Naked Affront

Over the past few weeks I've received a fair amount of visitors from a naturist site, which had linked to the story The Nude Hunters. Now, I don't profess to understand the attraction of wandering around stark naked in all weathers, exposed to the elements,so to speak, but each to their own, I suppose. Personally, I've always been of the opinion that wearing clothes has absolutely nothing to do with imposing some kind of repressive moral code upon the human race, but rather it is down to practicality - the human body is prone to injury and clothing serves a protective purpose. I mean - would you really want to stride through undergrowth stark bollocking naked, whilst on a country walk, for instance? Your bollocks would be torn to shreds by brambles and thistle in no time - there's a reason why native tribesmen in Africa and South America wear loincloths. Then there's the question of the weather - somehow, I doubt very much that there were many naturists wandering around in the snow back in February. Icicles hanging from your blue testicles isn't a good look for the season.

Anyway, getting to the point of this rambling post at last, one of the things that naturists like to emphasise is that there is nothing erotic or titillating about their lifestyle. Indeed, they go to great lengths to tell us 'textiles' that the vast majority of them are not gorgeous supermodels or body builders with six-packs, but instead just ordinary men and women like the rest of us, complete with beer-guts and sagging buttocks. There's nothing sexy about us, so don't bother spying on our beaches and camps, they seem to be saying. Whilst it is entirely laudable hat the naturists want to shake off the Carry on Camping stereotypes and be taken seriously, I can't help but be bothered by the content of their websites. If naturism isn't about titillation, then why is it that so many of the pictures on these sites depict attractive young women with firm breasts in full frontal poses? Strangely, those middle-aged overweight 'regular guy' naturists are in short supply. Perhaps they think that potential recruits to naturism might be put off if they thought that was all they were likely to see...