Nancy Tiemann, Bare-Necessities Tour and Travel president, has every reason in the world to be a cheerleader for nude recreation.
After all, her company sponsors two or three clothing optional cruises per year and she needs to put (literally) butts in cabins, sun decks and lounge chairs even in a crummy economy.
And she knows the vast majority of these au naturel travelers, whether to the Greek Isles, Caribbean, Tahiti etc. are couples. And if the "Mrs." isn't happy, then no one is happy. So Nancy devoted her online-essay to the real decision maker about nude cruising.....the prettier half of the couple. http://www.bare-necessities.com/why_nude.html
She is not bashful about going after the most common misconception about public nudity: sex.
"And what about the sex?" she asked. "After all, nude, naked, clothing optional....they're all about sex, aren't they? I would be the first to admit that social nudity can be a sensual experience (author's note: Amen!), particularly at first when the taboo of centuries of puritan values about social modesty are broken with one simple but freeing act of being nude in a social setting.
"We Americans have been trained from childhood that sex is dirty or sinful and nudity means sex. After all, we pay to see nudity, don't we? It's in our movies to titillate us, isn't it? When I am no longer the voyeur, looking in on someone else's nudity, but rather a participant, as nude as everyone else, all that's left is an appreciation for the gift I am given. The gift of knowing that I am ok, exactly the way I am.....perfect in my imperfection."
Not only does Nancy do an excellent job in attacking the nudity concerns of women, but she also confronts a major fear of the knuckle-dragging gender....the fear of very public standing ovations.
"One of the most frequently asked questions by men is, 'What happens if I get an erection?' You know, in 16 years of producing two-or-three cruise ship charters a year; I have never once seen a man succumb to his worse fear - a public erection!," Nancy wrote. "Does that say something about the fantasy of social nudity and its reality? Perhaps."
Nancy then implores her readers to give social nudity a try: "Vacation with us just once, and we'll change the way you vacation forever. All you have to lose are centuries of false conditioning. Believe me, once free of that extra baggage you will be much lighter....and happier, naturally!"
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