Would any of you try out nudism?

[AspieOtaku]

I thought it was mandatory at nudist places to carry a small personal towel to sit on. If not, then euuuuwwww, gross.

Nobody wants sand in their crack.

 

[Kalinychta]

Nobody wants sand in their crack.

Speak for yourself.

 

[AspieOtaku]

Speak for yourself.

I sure dont, if im nude at a beach ill bring a towel so no sands up my bum lol.

 

[Au Naturel]

I was always a nudist from my earliest memories. Funny thing is I also always knew that people wouldn't like it. We lived in a very rural area. So as a kid I was naked around the house when my parents were gone and when they were home I'd go back into the forest. As long as I came home before dinner, they didn't care and would not go looking for me. Of course, I was always alone.

Puberty hit. Things would come up all the time. But since I was solo, nobody cared and it never occurred to me there was anything wrong with it. It is why you rarely see teenage boys at nudist venues.

Eventually, though, I got into my head that I was pretty disgusting for wanting to be nude. I decided that everything about me was stupid and disgusting. Aspies get the "You're clueless and creepy." response every time they try to socialize and it was easy to extrapolate to things I did that weren't social. Just another way I was different from everyone else. One more way I was an alien. That didn't make the want go away, though.

Aspies are known for developing obsessions and perhaps this had become one.

When I turned 18 I went off to college and got my first taste of social nudity as a model for figure study classes. The first time around things still tended to come up and I almost lost my job for it. I got a second chance and once the novelty wore off it wasn't a problem anymore. Ended up being the primary model for 3 different art classes. I posed for art classes for many years after that.

Then I moved to California. It was a different environment. Nude beaches up and down the coast, resorts, and travel clubs. A forgiving environment. Lots of aging hippies. A therapist who (unintentionally) helped me lose some of my anxiety about it. I never looked back.

Got involved in stripping for private parties for weekend money but that was definitely NOT a nudist activity.

I eventually married a woman who doesn't mind my eccentric hobby, even if she doesn't participate.

The beaches have mostly disappeared. There are still resorts, just not as many. But I've found other venues. There are now public events, like the "San Francisco Bay to Breakers" and the "World Naked Bike Ride" where nudity is allowed. I've found wilderness trails and hot springs where I can hike nude all day and nobody will care. I belong to a couple of travel clubs that hold events at different locations. Nude Art LA and a little theater that sometimes does nude comedy. There's a large online population of nudists where I don't feel as involuntarily unique.

But being an Aspie is forever. I still have all the problems. I socialize poorly and interacting with people feels like a dangerous proposition. I do not know where I stand and I worry that I'm acting "strange." Loud chaotic noises and bright lights at night drive me nuts.

When I do go to a nudist event I tend to participate only in the organized activity. The rest of the time I to crawl off by myself and watch the world go by.

https://aunatural.org/2020/02/10/look-ma-no-hands/

 

[Au Naturel]

As a toddler i used to run around naked laughing and happy, i didnt know the concept of clothes at the time, it was funny while my parents chased me to cloth me it was like naked tag lol, my older sister after i grew up compared me to the naked running baby from the grudge that meowed lol.

Have you ever done the Bay to Breakers? I have done it in the nude six times. Also the World Naked Bike ride.

 

[AspieOtaku]

Have you ever done the Bay to Breakers? I have done it in the nude six times. Also the World Naked Bike ride.

I havent but will give it a try, im very shy, ill test the waters at baker beach first.

 

[AspieOtaku]

Animals dont wear underpants,Bobbys world.

 

[Kalinychta]

Animals dont wear underpants,Bobbys world.

A friend of mine and I were just discussing how helpless and unnatural humans are. We’re so utterly vulnerable and inept, not equipt for survival in the slightest. Animals don’t need underpants,...but humans rather do. What the heck?

