Is it ok to get an erection on nude beach or in sauna?

I've never seen a man with an erection on a "clothing optional" beach, however occasionally a guy in the gym shower will pop a boner ... or a guy in the steam room will have an erection. I don't think it's a big deal, as long as they don't commence masturbating themselves (which would be inappropriate). Nature does what it does ... sometimes you can't help it.

I've been a nudist all my life, and have rarely seen an erection in an area where families are. However, in areas where only adults are present, I've seen many, and I've had more than a few myself. In such areas one will occasionally see women showing their genitals, and I quite enjoy seeing them show. The erection which naturally follows.

I'm not saying that any of these encounters lead to sex, but it is an huge thrill to be nude in the open and to feel an erection coming on. It's immediately obvious if the lady showing off is enjoying watching. These effects are much more pronounced since pubic hair removal became more popular about 30 or 40 years ago. One feels much more nude without pubic hair(and I think it makes the dick look longer, too-and who can say they wouldn't like a longer dick)?

I have been to beaches in the Bahamas which were remote and some were nude. I personally would like to go to a nude beach but I would not be surprised if I got hard. For seeing nude people would be turn-on for me. I know for true nudist, nudity is not about sexuality. If you are into the nudist lifestyle and in these settings frequently, you probably are not thinking about sex. But for the ones that want to give it try and may not really understand what it is all about might easily equate all the nudity to sexual excitement. At least for the men who are publically exposed to their arousal.

So overall erections probably are not cool in the nudist communities but as Jds4med said it is your overall behavior when you get a hardon that makes it not so cool or something that is kind of ignored.

As mentioned, it does happen naturally. Turning it into a sexual adventure would be inappropriate. I travelled Europe for business and always used the hotel saunas and steam room. These are all mixed, and saw many erections. My first was very embarrassing, but soon relaxed when I wasn't the only one. I have been on nude beaches, adults only, and had a few, but again, not the only one. Have to admit laying in the sun with an erection was quite exciting.

I haven't read all the posts yet but etiquette for nude beaches is pretty strict. It is not a sexual situation. If you want the sexual thing, go off to a private place and do it…not on the beach. So hard ons are not common on nude beaches and they are frowned upon. In the past few years some of the nicest and most private nude beaches in France have been overrun by sex tourists hoping for some action or whatever. This has been a distressing situation for some real nudists and FKK rated beaches and resorts.

What does FKK stand for?

I looked it up and got lists of nude beaches, but no definition for FKK.

Basically it means "Free Body Culture" and goes back about 250 odd years. Its a movement that believe that nudity is nothing shameful and they do not treat nudists like me as outcasts.

You can go nude in an FKK park, and many of the saunas require that everyone is nude and can be co-ed. Be warned about FKK clubs, many can be a euphemism for a brothel.

I wonder if women on nude beaches also get unwanted physiological changes? The difference being that, in men, these changes are very visible.

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I wonder if women on nude beaches also get unwanted physiological changes? The difference being that, in men, these changes are very visible.

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I've asked nudist women about this. The answer is YES, but with the same frequency as men. IOW, sometimes and generally infrequently.

Talking about FKK brings back memories.

When we were in Germany we thought we would try out a sauna. They never had them in the UK (well not for peasants like us). We went along and after going into our respective changing rooms changed into our swim suits. We left the changing rooms and was pounced upon by a woman wearing a nurses outfit. She patiently explained that we had to lose our swimsuits and that we could wear a towel from the room to the sauna. So the wife had to lose her newly purchased very small bikini.

Having come his way if would have been a shame not to have tried it, so we did as we were told. Ensconced in a towel we went into the sauna. There was naked bodies everywhere, all shapes, sizes and both sexes. Trying to make the best of the bad things we did what all Brits do when faced with a culture clash, either speak English slowly and loudly or go and hide in the corner, which we did.

We had no sooner sat down than the woman next to us said that it was rude not to sit on a towel as it could leave "marks". We compiled and that was the first time we had been nude in a room full of strangers. I was the only man my wife had ever seen naked, so I failed to measure up to everyone in the room.

