LOVE TO SHOW YOU MY NUDE BODY CLUB
Everyone nudist/naturist who likes to show his/her nude body and also likes to look at other people's nude bodies.
- created by northstar401
I'm an exhibitionist but doesn't that contradict nudism?
Return to DiscussionsI've read a number of posts in this particular group regarding how people enjoy being looked at; essentially exhibitionism.
I'll admit to be an exhibitionist, and I get a real thrill out of being seen naked, but wouldn't a true nudist say that in doing so we, that is people who enjoy being naked because we are exhibitionist, are displaying a sexual motivation because for them they are participation in a lifestyle rather than a sexually motivated activity?
I will admit that my nudist activities are partly because I just love being naked outdoors, with the freedom and feel of nature on my body, but also partly because being naked outdoors, either alone or with people around me (and by the way that would only be in certain situations such as at a nudist beach) is quite erotic. It is also why I am totally smooth (I had permanent hair removal many years ago) and have a number of piercings; they are things that draw attention to my body. I am also athletic which means, and I believe it does, I attract plenty of attention to myself when nude.
Are there any folks who have similar motives because, if so, please do feel free to share with the rest of us?
By nude4070But here's my caveat; an exhibitionist also likes to wear clothing that stands out, they like to be (literally) seen/noticed out and about whether nude or not, they'll also do other behaviours to be out on show.
Okay, then I'm not an exhibitionist, as such! I'm happy to not stand out, generally, but my desire to wear as little as possible at the beach overrrides that.
I think you can be both. As I've said elsewhere, I don't much care what goes on inside people's heads, as long as it doesn't bleed into their social interactions. If you like being seen naked but I can't tell from your deportment, it's fine. If you go out flashing people, that's not nudism.
"Exhibitionism" as a clinical term means that you can't experience erotic arousal without being seen. But that's usually not what we mean in a more general sense.
Consider a man who likes to hike naked, in places where he's likely to be seen. If he goes on that trail for the explicit purpose of being seen naked, and wouldn't consider taking that hike if people were absent, I wouldn't call him a nudist, but I would call him an exhibitionist. If he goes on that trail whether other people are there or not, simply because he likes being naked as he hikes, then I would call him a nudist.
I guess exhibitionism could be seen as a variant of what we call "social nudism" as opposed to "solitary nudism." For me, social nudism implies that I'm around people who think, as I do, that we're better off without clothes when there's no reason to wear them. Yes, I see some attractive people, but the sight of them doesn't carry any more weight with me than people with ordinary bodies.