 

[AspieOtaku]

A friend of mine and I were just discussing how helpless and unnatural humans are. We’re so utterly vulnerable and inept, not equipt for survival in the slightest. Animals don’t need underpants,...but humans rather do. What the heck?

Originally we were not meant to wear cloths as primates during the early days, we were naked and free, eventually we lost most our fur so made clothes to stay warm during the ice age, it was later when religion was introduced shaming us being naked and when society modernized enforcing it that being nakeds seen as bad and shaming us of our natural bodies to always cover up.

 

[AspieOtaku]

If society did not shame nudism and see it as a crime or sexual, i could be nude, wave to my nude neighbors, have a bbq and my nightmares of being naked in class would go away omg those are the worst dreams gah. Nudism would be normal everyone is naked and indifferent to it, on hot summers it comes in handy your not sweating as much and feel cool.id invite my naked neighbors over for a bbq. I understand wearing cloths in the winter it gets cold.

 

[Au Naturel]

I haven't but will give it a try, im very shy, ill test the waters at baker beach first.

You don't have to be alone! There are very safe opportunities to explore the possibilities. Check
out a group called the Sequoians.

https://sequoians.com/

The B2B isn't for everyone. It takes a bold person to be nude in the middle of a crowd, surrounded by the textile impaired. There's 40K participants and maybe 50 are nude. And a hundred thousand spectators. The cool thing is that nobody cares. You're just another runner. Most people treat you no differently than if you were wearing any other costume.

The WNBR is a little "safer" but still takes a lot of self-confidence. You're with a large group of like-minded people on bicycles and with a police escort. The riders are separate from the people on the street.

Both of these are incredibly liberating experiences. The first couple of times there is a huge adrenaline rush but you get used to it. It normalizes. The cultural/political objective is to destigmatize nudity. The more you see real people in the nude and nothing terrible happens, the less you care. Very slow, long term process.

I like to go on long nude hikes in the wilderness, far enough back that there's nobody else for miles. Perfectly legal in the local national Forest here! The very best part of it is when you forget you're nude. Then it becomes perfect. That's where my avatar comes from, nothing on but a hat, shoes, and a fannypack.

https://aunatural.org

 

[Creep]

I can understand the appeal of public nudity if one is swimming, but rest of the time, give me dad jorts & a baggy t-shirt any day of the week.

It doesn’t help I once knew a registered sex offender that was into the local naturist scene. I don’t doubt most naturists aren’t sex offenders, but it doesn’t take many sex offenders to spoil it.

 

[Au Naturel]

I can understand the appeal of public nudity if one is swimming, but rest of the time, give me dad jorts & a baggy t-shirt any day of the week.

It doesn’t help I once knew a registered sex offender that was into the local naturist scene. I don’t doubt most naturists aren’t sex offenders, but it doesn’t take many sex offenders to spoil it.

Yeah. That's a real problem.

There are simply people who are tweaked. To them being naked in public is a sexual fetish just as is looking at other people naked. The best way to deal with these people is to ignore them. If this happens in a park the management should give the person the boot right away. But in a public venue like a nude beach, getting the police there or getting a group of beachgoers to intimidate the person into leaving is a problem.

Some people assume that nudity has to be an invitation for sex because that is what it means for them. That's a different problem because they aren't doing anything obvious. It is a lot of subtle provocations. Once in a while, they succeed in picking up a partner but most of the time they just intimidate and irritate their targets.

It is a big reason why fewer women get into nudism than men. They are more vulnerable and are more likely to be targeted by wannabe Cassanova's. Wanna drive a woman away from the nudist experience? Tell her how hot she looks. That's not what she came for. She's gone... but the guy doesn't care, he's off to the next target.

What was the crime they were registered for? Many nudist venues do background checks before granting membership for this reason. Can't keep them off the beaches and public events though.

And despite my obvious and possibly excessive enthusiasm for being naked, t-shirt and shorts is what I wear most of the time. With the world being textiled, it is most practical.