Yes, it is pretty standard nudist etiquette to never put your naked butt on something that you don't own.

I've never had or seen an erection at any nudist resort I've attended. All were family friendly resorts and teen boys and teen girls were all well behaved in public areas as well as the many adults.

Nude beaches and resorts are family oriented so erections are not appropriate. If a guy becomes erect, they should cover up or take a dip in the cool water. In 39 years of going nude in public, I have seen 2 erections. One was a 16 year old who jumped in the pool. The other was a pervert who would stand in front of the women and masturbate. He got escorted from the beach.

Nude beaches and resorts are family oriented so erections are not appropriate. If a guy becomes erect, they should cover up or take a dip in the cool water. In 39 years of going nude in public, I have seen 2 erections. One was a 16 year old who jumped in the pool. The other was a pervert who would stand in front of the women and masturbate. He got escorted from the beach.

Your story pretty much illustrates the common occurrences in the nudist community; the unintentional and intentional erection.

Yes, the pervert needs to be ejected. There's no difference on a nude beach or a crowded subway for this behavior. The male who has a simple physiologic reaction should take action to avoid disrupting others AND the community should realize that this is a normal body function.

Too many people don't seem to realize that our bodies sometimes react without our consciousness. If you can't accept that, maybe social nudity isn't for you.

What does FKK stand for? I looked it up and got lists of nude beaches, but no definition for FKK.

The German abbreviation means Freie Koerper Kultur (Free Body Culture as already answered) and nowadays is used to denote nudism/naturalism as practiced in public or at least with other people.

It began to be widely propagated in Germany around the end of the 19th century and early 20th as a way of promoting a healthy lifestyle as opposed to the prevalent urban bourgeois/proletarian lifestyles of the times in which living in dark, curtained houses was considered the norm, or else of laboring in dark, crowded, filthy factories or workplaces with even more dilapidated housing for the working classes.

Nudism was a way to get people of all classes into the open air and the countryside or beach, promote exercise, sports, swimming and hygiene in general. The movement was quite a success in Germany but the aims and philosophies were often different from one FKK organization to the next.

An FKK group might for instance be more interested in promoting collective nude activities as a means of enhancing social cohesion amongst group members - think of this as a more socialist way of approaching nudism. Other groups were more interested in promoting healthy living in general and often involved themselves in promoting specific diets in addition to nudist sports activities. These last were sometimes referred to in Germany as 'Reform' groups/philosophies. The Reform movement also ran a chain of health food stores selling items as whole grain bread and various types of herbal teas and other foods considered healthy. I remember that even in Belgium in the 1960s, Reform stores were the main shops where real whole grain bread was available.

Other FKK groups might also be inspired by psychological theories concerning sexual repression, promoting the shedding of neuroses (mostly sexual or about nudity). These groups were not always well thought of by other more traditional and chaste FKK groups, as the focus on sexuality - always a natural enough assumption with nudism - gave the FKK movement a bad name in some circles.

And then again at later dates - 1920s-1930s - other German FKK groups were focused on racial purity and cultivating the ideal (Germanic) body. For this last way of approaching FKK, think of Leni Riefenstahl's movie about the 1936 Olympic games called 'Olympia, Fest der Schoenheit'. In these times it was a short step from FKK to promoting the virtues of a perfectly built and racially superior human, proud to show off health and vigor while hinting at sexual fecundity.

It's a fascinating subject, especially as it mixes up all manner of philosophies and ways of approaching and incorporating sexuality along with all the rest.

The post war FKK movement is now more or less free of all the encumbering philosophical baggage that characterized its beginnings.

It can happen, and the accepted etiquette dictates that an erection should be covered up until it subsides.

(Doesn't bother me one bit)

C.

I think it's entirely inappropriate to have an erection at a nude function. I do suppose it happens but I've never seen it in my many years at nude venues. I'm with everyone else. Cover it up!!! Quickly.

If you go to some nudism sections on porn sites, there are often sub-sections of material with erections at nude (non-sexual) public venues. These can often be quite comical but not ever shocking ...

