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Why Society Is Better Off Swimming Bare Without Bathing Suits
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I am not among those nudies that feels compelled to be naked 24 / 7, and I 'd say that many naturists can't be and don't care to be nude everywhere, all the time. (I've mentioned this before in the common myths about nudism.)
I am rather comfortable wearing clothes in winter months. I get cold quite easily and am glad for the sweaters I need to keep me warm. Though I am not much into vogue or clothing shopping, I do like dressing up occasionally and expressing myself with specific colours, materials and styles.
Howeverthere is one item of clothes I prefer to keep buried and forgotten within my dressing table: my bathing suit.
Growing Up As A Chubby Child And Body Image Problems bathing suit is one of the most useless articles of clothing ever invented by mankind. It doesn't help you bathe or swim.
In the U.S., the general consensus seems to be: remove bathing suits and all hell will break loose. The sand will end up overrun with public sex and perverts. This comes from our society's gymnophobia (fear of nudity) and the notion that nudity = sex.
The fact is, we can do only as well as without bathing suits, if not better. Swimming naked used to function as the norm in ancient Greek culture. Naked spas have existed for centuries. In America, naked swimming was compulsory and considered the norm at YMCA's and in schools up until the 1970's. Many of today's nude beaches have been with US for decades, demonstrating that all kinds of folks can really swim and sunbathe naked jointly with civility and respect. Actions of public sex are prohibited at a nude beach just like anyplace else.
Though the bathing suit has slowly shrunk down from full-length costumes to today's teeny bikini, the practices of skinny dipping and naked sunbathing haven't evaporated. The liberating feeling of swimming without a suit is a familiar reason people get into nudism.
Felicity Jones Bare Bathing and Swimming at "Enormous Deep," Woodstock, New York
Sure, people can wear swimsuits as a form of self expression. There are all types of swimsuit designs out there. But I 'd claim that the distress, annoyance and cost far outweigh any joy you might feel from wearing a stylish suit that fits.
Here's why I think we had all be better off without bathing suits:
1. They're uncomfortable, tight and confining before you even go in the water. Then you swim and get it wet now you've got chilly, sopping wet cloth clinging to your skin. If you were swimming in the ocean or at a sandy plage, you have probably got some sand in your crotch, also. You escape the water, and today the rest of your naturally-water-repellant skin dries while the suit stays wet for at least the next 15 - 30 minutes. That should be a fairly big clue that we are not supposed to be wearing these matters.
2. They are unhygienic and unsanitary. This is why it's important to shower before entering a pool. But how many people really shower first at American public pools?
We likely have the dirtiest public pools of any developed country.
Ever swim in a pool with a strong chlorine odor? That is no index of a clean pool. In Find Out About Young Naturists in Naturism Today is a direct result impurities from people's bodies blending with chlorine in the water. This creates chloramines, which give off that irritating smell.
Needless to say, the preemptive shower is much easier and more effective when done naked. When children were required to swim naked at the Y, hygiene was the main reason given, and it's still an excellent reason. Though we now have better chemical technology, chlorine is not some wonder pool cleaner.
Hot Tub Rules Sign at Lake Como Naturist Resort
The cleanest pools in America can likely be found at naturist resorts. No one is bringing in impurities from their garments, and resort pools often have multiple signals instructing folks to shower before entering. And should youn't, a club member is likely to remind you because they need a clean pool.
3. As if Sail away with us aboard Bare Necessities Big Nude Boat! wanted evidence, Australian shrink Marika Tiggemann's 2012 study on body image and swimsuits found that girls get concerned and depressed just thinking about swimsuit shopping. Most folks seem to approach it with the maximum amount of anticipation as a trip to the dentist, and with great reason. Every spring, we are surrounded by advertisements about the best way to obtain the perfect "bikini body," eg thin, tanned and toned with no cellulite, wrinkles or imperfections. It is a message that only one kind of body fits in a bikini or any type of revealing swimsuit. Some body-positive efforts happen to be attempting to challenge this in the past few years with memes saying that bikinis are for everyone. However the bikini-body magazine stories, workouts and products will continue to sell so long as a profit can be made of course.
The ever-dreaded bikini season
Body-favorable bikini meme - "How to get a bikini body: place a bikini on a body"
But even when you can dismiss all the body-shaming media and advertisements, you're still faced with the task of finding a swimsuit that fits nicely. For "plus-size" women and girls with big breasts, it is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. When you do find your holy grail of a suit, you're lucky should itn't come with a hefty price tag.
Here is a tweet that sort of sums my feelings: "It's rather annoying that I have to pay like $120 for a swimsuit, like you actually are a piece of cloth that covers my nipples."
How much of a relief would it be to bypass this entire procedure and go to a bare beach or nude pool instead?
Plus, the "unsanitary" variable applies to swimsuit shopping as well - those new swimsuits at the store are covered in all types of nasty bacteria!
4. The swimsuit business is all about sexually objectifying women. A lot of swimsuits are made to highlight a woman's cleavage and behind. The over-sexualization of breasts is part of the reason we're forced to wear tops in any way. Victoria's Secret adds the word "hot" into the names of every single one of the bathing suits. This is, again, about "bikini body" standards, but it sends the message that women should wear bikinis to allow them to look "hot" and pull the (heterosexual) male gaze. Why else would we go to the beach, right? Obviously people want to appear and feel good in what they wear.
It seems counterintuitive, but naked beaches and naturist resorts create a more equal and less sexual surroundings because everybody is naked.
As for men, I know some guys want that America would cover the speedo already. But be joyful you can lawfully wear one, dudes. If I showed up at the strand or pool in a speedo, I'd quite immediately be detained or shown the door in many places. It is been 80 years since men gained the right to be topfree in public, and girls are still waiting for the same right (in most states / cities).
