QUOTES 8/25/2017

“Average as in normal.  Typical.  Expected.  Outside of the tiny percentage of women who are tall, wafer thin, cellulite-free, big breasted, and have no curves (otherwise known as the scantily clad women who dominate the media, advertising, film, TV, etc.). . . It always seemed to me like a paradox that it’s not difficult to walk the streets among average Americans and realize that most people are not hiding the super skinny idealized body type under their clothes.  And yet to be confronted with this fact is to cause shock, controversy, and disgust.  Perhaps I simply underestimate the brainwashing done by the media and advertising industry.” - Lena Dunham, star and writer of an HBO television series Girls, https://youngnaturistsamerica.com/naked-tv-why-naturists-should-love-lena-dunham/

“Le boom du naturisme sur les plages de France” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zn8UR5XK2c

“If clothes aren’t physically or emotionally healthy, why are we horrified when people don’t wear them?” - https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-scientific-reasons-why-you-should-just-always-be-naked-dg/

“We believe that bringing children up in such an environment and with wholesome, honest and open body attitudes leads to better sexual health outcomes for young people, fewer body image disorders, and more sensible attitudes to life.  Prudery, not openness or nudity, harms children.” – Report from British Naturism, http://www.secularsociety.scot/sex-education-sunday-times/

“Did you know that women artists in Europe and the United States were prohibited from studying the nude figure until the end of the 19th century? . . . In both Europe and the U.S., women gained marginal admittance to art academies beginning in the 1860’s.  Because of their gender, women were prohibited from studying the nude figure until the end of the century. . . It is both fascinating and alarming that men in Europe and the United States received acclaim and have remained pillars of art even today for studying our nude bodies, while we were not allowed to study ourselves.” – Hontouniheart, https://clothesfreelife.com/2016/09/21/wow-free-to-art/

“Brighton environmentalists are invited to take off their clothes and join a naked beach clean-up campaign.  Strip The Beach . . . Beach clean-ups are conducted around the world with the aim of removing man-made debris from the coastline and recycling or disposing of the collected waste accordingly. . . the event is BARE AS YOU DARE . . .” - http://www.givingtimes.co.uk/environmentalists-go-naked-to-strip-brighton-beach/