As if those who enjoy running around nude didn't have enough public relations problems.....
And you wonder why so many would rather not let anyone at work, and heaven forbid, parents and close relatives, know about your love of being naked.
To you, it's closest thing to heaven on earth. You can't wait until the onset of warm weather to spend quality time sans clothes.....but if anyone found out....you would be "defined." The out-of-the-closet crowd knows this subject oh-so-well....."Did you know, he's gay?"....or "She's a lesbian" becomes the first reference rather than "he's an attorney" or "she's a nurse."
Well, how about "He's a nudist".....or "She likes to run around without clothes"?
And what contributes to this naked fear? Stories about the Swiss government considering laws to crack down on German nude hikers before the onset of summer weather in the Swiss Alps serve as a perfect example. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Swiss_canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden_fights_back_after_invasion_of_German_naked_hikers
This one looks like another contest between the always loved Germans and their devotion to Freikoerperkultur or the "Free Body Culture" and those who want to look the other way. What's wrong with non-sexual nude hiking with no intent to offend? Well, quite frankly, nothing (no pun intended).....but to the general public the question is: Why would people want to hike naked?
And then, there is the notion that all nudists are swingers.....AIDS be damned.
All the media attention, at best mixed, about Florida's Caliente Resort www.calienteresorts.comand and its appeal to both nudists and swingers with its "Arabian Nights" and "Eyes Wide Shut" parties and the "Lingerie Bowl" has drawn rebukes from the American Association for Nude Recreation www.aanr.com.
The latest addition to the swinging resort lineup is Costa Rica's MiAmor www.miammorresort.com to go with Mexico's two www.desireresorts.comsouth of Cancun and in the vicinity of Cabo San Lucas.
Godiva cannot completely fault the decision makers at Caliente for appealing to both nudists and swingers. You generally have to get naked in order to swing, but just because you are nude doesn't mean you are swinging. Besides, aren't we talking about big boys and girls here? And resorts need money to stay in business, and vacations are "discretoinary."
This is all true, but we also need to keep in mind that naked hikers and swingers have their Darwin-given rights to do what they do (as long as no one is harmed), but are they helping nudists even stay even in the public relations war? That is subject to debate.
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