Is there power dynamic in nudism?

In power inequity, I LOVE these scenes, with the sub(s) ending up nude, and being instructed as to what task to perform, what position to assume, etc.

I think the whole power transfer to the clothed person is the reason a lot of us enjoy a medical fetish. My preference is for a female doctor to examine me, but I don't mind a male doing it. The fact that they are clothed and you are ordered to undress in front of them is a real trip.

I love both CMNM and CFNM situations. This issue is at the core of both real and play exams. It is an inequality of power and being on display for the examiner to see the entire naked body and probe the powerless examinee. For me at least, this power inequality would be destroyed by role reversals between the same examiner-examinee and also for the examinee to see the examiner undressed to any degree.

This isn't nudism. It's medfet or Ds. There is no power dynamic in nudism.

If, as you state, there is no power dynamic in nudism, where should the forum posts be moved?

Would dominance and submission be better? With the parallel of the CFNM? Because, how can you split the two?

Would medfet boards be appropriate, because it can be more than just a medfet situation??

If, indeed, the forum is misplaced, let's let the Forum overseers step in and tell us where to go with our discussions.

I love the fantasy of being naked and vulnerable, with my partner clothed or partially clothed and in control. It definitely plays into the power dynamic for me, although I do enjoy just being nude alone as well. It's also a component in the fantasy of being a nude patient as mentioned.

I think that there is a power dynamic in the medical relationship, but that power extends beyond just nudism. By asking a doctor to take care of you, you agree to do what the doctor says, which gives the doctor power over you (quite a bit of power, if you allow it). The doctor can stick you, cut you, restrict your activities, and forces you to do things that you would never normally do (including stripping in a public place where relative strangers can touch and examine intimate places of your body).

But I also think that you can argue that that power dynamic goes the other way as well in that as a patient, I can ask a complete stranger to look at, touch, and probe my naked body and they pretty much will comply. For example, as a guy, if I wanted a prostate exam (I don't, generally speaking), all that I need to do is tell the doctor that I sometimes have problems voiding my bladder, and that pretty much guarantees that I'm going to end up bent over the exam table with my butt up in the air...

I kind of like being submissive (mostly just to women), so medfet suits me well. But perhaps the real reason that I like it is that I know that the doctor would have no power over me that I did not voluntarily give her, and could withdraw at any time.

@DrBobbyBarry - I'm with JDS4Med here. He is 100% correct. Your original post is concerned with domination and submission involving clothed and unclothed individuals, not nudism. I'm not convinced you actually know what the word means. 'Nudism' is not the same as 'being naked'. To practice nudism is to be without clothes especially in sexually mixed groups in a nonsexual social setting. It can be a lifestyle for many. It is nothing to do with being made to be naked and under the control of a clothed person. Nor is patient nudity, partial or full, in a real or play setting. Nudism has nothing to do with it.

Even the title of this thread is erroneous. There is no power dynamic in nudism. If anything, nudism is a leveller.

The responding posters have created a mashup of dominance/submission and medfet interpretations of the original question. Although to me it seems to make sense to move it into the 'Dominance and Submission' section, it also contains medfet related replies which seem out of place.

If it were moved into the D/S section, the thread would also need a new title to remove the nudism reference, but this would not deal with the posts referring to the existing title. Also, to rename the thread to something like "Is there power dynamic in the sub being naked" would be self answering - and any title not asking the question about a power dynamic would render the thread completely useless and pointless.

The only conclusion I can reach that makes any sense is for this thread to be removed.

Let it stay here to show the confusion and misunderstanding so many people have about nudism and nakedness.

Hopefully the members will learn the differences between being naked, especially in situations of power exchange and nudism in non-sexual, social activities in sexually mixed groups.

Here, Here DR, Z, you are 100% correct. As a matter of fact, nudism should not be considered as a kink....

As a matter of fact, nudism should not be considered as a kink....

True perhaps. But people who don't practice nudism often do consider it a kink. How otherwise explain all the many rules and regulations and especially the way many normal people react when talking about or confronted with nudist situations. It's been a hot issue since the practice started in the West in the late 19th century, especially since that was a time of strict morals regarding clothing and propriety ...

