QUOTES 4/15/2017

“Our attitudes towards female legs were, it seems, still rather medieval when it came to the beginning of the 20th century; there is a record by the Library of Congress of a ‘bathing suit inspector’ actually measuring the distance between a woman's knee and the beginning of her bathing suit, to make sure it fit with the regulations at the time (six inches was the minimum allowed).  Talk about body policing.  This occurred in 1922, when bathing-dresses were, like flapper fashions, rising higher and higher above the knee in America.  It's interesting, though, that for a long time naked bathing was regarded as perfectly normal in public places, even in the supposedly repressed Victorian period; the Reverend Francis Kilvert, a respectable Victorian gentleman, wrote regularly in his diaries about public nude bathing and how normal it was.” – JR Thorpe, http://www.bustle.com/articles/172288-7-strange-beliefs-about-nudity-in-western-history?platform=hootsuite

“United People” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqKiGi6ZQ-M

“We find it obscene and oppressive that it’s illegal to simply show body parts that most people have and that most people have seen.” – Felicity, https://youngnaturistsamerica.com/10-myths-naturism-nudism/

“Why we do spend so much money on cloths when naked is free?” – Rupa, https://twitter.com/Rupa2106/status/747796473740296193

“Many females choose to become naturists in order to make a feminist statement, which is that their body is not something that exists in a sexualized way, for male scrutiny.  In being naked they are empowered.” - Jacques Freeman, http://www.thelocal.fr/20160613/young-french-naturists-spark-boom-in-nudism

“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 with ‘asking to be raped or sexually assaulted.’  Yet, curiously, certain clothing or activities seem to tell us a different story of the human psyche.  Take part in body painting and the naked body becomes ‘art.’”

“Body shame is never good for us.  It leads to negative consequences.  It is learned and has never benefitted anyone.  We have had too many stigmas, misinterpretations, and misconceptions about nudity.  Together we can help end body shame.” - https://rfgjga1992.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/lets-do-all-this-to-promote-nudism/