Taboos About Nudism

From Clothesfree

Outdated taboos around nudity are harmful to today's society. Nudity taboos lead to voyeurism, exhibitionism, and sexual assault. If nudity was not prohibited, there would be no unreasonable expectation of women to hide their bodies which stems from the fact that men are urged to pursue women's flesh as if it were a prize or an accomplishment. That's a bad thing because it promotes violence by giving a nude body too much mystique. Many people hold skewed perceptions of what a human body really looks like. But knowledge is good.

The best way to normalize nudity is to just be normal about it. If you’re acting extremely secretive or embarrassed about it, it can appear to others that you think you’re doing something wrong. Some people don’t like the label “nudist". But they might occasionally participate at a beach, hot tub, or resort if they feel it is normal. Set a good example by making it normal. Don’t try to overtly convert others. That can drive them away. You may like golf, bowling, or woodworking but you wouldn’t normally keep pushing bowling on them if they didn’t seem interested. If they are interested, they will ask about it. Otherwise, they will be totally fine with your recreational choices. That is all you can ask for and that is good.

@OpenBook : I agree totally with you. Nudity itself isnt wrong, but many silly taboos drives it into a sin and a illegal thing. Remove all taboos, and voyeurs are past.

Nudity itself isnt wrong, but many silly taboos drives it into a sin and a illegal thing. Remove all taboos, and voyeurs are past.

The thing is, one can't remove taboos like enacting legislation. Taboos cannot just be abolished on command.

And from the way the cultural norms and customs are evolving in the world at present, it doesn't look like taboos around nudity are going to be abolished anytime soon. I'd say the opposite. All kinds of forces, religious, political and social, are making societies more prudish and disapproving of things sexual and erotic and therefore also of things related to nudism.

It is quite sad, but the momentum and weight of social change is weighed towards the conservative and prudish at present.

It is quite sad, but the momentum and weight of social change is weighed towards the conservative and prudish at present.

@agracier : I agree with you. In the 1980 topless was quite normal at the french beaches where we spent our vacations, and my wife thought about buying a new swimming tanga without a top. Now more and more women change back to a complete bikini. We changed to real naturist resorts and didnt accept the new prudness.

I agree with you. In the 1980 topless was quite normal at the french beaches where we spent our vacations,

Even in otherwise conservative Catholic Spain in those years, there was nothing unusual about the ladies going topless on the Mediterranean beaches.

Hope the prudish time wents away as soon as possible

Nudity should be something normal. And it is…. Prudish People make it taboo and pull it sometimes in something sexual.