QUOTES
12/21/2019
“Most naturists who I know would like better
acceptance of naturism, more naturist facilities and opportunities
generally. However, most of naturists I
know also expect someone else to do the work of campaigning. . . my experience
of campaigning and talking about naturism is not that people are opposed,
rather that it’s just something they never really think about. Once you start talking about it, most people
are quite interested, or at worst indifferent – but very rarely anti. . .
people, and organizations, seem to . . . [think] that there is ‘no demand’ for
naturism. . . because they so rarely hear about it. . . if we want naturism
accepted and catered for we have to show that there is a demand. . . We can all
help in this by ‘micro-campaigning’. . . bringing naturism to people’s
attention when appropriate. . . it might mean emailing the tourist office of
where you are going, to ask what naturist facilities exist there. . . Nearly
everywhere you go and everything you do now has a website, and most ask for comments,
so why not give them your genuine opinions.
How about commenting to your local Leisure Centre that you’d use it if
it had a naturist session? It’s
especially important to do this with places which have no naturist awareness –
make them aware! Most newspapers have an
on-line service now and lots of the articles now invite comments from readers,
which stay online for all to see. . . it’s the textile world we need to be
talking to most, not just other naturists.” - Duncan Heenan, http://naturistactiongroup.org/2017/03/micro-campaigning-how-we-can-all-play-a-part-with-little-effort/
“Some men want to shower and change without ever being
publicly nude, and they expect their gyms to build locker rooms that
accommodate that desire. . . this problem can be resolved quite quickly—with a
gentle reminder that if you are not comfortable being naked around other
people, you are not a real adult. . . The fear driving men to slide their
underwear on under their towels is rooted squarely in insecurity, an insecurity
about one’s body and genitals picked up during pubescence. That’s fine—we all have insecurities—but that
doesn’t make the insecurity healthy. It
makes it an irrational phobia, one that should be conquered, not
accommodated. The process of conquering
irrational phobias picked up during youth is typically called ‘growing
up.’ Many children are afraid of sharks,
but we do not let them veto a family beach trip. Many preteens are afraid of being teased in
the classroom, but we do not let them quit school. Many teenagers are afraid of seeming uncool
if they don’t drink, but we don’t give them a fake ID and a keg. Instead, we help young people work past their
fears and take control of their lives: by wading into the ocean a few inches at
a time; by ignoring or reporting the idiot who mocked you; by incentivizing
responsible behavior for teens who drink little or no alcohol. . . The race to
build nudity-free locker rooms demonstrates the dangers of countenancing and
accommodating adult phobias. It
normalizes unhealthy behavior (body shame and consciousness) and pressures
others to adopt that behavior. Adults
who are nervous about being naked around other adults are not rational and
should not be treated as though they are.
They are scared and insecure—and the only way they can work around their
fear is to face it directly. . . Gyms, and well-adjusted adults, should not let
these childish anxieties dictate their decisions. Fear of nudity is a socialized trait, and it
can be resolved by forcing yourself to be naked in a locker room. Once you’ve dared to remove your towel for a
few moments on two or three occasions, you will stop being an apprehensive
child and start being an actualized adult.
You will be freed from the illogical chains of body consciousness. And, best of all, you will no longer be one
of the breathless trembling molting arthropods who want to force their
pubescent insecurities on the rest of us.” – Mark Joseph Stern, http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/12/03/locker_room_nudity_is_healthy_and_normal_fear_of_it_is_irrational.html?platform=hootsuite
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