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OUR PHILOSOPHY AT NATURE’S HIDEAWAY REGARDING NUDITY

We should not be ashamed of our bodies. Shame is an artificial emotion imposed on one group of people who respect the human body by another group of people who harbor self-shame. We should appreciate and wholly respect our bodies, and we should not be ashamed of any of its parts or any of its functions.

I have often wondered why we humans are the only species that has stringent rules against seeing ourselves in the nude. Our society has successfully instilled intense irrational fear in most people’s minds about being seen nude or seeing a nude human body. Being nude is natural, it’s comfortable, it’s healthy, it feels wonderful and it’s fun. It promotes body acceptance, age acceptance, it provides physical and emotional freedom, increased self-confidence, and celebrates the human body. It exposes the whole body to the air and the surrounding environment; and it gives people an added incentive to be fit.

The bathing suit is the best example of dysfunctional clothing. Who truly prefers a bathing suit to a birthday suit? Sand on the body washes off easily; sand in the swimsuit is very uncomfortable. Swimsuits are an invention of the 20th century, and would have been laughed at a few generations ago when nude swimming was the norm (including mixed nude swimming). For those who harbor a shameful attitude toward their bodies, the sole purpose for a swimsuit is to cover up what are wrongfully considered "shameful body parts.”

Nude recreation frees us from the compulsion of "never to be seen naked," which is an obsessive disorder that plagues modern society, especially Americans. This compulsion is emotionally unhealthy. When you take a bath or shower, would you prefer to wear a swimsuit? Would you be offended if someone tried to ‘make’ you wear a swimsuit in the shower?

Most people become accustomed very quickly to nudity once thrown into the midst of other nude people. By being accustomed to nudity, we can react maturely to social situations involving nudity; situations that used to embarrass us such as locker rooms, gang showers, hospitals, and nudity in art. By accepting Nudism, the false puritanical shame ingrained in most of us by our upbringing is overcome by gracefully accepting our bodies. Wearing clothes and dressing up is fun too, but it is not good to be obsessed with either one.

Simple nudity is not about sex; rather it’s about wholesome body acceptance. Unwholesome curiosity about the naked body is removed when nudity is accepted as natural, especially around the home.

The media's continuous association of nudity with sex is sending a bad message. Simple nudity should not be alarming; rather it should be accepted as natural.

Those new to the Nudist idea can gain some sense of the freedom and fun of being nude by starting at home. When arriving home after their day’s activities (school, work, Etc.), the entire family can eat, watch TV, study or whatever else they normally do, but they can do it in the nude. They will soon learn that it’s the perfect place to learn how fun and relaxing it is to be nude!

The nude human body has a ‘G’ rating, and is suitable for viewing by all ages. Nudists hold one standard; that the human body is wholesome, and is not shameful even when completely nude. Remember, being nude is natural, it’s comfortable, it’s healthy, it feels wonderful and it’s fun.

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