I remember when I was younger we would go streaking with out any clothes on, most of the time it was on a dare, you know crazy kids and I was one of them. LOL

I remember when I was younger we would go streaking with out any clothes on, most of the time it was on a dare, you know crazy kids and I was one of them. LOL

Again, this is not nudism. Streaking is to deliberately cause outrage or offence, to make a spectacle of oneself by exposure in an inappropriate context. In contrast, and as I said earlier, true nudism is a lifestyle choice, a social thing where appropriate etiquette is followed. It is not about drawing attention to oneself in a setting where such behaviour is considered socially unacceptable and unlawful.

Please try to understand the difference.

But people who don't practice nudism often do consider it a kink. How otherwise explain all the many rules and regulations and especially the way many normal people react when talking about or confronted with nudist situations. It's been a hot issue since the practice started in the West in the late 19th century, especially since that was a time of strict morals regarding clothing and propriety ...

Ironic isn't it, that the non-nudists considering nudism to be a kink seem to be the ones most pre-occupied with sexual thoughts? 😁

I am a nudist and a total exhibitionist the difference being is that in a nudist environment where everyone else is naked there is no sexual kink . As nudist we just enjoy doing as much as we can naked that textiles (clothed people) do clothed and comfortable in our own skin .

Exhibitionism comes into it when you are being watched naked by clothed people in a sexual environment .Like having sex or masterbating or doing something naked for their enjoyment and getting turned on by doing it .

I speak with some experience and I feel it is the mind set of the naked person that can alter the power dynamic. For it to work the naked person needs to be embarrassed at the nudity and is clearly in the power of the dorm. If the naked person is confident about their body and not embarrassed being sen naked by another people then the power dynamic is in the hands of the naked person.

Here is a power dynamic in nudism, funny perhaps but true nonetheless , but it can best be shown in an image:

https://en.zity.biz/gallery/image/238436

There is definitely a power dynamic in CMNM situations. I make a point of getting naked as soon as possible when I attend an examination. I enjoy being naked but this is when I submit to my doctor and let him take charge. I'm usually a stranger in someone's home so I like to define roles/positions straight away.

There is definitely a power dynamic in CMNM situations. I make a point of getting naked as soon as possible when I attend an examination. I enjoy being naked but this is when I submit to my doctor and let him take charge. I'm usually a stranger in someone's home so I like to define roles/positions straight away.

You are just talking about being naked when somebody else is wearing clothes. But it is not nudism.

You are just talking about being naked when somebody else is wearing clothes. But it is not nudism.

@Amethyst : I agree with you absolutely. Confident nudists do not see nudity as something special that needs to be constantly viewed and evaluated. That only happens from the point of view of the people who keep their pants on among a hundred naked people. However, the question arises as to who is looked at more, the hundred naked or the one wearing swimming trunks.

@Amethyst : I agree with you absolutely. Confident nudists do not see nudity as something special that needs to be constantly viewed and evaluated. That only happens from the point of view of the people who keep their pants on among a hundred naked people. However, the question arises as to who is looked at more, the hundred naked or the one wearing swimming trunks.

The first time I went to a nudist beach was last summer. I chanced upon it when riding to the Spanish coast. I first took a walk along the beach and had a drink at a bar while still fully clothed, just to see how things were. I felt like a complete fool and idiot with my clothes on. And indeed, people stared at me (in curious pity at the wimp?) more than I at them.

Anyway, I went back to my van, undressed and packed up important stuff into a small backpack and then went back to beach and same café, nude and naked like all the others. It felt normal and socially compliant to do so.

When in Rome...

Took the words out of my mouth @Russianbare

I find nudism to be an equalizer. When everyone is naked, we're all the same.

Social nudism is one of the most enjoyable things possible.

I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy nude recreation in several different states at multiple resorts. I can’t favorably compare it to anything else.

There is a real sense of freedom, especially if you are at a place like the beach. You can shed everything and walk down the beach, absolutely clothes free, with only sunscreen on the delicate areas.

Ten arguments why we are nudists:

1. No white areas on the skin

2. No sunburn on the waistband of the swim trunks

3. My wife doesn't get cystitis when she wears wet swimwear

4. The cost of swimwear is zero

5. God created us naked

6. Naked are all equal

7. The feeling of complete freedom

8. Feeling the water and wind on your skin

9. All people are beautiful

10. Nakedness increases self-confidence