked or pose naked. The experience for him and whoever sees him
is worth whatever was the reason.” – Bob Knows, http://freerangenaturism.com/forum/index.php?topic=795.15;topicseen
“The modern Western ideas about ‘naughty’ areas of the
nude body are pretty definitive: genitalia, buttocks and, in women, nipples and
breasts. It may surprise you to know
that these particular ideas aren't embedded in European cultural history. In fact, for certain periods in European
fashion, the naked female breast was all the rage as a completely non-shocking
addition to an outfit.” – JR Thorpe, http://www.bustle.com/articles/172288-7-strange-beliefs-about-nudity-in-western-history?platform=hootsuite
“In today’s age of sexualizing anything to do with the
naked body, it can be hard to think of nudity as a family-friendly
activity. Those who are not familiar
with naturists may find it inappropriate for parents and children to be doing
anything together while not fully protected by textiles, but the truth is that
children’s natural state is to be naked, and it’s the adults who make them feel
as if they need to put on clothes. . . If you spend time with any toddlers, you
know that they love to walk around naked. Sometimes, it’s hard to even keep
clothes on them! At some point, though,
most parents make their children wear clothes, and the innocence they had
before is covered with shorts and T-shirts and with shame. . . When children
are taught to cover up, its usually under the auspices of modesty and what’s
culturally appropriate. Around the age
of four or five, parents who were naked with their children in the pool or
shower are suddenly pushed away from that comfort. All of a sudden, that natural state is made
wrong, and children feel ashamed.
Instead, why not continue with that natural state and allow children to
stay naked? They understand societal
expectations, so it’s easy enough to tell them they cannot go to school without
clothes, but at home, being nude is just fine.
Children will learn to feel pride in their bodies and in themselves. . .
Children learn much from their parents, but they are highly influenced by their
peers as well even from an early age.
Introducing young children to other nudist families can go a long way to
normalizing nudism as children get older.
Creating a community of other nudist families also teaches children to
judge others on more than their body shape, looking instead to who they truly
are. While too many people think that
normalizing nudism will create a sense of heightened sexuality in children,
teens, and even adults, the truth is typically the opposite. By allowing children to choose whether or not
nudity is right for them, you’ll strip away all of the taboos they usually
associate with their bodies as they grow and change. Raising children in a society where nudism is
normal could just create a whole generation that is more confident in
themselves and more accepting of others.” - Amanda Collins, http://www.truenudists.com/blog/nudity-a-family-friendly-activity/
“If it's freezing cold, I'll pull on a sweater to get
warm. But on an 80- or 90-degree day, I
don't want my body to be encumbered by clothes.
I want to be naked. I want to be
free. I want to be the way nature
intended.” - http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2015/08/10/swimming-nude-blue-moon/31418849/
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