Unfortunately, we as nudists are our own worse enemies. .......
A lot of what you say is true. Naturists are people, and like all people there are all sorts. I do generally believe about naturism that it does
* promote a healty *non-sexual* relaxed lifestyle
* promote open, friendly, non-judgemental environments
* is good for body image confidence
* is welcoming and inclusive
* all the other stuff that people say when promoting naturism
And I must say that the few social experiences I've had do confirm this. However, there area lot of naturists who are also swingers, or is that swinger that are also naturists. Also, being naked does make sex easier, even if it doesn't necessarily make it more likely.
In the UK at the moment we are fighting a real battle against "peado hunters" who are trying to ban all under 18's from naturist swims, and at the moment they seem to be winning. In the forum discussions I have said that we need to be careful that we don't present ourselves as whiter than white, angels on earth, or we're going to end up shooting ourselves in the foot.
Unfortunately, we as nudists are our own worse enemies. We tend to defend the nudist lifestyle to non nudists with myth.
I do agree with you in the sense that nudists often use "tenets" to defend nudism. And there's one for every hang-up. For sex it's: "Nudism is not about sex or being sexual." For body-acceptance it's: "No one will care what you look like" or "You'll be totally comfortable being naked before you know it." For "typical" nudist behavior it's "Nudists are the nicest people you'll ever meet" or "everyone will make you feel welcome." In some cases, depending where you are or whom you're around: it could all be totally true. In other situations: in could all be completely wrong.
In my early "proselytizing" days, I was all about the "tenets." Then one day a friend looked at me sarcastically while I was defending nudism and told me I was being "full of s%^&." Because some of the accounts he had received from other people who had experienced social nudity were not quite as "rosy" as the picture I was painting. The accounts he had received had come from "swinger" resort visitors.
That caused me to reevaluate using "tenets" to defend nudism. Because everything is relative to the nudist environment; and it's just not the same everywhere.
The number one concern I see from guys when discussing nudism is the idea that they would constantly have erections.
There are also contradictory myths. One says that nudists must all have great bodies and so they like to show off (this one I think is rather rare but does exist). The more common one is that all nudists are hideously ugly. This one only has grains of truth in it in as much as that if you are only exposed to nudity through nude models and such, then you think anyone who doesn't look like a model is ugly. Nudists come in al body shapes, just like regular people do.
As for those talking about nudist myths about nudists, yes there are a few of those. The idea that they are nicer and more understanding than "normal " people, I ahevn't found this to be true in general. Certainly they are less judgmental about what you body looks like, but other aspects of life they can be just as bad as anyone else.
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