If we're to convince others that being
social nudity isn't sexual, we're going to have to face the 800 pound
guerrilla that many, if not most, people do assume that it is. Most
people seem to be terribly insecure about their own sexuality and
they feel too threatened by other people's sexuality to be
comfortable with the idea of being naked around others if they can't
get their head wrapped around the whole subject of human sexuality
itself first.
Our sexuality is something that's not
totally within our control. When aroused, our inhibitions are
suppressed, our judgment is clouded, and we find ourselves willing to
do some pretty strange things to relieve the tension and to provide
pleasure to ourselves and our partner. So it shouldn't be a surprise
that most people don't want to tempt that reaction when they know it
isn't appropriate. And at a nude beach or nudist venue, they quickly
learn that it isn't appropriate, even if they aren't told explicitly
that it isn't.
People assume that seeing others
without clothing will arouse them, or disgust them, because they've
been conditioned to have those reactions by our culture. We know
those reactions aren't natural and don't occur once one simply gives
it a try for more than a few moments. But other people don't know
that and they're afraid of it.
The right attitude to project is that
we're human and that we have nothing to be ashamed of for being
human. Yes, we are male and female, tall and short, young and old,
skinny and fat, and we come in many colors and body types. And isn't
that wonderful! We're also sexual, but we're only sexual towards
each other at certain times and places, and these aren't appropriate
venues for that. So instead, we're just social towards each other no
differently than we would be otherwise. And there's no reason why we
shouldn't be.
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