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What's the appeal to being nude?
Why not just wear a bathing suit? Is it really that different? The Oregonian/OregonLive ask men and women at nude beaches and resorts what's the appeal to nudism.
Carolyn Hawkins' husband asked her to go to a nudist resort with him. Sorry, she told him, but no thank you.
After much pleading and convincing, she reluctantly agreed to go with him to Cypress Cove, a nudist resort in central Florida, but she refused to take her clothes off while they were there. On that point, she was resolute.
Hawkins had seen nudity like many American still see it today - as something to do in the privacy of your home, certainly not around other people and definitely not in public - but today she's a full-blown nudist, working full-time to promote the joys of nudity.
Hawkins now works as the public relations coordinator for the American Association of Nude Recreation. It's her job, literally, to spread the good word on nudism - often also called naturism - to people who might have the same fears that once kept her from going bare.
Her own turning point came on the tour of Cypress Cove, when she finally met the people there.
"During that tour everybody was speaking, everybody spoke, 'Hi, how are you? Welcome to Cypress Cove,'" Hawkins recalled. "I thought, 'You know what? Maybe this isn't so bad after all."
The people at the resort were much like the people at many nudist resorts around the country. They were friendly, warm and not pushy about Hawkins' discomforts. She and her husband sat down and chatted with another couple, there with their two kids. After hearing them out, she was convinced: she would give nudism a try.
"It went uphill from there," she said.
At the end of the day she and her husband bought memberships at Cypress Cove. Later she got a part-time job there. Then she moved into the nude resort, where she and her husband raised her 3-year-old grandson.
It sounds astonishing, but in reality that kind of 180-degree turnaround isn't so unusual among nudists.
Dave Arter, a board member of Oregon's own Squaw Mountain Ranch - the state's oldest nude resort - said he didn't try it until he was in his 50s, but he hasn't turned back since he first went bare.
"It's a sense of freedom, a sense of being one with whatever it is, in being in whatever environment that you're in," he explained. "The thing that sets nudism apart is that most people are uncomfortable with it."
Part of it is cultural, he said. Nudity is viewed as silly at best or sinful at worst by large segments of the American public. Europe, by comparison, is largely considered to be much more lenient about public display of unclothed bodies.
"That's one of the features of our cultural heritage," Arter said. "You've been taught that it's wrong."
And while some Americans have been attempting to walk back objections to nudity lately - see the Free the Nipple movement, the nurse-in protests or the World Naked Bike Ride - there's still overwhelming opposition to showing bare skin in public.
For recreational nudists, all the fuss is over nothing.
"Being nude is the best feeling I've had and it's just such a free feeling," Hawkins said. "It's just the best feeling one could ever feel, and I would encourage anyone to try it."
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Nudism, Dave said, should not be confused with the adult alternative, or “lifestyle.” These are code words for swinger clubs, where sexual partners are shared and recreational sex is the theme.
There is a huge sector of the travel business called Adult Alternative. That’s sex tourism or swinger travel.
Popular destinations are Cancun Mexico and Thailand where men can enjoy sex holidays and both straight and homosexual dalliances.
None of this takes place at AANR member clubs , who agree to keep the atmosphere clear of sexual vibes and attitudes. The only thing that is sexy is the outfits that come out at the Saturday night dance.
“Not all nudists are swingers, but some swingers are nudists,” Dave explained.
The main difference is that swingers just want to be nude with their sex partners, but nudists just want to be nude period. Sex with strangers isn’t part of the experience at these resorts.
Dave talked about the consistent pattern he sees when couples come to De Anza for the first time. It goes like this: The male member of the couple talks the woman into coming…she is reluctant but finally agrees to his wishes, perhaps surprising him with her consent as a birthday or Christmas gift.
They show up at the resort, and by about 10 am, he is lying nude by the pool and she is wearing a sarong, tied up near her shoulder, covering her up.
By 11 the sarong goes down to her waist, she is comfortably topless and enjoying it. But by 2 pm, she is totally nude and lying on her back. At this point, she is totally comfortable and relaxed, and he is ready to go.
As Dave says, he’s done what he came to do. He has seen what he came to see. She, however, is just getting into it. So she convinces him to get a hotel room or stay in one of the rental RVs , and they stay for the night.
Many, many guests become regulars, at De Anza, and about 100 live this life full time. There is collegiality among them, this solidarity versus the “textiled,” or clothed, comes up again and again here as I spoke with residents and guests.
Besides being able to be nude all the time, this is one of the most affordable places you could possibly live in expensive San Diego County. Rents for RV hookups with available electricity, phone and utilities are just $275 per month.
Another situation that comes up again and again, Dave said, is the couple with friends they want to come to join them at the nudist club. One couple is reluctant to ask the other, but think that if they got just one of them to agree to try it, the other would eventually fall in line.
Having experienced this situation so often, Dave has a special letter he sends out to friends if a couple wants him to, inviting them to come try it out with a free pass. It works.
Lots of activities take place at the resort; these nudists are an active bunch, with a zeal for games like bingo, water volleyball, tennis and card games of all sorts.
In various states of undress, they mingle; it is as if taking off one’s shirt (when you’re a woman) is about being liberated. There is a freedom, since you just can’t do that in the rest of society.
