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It is not a monument to your discipline or a reflection of your worth. It is a soft, warm, wobbly, wonderful piece of biology that allows you to feel the rain and hug your children.

Naturism is fundamentally egalitarian. When you enter a naturist club or beach, you leave your "armor" at the gate. The CEO, the janitor, the fitness model, and the cancer survivor are all indistinguishable at a distance. In the nude, hierarchy dissolves. ---- Purenudism Naturist Junior Miss Pageant Contest 2000

Naturism offers that peace immediately. It cuts the Gordian knot of body shame by removing the object of comparison—the clothes—and forcing you to recognize a simple truth: It is not a monument to your discipline

In the naturist philosophy, the body is not a decorative object. It is a biological reality. It sweats, it wrinkles, it digests, it ages. By accepting the body's function over its form, you liberate yourself from the exhausting treadmill of "body love." When you enter a naturist club or beach,

Dr. Keon West, a social psychologist at Goldsmiths, University of London, has conducted numerous studies on the effects of social nudity. His findings are startlingly clear: