The struggle within the naturist movement – archive, 1969

7  November 1969: Lurking beneath the surface are quarrels over the place of sex in nudism

The fight is on inside British nudism between the hedonists and the disciplinarians, the radicals and the conservatives. At issue, among other things, is what Leslie Bainbridge, editor of Health and Efficiency, calls the “feast of the crotch” – the lavish and obsessive display of male and female genitalia in imported nudist magazines, particularly those from the United States.

A consignment of such American magazines – which bear the stamp of approval of one of the leading US nudist associations – was confiscated earlier this week after magistrates ruled that some of the magazines were obscene.

It is not simply that the magazines are already unretouched, there is already an unretouched British nudist magazine which you can order from your local newsagent. In the US magazines, legs are nearly always apart or spread wide, camera angles nearly always low, the subjects nearly always young and attractive.

The issue has arisen before in the dispute-wracked history of British nudism. At one stage hostility reached such a point that members of one nudist group reported another to Scotland Yard for importing obscene publications. The magazine which triggered that off was discretion itself compared with the US magazines, and was, in fact, the predecessor of the unretouched British magazine which now circulates quite freely.

Mr James Wrate, editor of this magazine, Sun and Health, is also the importer of the US magazines. He defends their concentration on the crotch as being the “final stage” in a long process. “A few years ago,” he says, “what was being revealed was the breasts, then the navel and finally a bit of pubic hair. Now we’ve got women with their legs apart and it’s the end of the road. Once that is exhausted, it’s the end of false excitement about secret parts of the body.”

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Source: The Guardian

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“Staring is a big no-no”: All the questions you have about nudism, answered.

Ah, 2019. It’s been the year of the micro bikinis, crotchless festival pants, and butthole sunning, and now it all makes sense.

According to research from Eventbrite, nude events across Australia have increased by 265 per cent in the past four years, meaning there’s never been a more socially accepted time to embrace your birthday suit.

Speaking to Mamamia‘s daily news podcast, The Quicky, the founder of Get Naked Australia, Brendan Jones, answered many of the things we’ve always wondered about being a nudist. And there were a lot.

Here’s a concise list of everything we learnt.

First up… why???

According to Brendan, going nude around other people is great for increasing self-confidence, while also saying ‘no’ to social stigma.

“Self-confidence is I think the biggest one,” says Brendan.

“If you imagine how many people generally see you naked, you might see your family growing up, and then maybe your partner. So that leaves a lot of insecurities. Whereas if you are naked with a bunch of other people, generally – if they’re the right people – no one looks at you.

“They just see you as a normal human, and all those insecurities about being judged just go out the window.”

It also puts everyone on a “level playing field”, socially speaking.

“If someone dresses in high-end clothing, or designer stuff, you naturally put them as though they’re somebody important. But if no one’s wearing clothes, then we’re all on the same playing field,” Brendan continues.

“So it does remove that that social stigma.”

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Source: Mamamia

Original publication 9 November, 2019

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Nudism! Is It For You?

Why nudism could be the answer for you.

The skin that holds in your internal organs and covers your muscles is a living, breathing organ itself. So why would you keep it covered up almost 24 hours a day. Why not let it breathe for a few hours a day? Or even better, when you’re at home. Don’t wear any clothes at all.

Your skin, like everything else with the human body, requires oxygen. It may not seem like it. But we live in a fairly puritanical society that has decided that clothes that hide the body is the way to go. Just look at how we view anything that shows some skin. We giggle and point, and we get red in the face at the thought of seeing someone that is even close to being nude. It’s that social conditioning that gets us every time.

Nudism isn’t a new thing. It’s been around since forever. I’m not going to go over the history of nudism. What I’m going to be talking about today is why spending time in nothing is good for you. You might have even been thinking about it already.

Our society has created a lot of anxieties about our bodies. Women should be thin, and guys should be buff. Wrinkles are bad, and hair loss is the end of the world for men. Imperfections are forbidden, and you have to look like everything is perfect. Youth is the goal, and as a result we spend millions to achieve it. It’s all a lie. There isn’t a perfect body in the world, and everyone has something they don’t like. Nudism takes all of that and tosses it out the window.

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Source: Medium

Original publication 12 November 2019

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