RE:Nudists and personal space.

I am more cautious about other people's personal space when I am naked. I would probably not be the one plopping down into contact between two other people I did not know, for example, although I would do that on a subway. If I DO know the people, I would not hesitate.

Talking to someone I knew, I would want to be face-to-face, so if they were lying down, I'd tend to sit or crouch beside them, naked or not - although it would not occur to me that standing above someone was sexual.

But I don't see the people in 1, 2, or 3 as being rude or inappropriate at all.

#1 - I'd continue to lie there. The poster says the standing person was not being deliberate about the stance, and (as we say endlessly in the male-reaction threads) you really can read intentions very easily, so I'd trust that perception. I probably wouldn't give it a second thought.

#2 - I'd continue to sit there. And I would give it a second thought. I'd edge away as much as practicable to make space. Unless the conversation on the bench included me, I'd probably mosey away in due course. If it did include me, I'd stay. Which is pretty much exactly what would happen if we were clothed.

#3 - I just don't see an issue. The shower was the only one available, so there ya go. Mothers with kids have enough issues without me getting huffy about crowding the shower. I'd be glad she trusted me enough to barge in, and to make space for them.

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RE:Nudists and personal space.

I am also one who would see no difference clothed or nude, except in the shower of course.

I. If it's just a short chat on their way to the shower, there is no reason to move or be uncomfortable. There's nothing more discomforting about his penis than his face, which is what I'd be looking at if he were talking to me.

2. Two "flanks" touching is the same clothed or not as well. Happens all the time in crowded situations. If it were uncomfortably crowded, as in I was being pushed off the edge, I would probably move elsewhere since they were joining their partner on the bench, though it would be nice if they were polite enough to ask first.

3. I see no problem in this scenario. Would you have felt differently if it were a father with children?

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So, you are nude sitting on the toilet. A friend sticks his crotch in your face. He moves it to within two feet of your face. And you say you wouldn't care if his naked dangling dong was two feet from your face. You wouldn't rather he was fully dressed instead of naked?What do you expect if you leave the cubicle door open. He would have needed to get that close in order to not be standing outside the cubicle.

There was no cubicle door because there was no cubicle,
just three toilet bowls sitting along one wall.

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During my first social nudity experience, a woman I didnt know stood above me as we talked about a book she was reading. I felt that if she trusted me enough to stand there then there was no problem. On most occasions however I would stand and chat face to face.

I would also stand if a woman came to sit on the bench I occupied with her mate.

The shower at our local club is open my wife and I showered with other people in the room with us. It was a great experience for me. Just a continuation of the freedom of being socially nude.

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I need my comfort zone (because of my illness). This area is a bit bigger than normal people.

#1: I would get up and talk.
#2: That would not work. I would get up and go away.
#3: If there was enough distance, it would not bother me. Otherwise I would finish quickly and go away.

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RE:Nudists and personal space.

I think the same rules of civility and courtesy exist in the nude world as in the clothed world, and vice versa. There isn't much different.

For example, clothed or unclothed someone talking to you with their crotch 2 feet from your face would be weird (and as someone pointed out, how are you even having a conversation?). It's best to diffuse these situations diplomatically both in the clothed and unclothed worlds.

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Sorry but it does not matter if male or female. If you are in my personal space I will let you know.

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Doing events sometimes the people would give me posters and I would put them on the wall. Well one of the posters was of a male baby nude I think advertising some ointment. The hotel big wigs touring the property one day saw it and fired me for having porn in the office.
In the UK you would have had a valid case for unfair dismissal.

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[quoteIn the UK you would have had a valid case for unfair dismissal.

I was a contractor, they just didnt renew my contract.

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I think personal space has more to do with how you were raised than whether are not you are nude with others. Some people are raised in a very touchy feely home environment, others are raised where is was customary to maintain space between individuals. I think those patterns carry over whether you are dressed or not.

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