Posted by llrrrpp on May 25, 2006, at 10:49:23
In reply to I don't understand, someone post a picture? :-P (nm), posted by Sobriquet Style on May 25, 2006, at 10:17:09
yes, there's nothing like public nudity to help one get over icky-body issues.
I've been to the beach in France. there are all shapes of bodies there. One tries not to compare, but it's inevitable.
I've been to a nudist campground and seen an old withered man barbecuing in the nude (I'm not sure why he felt the need to grill his sausage, but whatever floats his boat, it's his body)
I've been to spas with nudity. it always helps me to think that someone who works on bodies all day long has seen it all. they probably won't even remember me in a week.
Our N. American puritanical culture has tried really hard to equate nudity with sex, which leads to all kinds of complexes. Nudity is nudity. nothing more than absence of clothing. Going to another country really emphasises that the way N. America views nudity is not the "only way" or even the "healthiest way". But, our society is pretty stubborn to change this particular attitude. I'll get off my soapbox now, because I'm starting to sound *political*
oops!
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