Nudism
is a minority culture. Social norms are
powerful and are created and reinforced in many ways. Nudism is not currently the norm that most
people are conditioned to accept. We also have a culture that treats the body
as “shameful”. And we have a segment of
society that misunderstands Nudism, is fundamentally opposed to body freedom
and finds simple, non-sexual nudity threatening.
'Certainly a great many people have been
conditioned from childhood to feel that exposing their intimate body parts to
others is wrong, sinful or even perverted. This generational body shame issue
is one obstacle that new nudists must overcome to acclimate to the culture.'
CLOTHES FREE
There
is sometimes a negative connotation associated with “nudist” and perhaps to a
lesser degree “naturist”. I recently came across a very positive nudist web
site which uses the term “clothes free” when referring to nudity because as
they explain on the site, it doesn't label a person in the way the terms
“nudist” or “naturist” sometimes do. They mention that “clothes free” seems to
be catching on as the new friendly replacement to “nudist” observing that many
resorts have adopted the practice of referring to their venues as clothes free
resorts instead of nudist resorts.
I
find myself in agreement with this philosophy as I think it really does
contribute to lessening the issues of preconceptions among others about what
nudism is really about and you have to admit, no sexual connotations leap to
the mind when you say “clothes free” in the way it does with some people when
they hear the word “nudist”.
WHAT IF YOU FIND OUT
YOUR FRIENDS
This
is the centerpiece for anyone who wishes to be truly happy with his or her
life. To create the life that you desire, it is imperative that you are the one
selecting it. This may sound obvious yet most people lead lives that someone
else chose for them. While it is true that they made decisions along the way,
many aspects of their lives were chosen by others. Typically, it is these areas
that create the most conflict. When one is following his or her true nature,
nothing can result but serenity and happiness. Certainly, obstacles or conflict
occurs. Yet, overall, one is basically happy about the path they are following.
Why
does this occur? If our family is the ones who love us the most, how come they
do the most damage to us? To begin, it is important to note that this is an
inadvertent consequence on their part. Our family is simply doing what they
feel is best for us. They love us more than anyone else and aim to help us
achieve all the happiness possible. Unfortunately, the path to this end is
different for everyone. True success comes from finding our natural calling and
following that. Everyone is given a variety of talents in different areas. Some
are happy playing with numbers while others want to create beautiful music.
Each is right and each is wrong depending on the person. Trying to force an
'artist' into a career in numbers will result in a great deal of misery.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
NUDISM
Let me start by defining nudity as it is
expressed in the Merriam Webster Dictionary as being devoid of a natural or
conventional covering especially not covered by clothing. The act of going nude
is born out of fashion. At this point, I would like to bring to the fore
certain shifts from fashion to nudism. The reader before this generation
entered the jet and information age, women has been seen with creatively sewn
clothing of all types.
Today, it has become a norm and socially
accepted to dress any way you like. It has been adopted without asking what the
implications are. What are the effects on the society? The focus of this
write-up revolves around the above questions and how to go about resolving this
societal madness. Our women new fashion glamour is only intended for a
distraction to the opposite sex. In the day's past women concentrate on
whatever she lays her hand on. But today on seeing rudely dressed lady, her
focus shifts to thinking about how to be the one wearing such bombshell called
mini-skirt, body hug, tight jeans etc.