Tobias "Never Bare" trying on a speedo on TV Show Arrested Development
I am rather comfortable wearing clothes in winter months. I get cold quite easily and am glad for the sweaters I need to keep me warm. Though I am not much into vogue or clothing shopping, I do like dressing up occasionally and expressing myself with specific colours, materials and styles.
Howeverthere is one item of clothes I prefer to keep buried and forgotten within my dressing table: my bathing suit.
Growing Up As A Chubby Child And Body Image Problems bathing suit is one of the most useless articles of clothing ever invented by mankind. It doesn't help you bathe or swim.
In the U.S., the general consensus seems to be: remove bathing suits and all hell will break loose. The sand will end up overrun with public sex and perverts. This comes from our society's gymnophobia (fear of nudity) and the notion that nudity = sex.
The fact is, we can do only as well as without bathing suits, if not better. Swimming naked used to function as the norm in ancient Greek culture. Naked spas have existed for centuries. In America, naked swimming was compulsory and considered the norm at YMCA's and in schools up until the 1970's. Many of today's nude beaches have been with US for decades, demonstrating that all kinds of folks can really swim and sunbathe naked jointly with civility and respect. Actions of public sex are prohibited at a nude beach just like anyplace else.
Though the bathing suit has slowly shrunk down from full-length costumes to today's teeny bikini, the practices of skinny dipping and naked sunbathing haven't evaporated. The liberating feeling of swimming without a suit is a familiar reason people get into nudism.
Felicity Jones Bare Bathing and Swimming at "Enormous Deep," Woodstock, New York
Sure, people can wear swimsuits as a form of self expression. There are all types of swimsuit designs out there. But I 'd claim that the distress, annoyance and cost far outweigh any joy you might feel from wearing a stylish suit that fits.
Here's why I think we had all be better off without bathing suits:
1. They're uncomfortable, tight and confining before you even go in the water. Then you swim and get it wet now you've got chilly, sopping wet cloth clinging to your skin. If you were swimming in the ocean or at a sandy plage, you have probably got some sand in your crotch, also. You escape the water, and today the rest of your naturally-water-repellant skin dries while the suit stays wet for at least the next 15 - 30 minutes. That should be a fairly big clue that we are not supposed to be wearing these matters.
2. They are unhygienic and unsanitary. This is why it's important to shower before entering a pool. But how many people really shower first at American public pools?
We likely have the dirtiest public pools of any developed country.
Ever swim in a pool with a strong chlorine odor? That is no index of a clean pool. In Find Out About Young Naturists in Naturism Today is a direct result impurities from people's bodies blending with chlorine in the water. This creates chloramines, which give off that irritating smell.
Needless to say, the preemptive shower is much easier and more effective when done naked. When children were required to swim naked at the Y, hygiene was the main reason given, and it's still an excellent reason. Though we now have better chemical technology, chlorine is not some wonder pool cleaner.
Hot Tub Rules Sign at Lake Como Naturist Resort
The cleanest pools in America can likely be found at naturist resorts. No one is bringing in impurities from their garments, and resort pools often have multiple signals instructing folks to shower before entering. And should youn't, a club member is likely to remind you because they need a clean pool.
3. As if Sail away with us aboard Bare Necessities Big Nude Boat! wanted evidence, Australian shrink Marika Tiggemann's 2012 study on body image and swimsuits found that girls get concerned and depressed just thinking about swimsuit shopping. Most folks seem to approach it with the maximum amount of anticipation as a trip to the dentist, and with great reason. Every spring, we are surrounded by advertisements about the best way to obtain the perfect "bikini body," eg thin, tanned and toned with no cellulite, wrinkles or imperfections. It is a message that only one kind of body fits in a bikini or any type of revealing swimsuit. Some body-positive efforts happen to be attempting to challenge this in the past few years with memes saying that bikinis are for everyone. However the bikini-body magazine stories, workouts and products will continue to sell so long as a profit can be made of course.
The ever-dreaded bikini season
Body-favorable bikini meme - "How to get a bikini body: place a bikini on a body"
But even when you can dismiss all the body-shaming media and advertisements, you're still faced with the task of finding a swimsuit that fits nicely. For "plus-size" women and girls with big breasts, it is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. When you do find your holy grail of a suit, you're lucky should itn't come with a hefty price tag.
Here is a tweet that sort of sums my feelings: "It's rather annoying that I have to pay like $120 for a swimsuit, like you actually are a piece of cloth that covers my nipples."
How much of a relief would it be to bypass this entire procedure and go to a bare beach or nude pool instead?
Plus, the "unsanitary" variable applies to swimsuit shopping as well - those new swimsuits at the store are covered in all types of nasty bacteria!
4. The swimsuit business is all about sexually objectifying women. A lot of swimsuits are made to highlight a woman's cleavage and behind. The over-sexualization of breasts is part of the reason we're forced to wear tops in any way. Victoria's Secret adds the word "hot" into the names of every single one of the bathing suits. This is, again, about "bikini body" standards, but it sends the message that women should wear bikinis to allow them to look "hot" and pull the (heterosexual) male gaze. Why else would we go to the beach, right? Obviously people want to appear and feel good in what they wear.
It seems counterintuitive, but naked beaches and naturist resorts create a more equal and less sexual surroundings because everybody is naked.
As for men, I know some guys want that America would cover the speedo already. But be joyful you can lawfully wear one, dudes. If I showed up at the strand or pool in a speedo, I'd quite immediately be detained or shown the door in many places. It is been 80 years since men gained the right to be topfree in public, and girls are still waiting for the same right (in most states / cities).
Tobias "Never Bare" trying on a speedo on TV Show Arrested Development
