Are we "segregating" ourselves?
A question posed by"AANR-WsNudists"(@aanrwest)on Twitter May 18If #naturism/#nudism is free from racial and sexual biaseswhy are so many #nudists segregating themselves by skin colour ororientation?
I don't think it's any different than mainstream - likes tend to
hang with likes. I'm more comfortable with gay friends, not that
I'm uncomfortable with straight, but I have way more in common with
gay men than with straight men or women.. Personally, I'm colorblind,
but I can only guess racial segregation among nudists is no
different than mainstream also.
The nudist community is so fragmented and it seems we become our
own worse enemies. There are so many that dislike single males and
and people that identity as swingers or sex positive nudist. I
understand that nudism isn't about sex and the concerns about
sexualizing the lifestyle. There is strength in numbers and I think
we all need to come together on our common ground to strengthen and
grow social nudism.
Ok. Sign me up. Where??
And...we need to realize we still have human nature despite peeling off our textiles. To use the work segregate may be inappropriate. But like another person posted, we like to be around ppl who look or think or act similarly to ourselves. We group as nudists then migrate into sub groups as we meet ppl. In the gay community a hilarious thing happens at my textiled parties. The tops migrate into groups and the bottoms do the same. No. We don't have a plan to make this happen, it happens organically. We are all in the same home as gay. We are in effect one group. But everywhere, people and animals migrate into sub groups. It's just how it works. Not saying this is bad, it is what it is. :)
A question posed by "AANR-Ws Nudists" (@aanrwest) on Twitter May 18If #naturism/#nudism is free from racial and sexual biases why are so many #nudists segregating themselves by skin colour or orientation?
Nudism in theory is supposed to be free from sexism but in practice
there continue to be problems. Traditional coed AANR/ ASA resorts have a long
history of discouraging men who do not have their wives with them from
attending. They have come a long ways from no way no how but even in recent seasons I still hear from a vocal ignorant few who say
unaccompanied males are whats wrong with nudism at their resort today, we wouldnt tolerate
remarks like that based on race and yet some AANR resorts routinely allow
discussion about the men or worse and even more unwelcoming the "Bisexual men problem" problem. A very small minority of men behave inappropriately at these resorts yet we are all painted with this root of all evil.
Contrast this with my amazingly welcoming
experience at men only resorts. As an
unaccompanied male I am welcomed with open arms, some of the most accepting and
welcoming moments of my life have happened at bi/gay men only clothing optional
resorts and camp grounds. In the last
few years my experience at coed resorts has improved dramatically and some have
become openly accepting and affirming of all.
To help reality match theory I recommend that the coed resorts recognize
that they need to make all their members feel welcome by actively and
affirmatively promoting their everyone is welcome philosophy. Given a choice I am going to choose a nudist
resort or campground that makes me most comfortable, where I am welcomed and
where I can experience the me too and I understands from others who know
what being bi and gay is like. As others
have said I have no desire to segregate of separate myself but I do want to
know there are people like me in a welcoming space.
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