QUOTES 8/14/2018

“We live in the San Francisco Bay Area.  My husband and I have been married for 20 years . . . We have two daughters.  I’m a high school teacher and my husband owns a business.  We love living on our ranch, the San Francisco Giants, hiking, surfing, nude beaches and nude vacations.  Our daughters are already the third generation nudists in our family.” – Shanna, http://www.nakedwanderings.com/2016/12/29/naturist-talks-shanna-tony-daughters-usa/

“Dreaming of Naturism Part One” (Video) -https://www.purenudism.com/posts/video/dreaming-of-naturism-part-one-video.html

“In the 1930s, men’s nipples were just as provocative, shameful, and taboo as women’s are now, and men were protesting in much the same way.  In 1930, four men went topless to Coney Island and were arrested.  In 1935, a flash mob of topless men descended upon Atlantic City, 42 of whom were arrested.  Men fought and they were heard, changing not only laws, but social consciousness.  And by 1936, men’s bare chests were accepted as the norm.  So why is it that 80 years later women can’t seem to achieve the same for their chests?  Why can’t a mother proudly breastfeed her child in public without feeling sexualized?  Why is a 17-year-old girl being asked to leave her own prom because a group of fathers find her too provocative?  Why should I feel overly exposed because I choose not to wear a bra?” – Scout Willis, http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/08/28/gotopless-heres-why-female-nipples-are-causing-an-internet-storm-nudity/?mc_cid=d873f8962c&mc_eid=2def5d1de2

“[In Denmark] . . . exercise is mandatory, showers are communal and a supervised naked scrub-down is expected of all swimmers before entering the pool.  Family nudist nights are not uncommon and many of the beaches along Denmark’s 7,000 km of coastline are clothing-optional.” - http://arizonavichi.tumblr.com/

“My wife and I have been doing a fair amount of skinny gardening, as the weather has been perfect.  The trees in the yard have filled in nicely, giving us some privacy from the neighbors, and allowing us to tend the tomatoes and vegetables in the raw.” – Kevin

“What is the first thing a child connects with and depends on when they are born?  The nipple . . . At what point does it become obscene?  We're living in a culture that makes money off sexualizing women, sexualizing a part of the body that is there to nourish children.  Men telling us we need to cover up, that we're indecent?  It's hypocrisy. . . a topless woman should no longer be classified as ‘nude,’ and that labelling her as such is part of the problem.  If a man is topless, that is not considered nudity.  Likewise, a woman being topless should not be considered nudity.” - Lina Esco, http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a15636/women-topless-in-public/