Living in the US and traveling to Europe has made me see a big difference in the societal response to nudity, which to me argues for the European approach pamela69 and others here describe. US laws have forced anyone who wants to be nude on beaches or anywhere socially into commercial resorts. Very few public areas allow nudity. If they do there really is no interaction between the naked and textile worlds. Clothing optional public areas (nude beaches)j are pretty much it. If you want to be nude in public areas, there needs to be an event or you do it in stealth mode. The public nude beaches typically are outlaw operations where law enforcement looks the other way. But this means they open and close based on the philosophy of the current fed, state and local politicos. Private resorts tend to be isolated, away from the rest of the community, so there is little social interaction between the textile and naked world. Europe's approach seems much more healthy in that nudity is not in itself considered an affront in many settings, so the experience of public nudity is more integrated into the fabric of textile life. We are sexual beings, so erections and female arousal are part of the territory and sometimes make for uncomfortable moments. Healthy, positive acknowledgment seems a good strategy, as it allows for many possibilities to be weighed on their own merits. Also, I don't know that male and female arousal doesn't occur on textile beaches too.