So you see entertaining different states of undress, just more nonchalance about what you ultimately look like.
Water volleyball is played in an indoor swimming pool, covered by a corrugated steel building, and there are five showers on the end. Everyone has to shower before stepping into the hot tub or the pool. There are parts of people’s bodies that you usually don’t see.
There are magazines, I guess, that purport to show the readers “real women,” or “old women” or “one-legged women,” but you never really know what bodies can look like until you observe life in a nudist resort.
People have scars in every which place, and some people’s legs are all banged up, and others have tremendous gouges taken out of their skin. Many have such huge rolls of fat that their privates are nearly hidden in the fleshy abundance.
One man at the resort was missing both arms, but he was welcomed and even signed up as a member after his short visit.
The mixture of svelte and fat and in-between is fascinating, I found myself distracted as we played water volleyball watching the various people coming and going to the shower.
There is an old saying (well maybe I am making this up) that nudist resorts are where you go and see people you don’t want to see naked. But I never lost interest in seeing all that I saw, hoping that more people would come strolling out off the mountain, or walking into the restaurant bare-assed.
As the day went by, it was clear that the sparse crowds last night were due to the weather in San Diego…It was cloudy and about fifty-five–not exactly weather that would you make you decide to drive an hour to your RV out in the desert. But later that day, the crowds began to arrive.
Nudism is perhaps the most weather-dependent recreation of any. Who wants to be cold?
I thought about the average age of any nudist here— about 55. So where are tomorrow’s nudists going to come from? That’s a challenge that the AANR is facing right now.
Like Italians and Japanese, nudists are not creating enough new nudists to sustain the number needed to keep an active nudist organization for many more decades
Buffeted by the tacky publicity about Michael Jackson, hearing so many tales about convicted child molesters dressed as priests, many Americans are turning against the idea of youth nudism. There are three camps that are organized by age 11-18-year-olds, 18-25 go to “Nude U,” altogether about 80 kids go to these camps in three locations around the US.
These summer camps have been the target of many state legislators, sensing a moral angle and easy points with the religious right. Virginia passed a law requiring a parent or guardian to be present during the camp sessions. But according to Carolyn Hawkins of AANR, this hasn’t dimmed the enrollment, it has just turned the camp into a family outing.
She said that every time there is a burst of publicity over an event such as the youth camps, they see a surge in interest at the website and in the member clubs.
But the facts don’t bear out the hyperbolic solons’ pursuit against the immorality of boys and girls being naked around each other. Time after time, and in just about every other country where this has been studied, there is a confirmation: Nudists do not turn into pedophiles and nudism does not equate with sodomy, homosexuality, child abuse, nor wife swapping.
Children raised among nudists have the least likely chance of becoming abusers. This is usually done by people who have been abused.
Over and over, the nudists I met here said there is something about being a nudist that makes you more honest, and more real with the world.
First, you’re showing everybody exactly what you look like. Second, you can’t conceal weapons, contraband or anything else—hell, you don’t even have your wallet on you.
Max Hartshorne has been the editor and publisher of GoNOMAD Travel in South Deerfield Mass since 2002. He worked for newspapers and other sales positions for 23 years until he finally got what he wanted and became the editor at GoNOMAD. He travels regularly, enjoys publishing new writers, and is proud to be able to truly do exactly what he wanted to do all his life.
Matthew
May 17, 2022 @
12:27 pm
I’m early 60’s and about to embark on a nomadic lifestyle full time in my RV. Nudity is also something I want to incorporate. Do places you speak of also attract lots of artist, as I am also one? I would love to meet other like-minded artist.
Archer
November 9, 2020 @
7:33 am
Can you tell us more about this? I’d like to find out some additional information.
Max Hartshorne
November 9, 2020 @
5:15 pm
Look up DeAnza Springs Resort in Jacumba California. That’s what you need to know. Have fun!
Jacqueline Ainsworth
August 27, 2018 @
11:51 am
I saw you have RV hookups but do you have apartments or homes for rent?
Max Hartshorne
August 27, 2018 @
12:10 pm
You need to call D’Anza Springs to answer that. They are in Jacumba, California.
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Know that nudism can help you get closer to nature. There's a reason why some nudists prefer to be called naturists. Nudism is all about returning to your natural state and being in harmony with nature. Being nude while you're on a beach, in the woods, or in a natural setting can help you experience nature on a whole new level. One of the greatest and most freeing parts of nudism can be the feeling of waves or sun against your nude body. [1]
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Know that being nude doesn't mean being sexual. Of course, it's natural for many people to think that something untoward should happen when a bunch of people get together without any clothes on. However, most people who follow the nudist movement don't think there's anything inherently sexual in taking off their clothes. They just think it helps them be free and to return to their natural states, and that's all that matters to them. [2]
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Being naked isn't inherently erotic for nudists. They get used to seeing a nude body without thinking sexual thoughts.
Also, you shouldn't think that you have to have a perfect body or to look super sexy to be a nudist. Nudists have bodies of all shapes and sizes.
Though it may take some convincing to show your friends and family members that getting naked doesn't have to mean getting frisky, this is the lifestyle that many people choose.
There are, however, some sects of nudism that are more sexual in nature. Make sure you do your research into the nudists in your particular community to see which lifestyle fits your needs.
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