Tcotta,
You've made some interesting points in complete agreement with a rather long narrative which I have begun on how to attract younger nudists. An small excerpt follows:
"Its very difficult to sell a product that nobody wants.
Why is it that the nude resorts in the Caribbean are often booked to capacity at $300.00 to $400.00 per night. when nudist clubs offering nominal grounds fees cannot fill their pool chairs. The median age for those resorts is 20 to 25 years younger than the nudist clubs. Its a very unfair comparison but I think it establishes that nudity is not the issue.
Grin and Bare it.
Art
Tcotta,
You've made some interesting point which are in complete agreement with a rather long narrative which I have begun on how to attract younger nudists. A short excerpt follows:
"Its very difficult to sell a product that nobody wants.
Why is it that the nude resorts in the Caribbean are often booked to capacity at $300.00 to $400.00 per night. when nudist clubs offering nominal grounds fees cannot fill their pool chairs. The median age for those resorts is 20 to 25 years younger than the nudist clubs. Its a very unfair comparison but I think it establishes that nudity is not the issue."
Grin and Bare it.
Art
Just my roommates are 2 guys and a girl. The 2 guys became nudists and so I was too scared to but started wearing bikinis with the other girl. So then after a while we joined the guys and are nudists all 4 of us. So i got motivated from others at home! My parents whereas were never nudists but i slept nude always growing up until i bought lingerie which i like a lot to wear in bed for sure.
I love the feeling of being free and love the sun on my body also... it just radiates to my soul......
I can say though that most of my women friends are not nudists because they are not totally confident in their own skin and are afraid of the preconceived comments or snide remarks. I try to explain to them that it's a pretty safe enviroment, but some have been to nude beaches where men have oogled or been rude or hovering and they did not appreciate that type of attention.
As I see it, within some of the responses to this question, IMO, lies the answer. The women that are presently active nudists are the ones that need to be recruiting, convincing, or whatever term you want to apply. Not meaning or wanting to sound sexist, but the truth of the matter remains, women stick together. The presently active female nudists regardless of age, are the ones that need to be the ones that assures that the nudist lifestyle will continue to exsist as we once knew. Having been raised in the lifestyle, I would hate to see all the resorts and the lifestyle dwindle to nonexsitence.
I enjoy being nude, enjoy sunning nude, swimming nude, hot tubbing nude (most nights) and being around other nude people, both men and women. I know my husband likes being nude with me. It is a sense of freedom and naturalness and I have always enjoyed it.
Louise
I agree 100% with jmokes quoted below.
"3. Give up on the current cliches, maybe we need to throw out "Nudist" and "Naturist" for something else, like "natural sunbathing", or something that reaches women and young people together.....Ideas????"
When my somewhat conservative neighbors found that I had participated in "the Record Skinny Dip" on July 11 they thought it was cool. Had they known that I had been at the same nudist club just two weeks prior, they might have been shocked. Skinny Dip has always implied a fun, innocent experiencewhile nudism has been misunderstood as immoral, cultish and sexual by the uninformed.
Grin and Bare it
Art
A point brought up earlier...
"Men have more experience being naked in public"
To this statement, I have to simply disagree. Intodays culture, there no longer exists any sort of nudity preference among male culture, that does not exist among female. IMO, male society is moving towards more privacy. Sure you have occasional lockerroom and military nudity, but from discussions with female friends, this is just as common among the female sector as well; sometimes even moreso.
Perhaps we'll see a greater gravitation of females towards nudity in the future.
I do not think the problem is what motivates us, it is more the problem of what prevents us from becoming nudists. My husband convinced me to try it, not unlike the previous posts suggested. but what was holding me back was basically 2 things;
1 The belief that it is about guys just wanting to look and that it was sexually based. (for those of you guys in the chat that think you have to play as soon as a cam comes on leads validation to this concern)
2 This I think is one of the main reasons that women hesitate or are not drawn into the nudist lifestyle. Society, through it's magazines and commercials portray what women are supposed to look like, most of us do not fit this societal image. It is only later in life that I believe most women decide or mature past this philosophy.
I have been going to nudist resorts and beaches with my husband for about 8 years, but when I gain a few pounds or do not feel good about myself, I do not seek out nudist opportunities. trust me that once I do shed my clothes in the company of good people, my self image is no longer relevant. It is about getting a person there to try it that is the key. Until then society has a larger hold on how we judge ourselves than nudism ever can, unless you are able to bombard the public with commercials and program about the lifestyle, the ignorance will remain.
I have read comments in response to articles about nudism that are basically naive or uneducated assumptions. Education is the key!!!!
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