It's Only Natural - The Philosophy Of Nudism
(William Welby)
This curious little book was published in the 1930's when mention of the War referred to the First World War. I have the ninth edition, showing that it did gain a following. The author explains the idea behind nudism and the aims of nudism's practitioners in England and also Germany. Welby goes to great lengths to show the health benefits of nudism: the skin's need to breathe, the need to absorb Vitamin D from the sun as well as the side benefits which caused me to chuckle. He suggests that seeing slim, strong men and women in the buff will cause us (normal everyday scrawny or overweight people) to improve our physiques by diet and exercise.
I don't live in England, but in the Middle East. The last place I want to be nude is in the sunshine. Maybe in northern Europe it's still safe to expose oneself to sunlight, but here I'd rather not. As for the impetus to make oneself more beautiful, that's a laugh. I was present at two nudist events and am convinced that people go there to gain unconditional acceptance of their bodies as they are. I remember one man who was as fat they come, and while he might have envied some of us, he probably went home and ate later on that night out of frustration.
Welby was accurate about one thing though. Nudist gatherings are not anything close to orgies. There is no sexual arousal at such meetings. On the other hand, the individual participants may be hungry for sex or affection in their clothed lives and come to such events hoping for a change.
To be perfectly honest, nudism is not that interesting, and I found it very unnatural to spend time with people simply because we all agreed to shed our clothes. As I said, though, the book was reprinted many times, and I can only wonder if it was because of the numerous black and white photos of (mainly) nude women. Note: the men are photographed from the back and the women are always shaved. All the photographs are of slim young adults, far from the reality of the usual nudist crowd.
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