There are only a few bias about naturism, but are they true? I answer to 10 of the most spread fears and prejudices about this type of vacation. Being naked on a beach, is it good or evil?
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How bad could millions of naturists be to bring their family to a Naturist beach? |
• You feel judged.
Wrong, completely wrong. When you take off your clothes you can understand the only person is looking up your body is you and nobody else. You could feel as others are muttering about your fat, your cellulite, your small/big breasts but it's like when you ask to somebody about your look before a party. It's not important what he says because you'll 'read' what you want in his words.
• You must look perfect because normally the swimsuit covers your imperfections.
Wrong because of what I wrote early. Nobody looks at you and if you look around you see only people completely focused on themselves.
• There are only gays.
It's easy to find homosexuals but also in the normal beaches. Then, it's possible to find homosexuals because they have a good relationship with their bodies and because naturism is a practice that others see with suspect and some homosexuals could feel comfortable being in a protected and open-mind environment.
• There are only voyeurs.
It can be, but there are protected areas in which this type of people are not allowed to come in. For example, there are Naturist Resort such as Vera Playa Club in Vera, Spain, where you must be a naturist to be in the swimming pool area and you must be naked to be in that place. Generally, voyeurs don't like to take off their clothes, but they would feel uncomfortable if they are surrounded by naked people that watch him. At last, there are voyeurs in common beaches as well, maybe even more.
• There are only voyeurs.
It can be, but there are protected areas in which this type of people are not allowed to come in. For example, there are Naturist Resort such as Vera Playa Club in Vera, Spain, where you must be a naturist to be in the swimming pool area and you must be naked to be in that place. Generally, voyeurs don't like to take off their clothes, but they would feel uncomfortable if they are surrounded by naked people that watch him. At last, there are voyeurs in common beaches as well, maybe even more.
• All naturists are fat and old.
The same, there are old people as in normal beaches. But I ask you: why an elderly woman should love being nude on a beach without thinking of consequences? Because she knows that nobody looks at her and nobody blames her for it. She's protected and fine with her soul.
• Nudism brings to sex.
It's the opposite. Try to watch porn videos and nude women for 24 hours a day for days and days. Try to eat pizza every day for months... What will happen? You'll hate pizza and porn.
Having nude people around you will clean your ideas about sex. It's just our bodies and nothing else.

• What if I have an erection?
What if I'm bold? Nothing, because erection is as normal and natural as a bold head. But what if I've got an erection under my swimsuit? Probably somebody could looks at me grumbling 'look at that hogs!'.
• Naturism is for swingers.
It could happen if you go to some swingers' places as Cap d'Agde (the swingers' area in the city) or some Swingers Resorts but generally naturism beaches are full of families and people that don't like swingering. More, there is an old war between naturists and swingers.
• It's a sin.
Sex is also a sin, looking at others' wives or girls is a sin, even having a tasty meal is a sin but everybody has sex or eats, so? If you're talking about 'sin' implies you believe in God. Remember the Bible: He created Adam and Adam was naked. Then Adam betrayed God and he felt guilty. God sent him off the Eden and in the Earth he understood he was naked.
So, if I read well:
Eden = house of God = nakedness
Earth = house of Adam = clothes
How could be a sin if nakedness is a natural state in the house of God?
What? They are nine questions? Oh yes, bcause the tenth will be yours!
Some books about this subject:
• The Freedom of Naturism: A Guide for the How and Why of Adopting a Naturist Lifestyle• About Cap d'Agde, one of the biggest Naturist area in Europe
• A must-have book: Originally published in London 1931, this book contains an in-depth study of early nudism or naturism in Europe and America
• "Nice Girls Can Be Nudists Too!", by Liz Egger