 

[Creep]

Yeah. That's a real problem.

There are simply people who are tweaked. To them being naked in public is a sexual fetish just as is looking at other people naked. The best way to deal with these people is to ignore them. If this happens in a park the management should give the person the boot right away. But in a public venue like a nude beach, getting the police there or getting a group of beachgoers to intimidate the person into leaving is a problem.

Some people assume that nudity has to be an invitation for sex because that is what it means for them. That's a different problem because they aren't doing anything obvious. It is a lot of subtle provocations. Once in a while, they succeed in picking up a partner but most of the time they just intimidate and irritate their targets.

It is a big reason why fewer women get into nudism than men. They are more vulnerable and are more likely to be targeted by wannabe Cassanova's. Wanna drive a woman away from the nudist experience? Tell her how hot she looks. That's not what she came for. She's gone... but the guy doesn't care, he's off to the next target.

What was the crime they were registered for? Many nudist venues do background checks before granting membership for this reason. Can't keep them off the beaches and public events though.

And despite my obvious and possibly excessive enthusiasm for being naked, t-shirt and shorts is what I wear most of the time. With the world being textiled, it is most practical.

I don’t have access to their criminal record to be able to tell you what crime they were registered for, only that they are required by law to register as a sex offender.

The creepy thing about sex offenders, is that for every one sex offender that is caught, there are other sex offenders who walk among us. Look at all the untested rape kits sitting on shelves collecting dust. Not to mention not every sexual assault survivor reports their sexual assault.

As far as not as many women being naturists as men, I’m more of the opinion that the cyclical discharge of blood, secretions, and uterine discharge might be more of a deterrent to the the naturist lifestyle than the odd masher, but that’s just my opinion.

 

[AspieOtaku]

I can understand the appeal of public nudity if one is swimming, but rest of the time, give me dad jorts & a baggy t-shirt any day of the week.

It doesn’t help I once knew a registered sex offender that was into the local naturist scene. I don’t doubt most naturists aren’t sex offenders, but it doesn’t take many sex offenders to spoil it.

Ewwww that makes my skin crawl.

 

[Crossbreed]

Yeah. That's a real problem...

How do these venues handle incidental arousals by non-sex offenders? I can get aroused for any reason or for no reason. My wife says that happens for women, too.

(We can pretty much keep it to ourselves [in regards to other people] when we are dressed, but it would be glaringly obvious among nudes.)

 

[AspieOtaku]

I honestly would feel safer in a private small group of nudes eliminating perverts and creepers if i were to be nude, like a nude camp with a bbq that would be nice, live happy and free like a wild animal. Ive seen so many naked people im idiff to it.To be honest ive seen many naked women on porn im now now no longer turned on and indifferent to it ive been desensitized and dont care and chill with camping with other naked dudes and have a bbq that would be cool just simple naked camping fun. Call me tarzan yay ill jump in the water naked yay! Always wanted to do that i was a goofy nudist as a baby lol. I have a gf anyway.A naked lady? Meh seen it all the time im not turned on im indiff to it let me do a cannon ball in the lake were all naked anyway! Yay!! I dont care wee!!! Im up for a bbq hotdog once i get out of the water and some mashed potatoes and beans. We can share ghost stories after! A naked fun camp!

 

[AspieOtaku]

Nude camp would be fun i dont care if its all guys it would be soo fun! Swim in the lake naked run around in the woods like where the wild things are feeling soo cool because your nude the heat doesnt bother you yeah!!

 

[AspieOtaku]

Never skinny dipped always wanted to try it always been to shy being nude around others though. *blush*

 

[AspieOtaku]

*blush* im still shy,ill start with baker beach its a nude beach the waters cold, but its a start, then maybe seqoiyans or the biking thing, im not used to many people seeing me naked im shy and so ashamed of my body. *blush* its gonna take time for me to be ready, i got a bloody beer belly im not good looking im ashamed.