Today, I stumbled across the site for the
International Naturists Association. I particularly loved the article about
"The World's Best Swimsuit": your skin. Yet, there was much more to the article,
and it makes a great companion to
today's Tara's Trysts entry. In fact, it's an argument for our right to bare
all, for the unjust restrictions society places on us, and points out the
hypocrisy of the close-minded beliefs that make us cover ourselves up yet
emphasize certain parts of our bodies all the more and in fact, making them all
the more desired and tempting.
The site offers a wealth of resources for naturists and even includes a forum
for talking free on the subject. I think I'll join up and learn more about the
way of life and the reasons why so many have chosen to live nude every day or at
least on holiday. For now, I'll stick to my occasional "naked day" declaration
in the privacy of my own home and include the excellent argument for baring all
for you to view below. The full article can be found here.
"For those that accept and consider the whole human body to be inherently
good and decent [clothing is] in fact prison suits. Prison suits mandated by
unjust laws, passed by people with contempt for the human body. Artificial
swimming suits enforce the idea that there is something shameful, wrong or
indecent with certain parts of the human body that must be kept covered in
public and hidden. Should we feel that way about our bodies? Is this attitude
about our bodies healthy? No, in fact this attitude is extremely destructive and
unhealthy."
"Exposure of ALL of the skin to the sun, without over doing it, aids the
synthesis of Vitamin D promoting a strong immune system and general health. The
skin functions better as a whole, sensing the environment, and regulating body
temperature when fully exposed to sun, air, and water unimpeded by any clothing.
Tight clothing, such as swimming suits and the tights worn for aerobics,
jogging, etc., may cause health problems by restricting the natural flow of
blood and lymphatic fluid and impeding the removal of toxins from the body.
Artificial swimsuits and other garments such as underwear and athletic clothing
can harbor disease-causing bacteria and yeast...(For hikers clothes have also
been shown to increase the chances of being bit by ticks which hide or get
trapped in them.) On the vanity side...Nude people look younger, perhaps this is
simply because their body isn’t constricted. For example, seals are beautiful
animals, but wrap one up in clothing like a sausage casing, put a girdle on it,
and flab's will stick out everywhere making the poor seal look like a blob. It
works the same way with humans. People concerned about weight look much better
nude, without artificial swimming suits causing flab's to stick out. If someone
is trying to loose weight it should be for health reasons, not to fit into an
artificial, man made swimming suit!
Just as there are valid reasons for clothing, there are also valid reasons and
benefits from going without clothing not JUST for sex or bathing, but also for
activities such as swimming, sunbathing, exercise, relaxing, and many, many
others. Always wearing clothes in public has been shown to cause increased body
shame and psychological dependence with many people tying their self-identity,
acceptance, and worth to the clothes they wear. They are unable to accept
themselves for who they are. We are all born with a body. We spend our entire
lives in it. There are two basic verities, known to all, male and 'female. Yet
many can’t bare to see their nudity or that of others, they think it’s indecent!
It is unhealthy if you can’t look at someone that is completely naked without
discomfort. Discomfort with nudity partly explains why people have problems
relating to and accepting others, as well as themselves. It means you are unable
to completely accept yourself and others as you/they are.
Clothing creates a series of false images people use everyday to represent
themselves in misleading ways. If you’re dignity, respect, self-esteem, or
anything emotional is tied to the clothing you wear or the act of wearing
clothing, if you feel you are shameful or indecent without clothing, you need a
more solid self-image. I can’t fathom why a person has to wear something to
maintain their dignity. We were created with dignity, clothes don’t give us
dignity, they cover and hide our inherent, natural dignity! That many people
can’t bare to associate with others without hiding behind clothing and demand
that everyone else must do the same is a sign of deep insecurity and/or the
result of false thinking (or conditioning) regarding the decency of the body.
It’s time to stop this insanity and for people who know the human body is good
and decent to stop covering up because of those who believe it is obscene.
For a religious person to be ashamed of nudity shows they believe there is
something wrong with how their creator made them, which logically means there
must also be something wrong with the creator to have made them in such a
shameful way. Sadly a spirit/body dualism characterizes much of Christianity.
This however does not come from the Bible or ancient Judaism; instead it comes
from a Gnostic heresy that has infected much Christian thought and writing from
the first century onward. The Bible states that all of God’s creation is very
good in Gen. 1:31 and reaffirms it many times through scripture.
Don’t to fool yourself that you should wear a swimming suit for modesty.
Covering only small parts of the body when there is no practical or functional
reason to only heightens interest in those parts by drawing attention to them.
In fact calling attention to one’s genitals, buttocks, and breasts is a well
understood purpose of most modern swimming suits, both in design and in use. We
become curious and tantalized by things that are hidden, things we want to see
but can’t (which means insisting that even more of the body be kept covered, to
reduce sexual interest in it, actually makes it even more tantalizing, not
less!). Such hidden things are as tantalizing as forbidden fruit to Adam and Eve
or an off limits cookie jar full of cookies to a child...ask yourself, do you
really want people to be curious about and tantalized by your emphasized and
hidden body parts or to be attracted to the whole you?
Interest in the human body is natural but when there is no healthy, non-sexual
way to satisfy that interest it can manifest itself in sexually unhealthy ways.
For example: the U. S. has the highest teenage pregnancy rate as well as the
highest percentage of sex crimes in the developed world. The U. S. also has one
of the biggest hang-ups with nudity! This is the heritage of those that consider
the body to be obscene! Those that view nudity as indecent have a deeper reason
why they have to hide who they are and demand the same of others. It has nothing
to do with nudity itself. It is insecurity at some level. It’s time we freed
ourselves from bondage to their (or our own) insecurities, shame, and
self-contempt! Many people don’t wear artificial, man-made swimming-suits as a
matter of conscience. They believe that the whole human body is good, wholesome,
pure, decent and refuse to wear a such swimsuits or other unnecessary clothing
out of shame. If you agree join us... Become an INA member, take off your
artificial swimming suit and put on body respect!"
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