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| Tweet Topic Started: May 13 2007, 05:15 AM (1,602 Views) | |
| George K | May 13 2007, 05:15 AM Post #1 |
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Finally
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I can definetely get behind this effort! Nudists Seek to Attract Younger Members By CARA RUBINSKY, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 23 minutes ago Here's the naked truth about nude recreation: The people who practice it aren't getting any younger. To draw 20- and 30-somethings, nudist groups and camps are trying everything from deep discounts to a young ambassador program that encourages college and graduate students to talk to their peers about having fun in the buff. "We don't want the place to turn into a gated assisted living facility," said Gordon Adams, membership director at Solair Recreation League, a nudist camp in northeast Connecticut that recently invited students from dozens of New England schools to a college day in hopes of piquing their interest. The median age is 55 at Solair, where a yearly membership is $500 for people older than 40, $300 for people younger than 40 and $150 for college students. The Kissimee, Fla.-based American Association for Nude Recreation, which represents about 270 clubs and resorts in North America, estimates that more than 90 percent of its 50,000 members are older than 35. "If a young person is enlightened enough to go to a beach or resort, they'll find that they're outnumbered by people who are not like them," said Sam Miller, 32, a medical student in Riverside, Calif., who is currently helping to plan a youth ambassadors workshop being held next month in Orlando, Fla. "Oftentimes they won't go back for that reason. They may go once or twice, but going back becomes a lonesome kind of endeavor." Miller got interested in nudism in his late teens and now tries to gently broach the idea with potentially like-minded friends by talking about skinny dipping or similar activities. If they seem amenable he suggests a trip to a nude beach; otherwise he backs off. No one is quite sure why nudity, at least the organized version promoted by the AANR and similar groups, is such a tough sell for younger people. "I think people think that we're all hippies," said Laura Groezinger, 22, of Billerica, Mass., who grew up visiting Solair with her family. "Other people, I don't know the right way to say this, but they think it's more sexual, kind of. They don't understand just the being free with your body and being comfortable." Money is also an issue. As nudist resorts become increasingly upscale, catering to baby boomers and retirees with plenty of disposable income, they're less affordable for college students and young families on budgets. "There's a financial barrier, and I think it's important for resorts, if they want young people around, to recognize that and cater to them with discounts or free days," Miller said in a phone interview. "In the end, of course, it's a business. It's important for the resorts to make money, but without a mixed crowd, what lies in the future? If young people aren't becoming interested, then what's the future?" Only a handful of students attended Solair's recent college event, held on an overcast 60-degree day that prompted many to bundle up in sweaters rather than shed their clothes. But camp members such as Robyn Maguire, 27, of Manchester, Conn., who works in engineering administration and teaches dance, said they plan to try again. "I hope to get the word out to younger people that hey, it is OK, and here's a safe place to be, a very accepting place," Maguire said. "Unlike any other place in life, people actually look at you when they talk to you." |
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| katie | May 13 2007, 05:37 AM Post #2 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Nudity isn't so taboo or novel anymore. |
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| George K | May 13 2007, 05:38 AM Post #3 |
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Sixty Nine! |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| katie | May 13 2007, 05:42 AM Post #4 |
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Fulla-Carp
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| ivorythumper | May 13 2007, 12:26 PM Post #5 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Maybe they should just pay young people to hang around naked. |
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| kenny | May 13 2007, 12:28 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I thought nudism was about feeling relaxed in your natural state, not about sexuality. I think wanting more young people would indicate it was about sexuality, unless they are concerned the movement will die out with the old people. |
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| ivorythumper | May 13 2007, 12:33 PM Post #7 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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But old people are just bad for marketing nudism.
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| kenny | May 13 2007, 12:35 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sure, sun exposure is bad for skin, it can lead to cancer and makes you look like a water buffalo. But I think nudism is not about how you look. |
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| ivorythumper | May 13 2007, 12:37 PM Post #9 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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No, but it is about how you see.... after all, it is not a by its nature a private enterprise. |
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| kenny | May 13 2007, 12:45 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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A Wiki snip Some people believe that the naked human body is to be accepted, respected, cherished, and enjoyed. They believe it is not inherently shameful, corrupting, degrading, or dangerous. Many of them enjoy clothes free activities. They reject views that being naked with other people is morally wrong (indecent), sexual per se (erotic or pornographic). They argue that nakedness is a healthy, natural state, that being nude is to be in the purest form, since everyone was born nude. They generally find that they quickly become so accustomed to being nude among nudes that it no longer seems very remarkable. It is, rather, simply one part of their lifestyle. |
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| ivorythumper | May 13 2007, 03:53 PM Post #11 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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it has nothing to do with the body being inherently shameful, corrupting, degrading, or dangerous or that being naked with other people is morally wrong (indecent), sexual per se (erotic or pornographic). It is purely aesthetic. |
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