QUOTES 9/20/2017

“Nudists go around with their hands over their faces, pretending they are not nudists at all, never letting anyone ‘outside the secret circle’ know what they do during their ‘private’ time, for ‘fear of exposure’.  Just imagine for one moment how it might be if the naturist community all ‘came out naked’ at once!  There would be hysteria of course at first, and then laws would be put into place to protect naturist rights.  This won't happen because so many . . . try to keep all of our heads below the parapets. . . The puritans don't need to bother getting out the big guns, the nudists will destroy their own hopes all on their own. . . We, as people who have an interest in promoting a naked lifestyle, whether in private or in public, need to work together to achieve our aims. . . we need to support one another.  Working together, and more openly with non-naked sectors, is the only way forward to a better, more naked-friendly, world.” – Richard Foley, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/477/fud-in-naked-communities/t_1470955449/

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“It used to be hard for me to understand why anyone would want to become a nudist.  Being naked was always so embarrassing and uncomfortable for me, even when alone or in front of my husband.  I made the choice to try nudism because I needed so badly to overcome the negative force that body-shame was having on my life.  Nudism is not about being seen; it’s about the freedom to accept ourselves and others just as we are.  We shed uncomfortable clothing to experience the joy of feeling the sun and wind all over us, not just on the body parts that society deems acceptable to be seen.  Nudists are normal people with jobs, families, joys and sorrows.  We are young, old, thin, fat, Black, Asian, Caucasian, gay and straight.  We are not judgmental about others, contrary to what you may think.  We don't critique, grade, categorize, or dismiss you based on your body shape and size.  You are what you are, and so am I.  I am free to be who I am without prejudice.  Body flaws and shame cease to close us off from living life fully because of something we cannot change.  And in leaving that shame behind, we become truly free.” – Anna, https://socalnaturist.org/membership/womenspeak.php

“Of course the laws for sexual conduct must stay in place, but there’s really no reason why we true nudists/naturists can’t be the real, happy people we really are.  If I feel more comfortable the less I wear and I’m not being a pervert of sexual about it, then it should not be a big deal.  If we feel more comfortable naked, then let us be naked and happy, just as we let other minorities come to do over the years.” - Buck, https://cloptzone.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/just-let-us-nudists-be-the-people-we-really-are/