I'm 60 male, and looking at trying a nude event; to meet people, possibly unattached women. I don't understand the shame with some of the comments I've read on here. 3-5 inches pointed in a different direction, what's the big difference. Erect nipples on a woman is also noticeable by any real man.

I understand not masturbating or wagging it in someones face.

If you don't want children seeing the Human Body in all its various forms, then don't bring them along!

If I go to a Sauna for my first event, and happen to sit hip to hip with whom I believe may be a single, well-endowed female and nature just happens to happen, I'm not going to reach for the towel or head for the door. That's not Freedom or Openness.

You shouldn't impose your prudish restrictions on others!

Yes my family are nudists and we been going to nude beachs mostly europe , I been getting erections on the nude beach since I was about 10 my mom says its normal. now that i am 18 i dont get as many as 2 or three erections a hour but still get 10 to 12 a day while at the nude beach. most boys do get erections on the nude beach and I see once a day a adult with a erection . no big deal its normal. mikie

Yes it is. You just don't go waving it in peoples faces or they would get upset just as a textile would in the same situation.

Whenever i have been to a nudist beach i always become erect, i dont feel the need to hide it as i don't see the difference in walking around with a hard or soft cock, either way I'm still naked. End of the day to become erect is natural for a man and isn't that the whole point of nudism?

@Jc31 said

Whenever i have been to a nudist beach i always become erect, i dont feel the need to hide it as i don't see the difference in walking around with a hard or soft cock, either way I'm still naked. End of the day to become erect is natural for a man and isn't that the whole point of nudism?

No! Nudism is a social thing when with others. It is NOT about deliberately displaying sexual arousal!

Whenever i have been to a nudist beach i always become erect, i dont feel the need to hide it as i don't see the difference in walking around with a hard or soft cock, either way I'm still naked. End of the day to become erect is natural for a man and isn't that the whole point of nudism?

What is a 'nudist' beach? Are you talking about a NUDE beach? There's a big difference.

An occasional erection is absolutely normal. Walking around obviously aroused is not. You obviously don't have the right head space for social nudity. Either way, your erection isn't welcome at most places.

I suppose it all goes to degree. A rock hard erection would not be appropriate in mixed crowd -- beach or resort. I have seen many men in various stages of semi-erection; that sorta heavy and full look that a penis has as it is getting erect. It is only natural.

I suppose it all goes to degree. A rock hard erection would not be appropriate in mixed crowd -- beach or resort. I have seen many men in various stages of semi-erection; that sorta heavy and full look that a penis has as it is getting erect. It is only natural.

No. It goes to intention. Guys will cover up or go in the water until things subside.

Naturism is social occasion, not a sexual event. Therefore an erection - a clear signal of sexual arousal - is not appropriate.

Those that talk about the naturalness of spontaneous erections might want to consider whether such spontaneous erections would be acceptable in, say, a locker room.

Naturism is social occasion, not a sexual event. Therefore an erection - a clear signal of sexual arousal - is not appropriate.

Those that talk about the naturalness of spontaneous erections might want to consider whether such spontaneous erections would be acceptable in, say, a locker room.

Erections are not only signals of sexual arousal. They can also be involuntarily triggered by nervousness of any kind or the pressure of a full bladder.

If a person cannot completely control an erection, there is no need to automatically attribute an uncharitable explanation. Other bystanders might not be amused, but in that case the proper response would be to look away and go about their business. Most people I'm sure, would probably shrug and smile - or frown - depending on what mood they're in.

Erections are not only signals of sexual arousal. They can also be involuntarily triggered by nervousness of any kind or the pressure of a full bladder.

If a person cannot completely control an erection, there is no need to automatically attribute an uncharitable explanation. Other bystanders might not be amused, but in that case the proper response would be to look away and go about their business. Most people I'm sure, would probably shrug and smile - or frown - depending on what mood they're in.

It happens, but the ethical nudist will not display his erection. He'll cover up, turn over or get in the water until things subside.

Most are not amused or impressed with a guy walking around with erection at Blacks Beach in San Diego, rarely doesn't even generate a moment in the section where the cast majority gather. The nude area is about 1.2 mike's long so there is ample room to find a spot to enjoy the beach.