QUOTES 2/2/2017

“I don’t want my kids to grow up afraid of their bodies.  I don’t want them to think of their body as something that is shameful or needs unnecessary protecting.  The notion of ‘private parts’ introduces an implication of secrecy surrounding bodies that I fear may not be entirely healthy in a liberal secular world.  Being naked – or nude I suppose – is freeing and awesome.  Your body’s natural state is without clothing! . . . I respect and understand the appeal of returning your body to its nude natural liberated state.  If you’ve ever seen a two- or three-year-old run around naked while screaming joyfully (this used to happen in my house a lot when my boys were that age), you can see the beauty of not having clothes on and just loving life. . . I’ll keep private what I do with the nude part of the day, but suffice it to say: it will be liberating and awesome.” http://groknation.com/parenting/nude-day

“If we are taught as children that the nude body is shameful, it becomes a curiosity.  We are taught not to speak of or to want to see our bodies naked.  Our body parts are given coy names, instead of using the correct terms.  The coyness adds to the curiosity, and adds to a fear that something about our bodies is potentially wrong.” – Karen Grant, Tom Pine’s ‘The Naked Truth Naturists Newdsletter, v.17, n7, July 1, 2016

“Wake up! . . . It is totally okay to allow big companies to encourage women to change their bodies?  It is totally okay to spam the Internet and magazines with photos of big porn stars and top models whom have had their photos manipulated with, their body changed through strict diets or extreme workouts?  BUT: It is not okay to have women breastfeeding in public?  It is not okay for a woman to take off her top on the beach – or in any other situation where a man would do?  It is not okay to just have: A normal natural naked woman body? . . . Is it not by time that we rise up and tell the world that we are proud of our amazing bodies – that we think they are gorgeous?” - Naja Narayana, https://najayana.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/yes-this-is-my-female-body-no-i-am-not-ashamed/?platform=hootsuite

“Do you feel it is wrong to walk around naked in spite of another person or to simply not care about whether or not that person would become uncomfortable or offended?  Whether or not you do, do you also feel that your reaction to their reaction may be helping or hindering the freedom of social nudity?” - http://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nude-for-thoughts/

“The norm is what we are really fighting here.  If nobody ever goes out naked and gets seen, then the ‘norm’ becomes a situation where human beings are not normal.  That which is unseen soon becomes unseeable and freighting.  The reverse is also true.  That which is occasionally seen soon becomes part of the norm.  The answer for nudists is to have courage to be seen occasionally by everyone, meaning frequently for us because we are so few.  We can recapture nude as norm by making it so instead of hiding behind bushes and fences.  Yes, when seen by someone who has never seen a human being, you may get a reaction either positive or negative.  But when the same person has seen a naked person 2 or 3 times, it no longer is uncommon and they quit reacting.  So let’s all quit hiding and go out to get seen.” - Bob Knows, http://freerangenaturism.com/forum/index.php?topic=787.0;topicseen