And people can learn to restructure their mental selves so that they don’t get turned on by all nudity, except in the right circumstances.

If the rest of the world did adopt a nudist or naturist mindset we would have a more balanced and harmonious world as a result.

A man who sees a naked woman does not think to himself “i am going to get an erection” , it just happens. Such a reflex would take years of nudist indoctrinating to reverse.

Everyone has the right to their opinion. Some are of the view that for men and women to view each other’s bodies in a totally non-sexual manner.. defeats the purpose of us having sex organs.

So instead of just saying that everyone else is “immature”, people should rather seriously consider the consequences of exposing their children at public nude events like this.

Is proving “nudity is not sex” so important to you that you would endanger your own child, by putting him / her in a situation where nude photographs may be taken and circulated ?

This is almost as rediculous as if I were to deliberately not give my daughter condoms because I am Catholic.

Sure I am Catholic, but I also have to recognise that I am living in the real world.

In the same way, nudists, and the owners of nudist resorts, must understand that though they may have their own opinion of nudity, most other people can’t help but get aroused by nudity.

Remember just because we believe we are generally good people; it doesn’t mena we don’t lock our doors at night.
IT DOES NOT PAY TO BEHAVE NAIVELY.

@ Jules: I’ve had very similar experiences to yours at nude resorts. It seems to me there is markedly less lewd behavior at those resorts than there is in society at large.

Why society thinks that nudity is more likely to incite lust in people than clothing is beyond me as, in my opinion, most people look more attractive with clothes on than clothes off.

And the notion that people, younger people more specifically, are more likely to be victimized by sexual predators at a nude beach/resort is based on assumptions rather than fact. Statistics show that most sexual abuses are done by family members or acquaintances. Also, there are other places where children are far more vulnerable to predators, such as school, where kids are often alone with teachers. I have seen many news articles about teachers being charged with some offence related to pedophilia.

The nude beach I frequent is a public beach with no gates, everyone is welcome, and nudity is optional. What I see there is a strong sense of fellowship and community where people look out for one another. If anyone is being offensive, they are quickly removed from the beach. Sexual activity or masturbation is forbidden there, as well as taking pictures of others, so children or teens are not at risk (at least not a high risk) of being subjected to something they shouldn’t be.

I’ve personally seen more lewd conduct happening in places were people are supposed to be clothed rather than the nude beach (including a man masturbating in his car in front of an all girls private school during the afternoon hours when children were heading out).

I think it’s unfortunate the people at the resort did not do a better job of policing their resort. It seems to me they should have been on the look out for predators. But I don’t see the existence of predators as a strong reason to ban kids from nudist resorts. After all, we don’t ban kids from churches just because some priests are predators. Instead, we try to uncover the predators and get them out of the churches. I think the same should be done at resorts.

Thank you for an interesting comment!