To think there's just no need for nudist beaches?

[TheHouseOnTheLane]

A bit of background. I live in South Australia and there are some very beautiful beaches here. One of them is a legal nude beach...by legal I mean it's not just "become" nude over time, but it had a State law passed...to ensure that people could go there and be clothes free.

Now in essence I agree that there probably should be a place where people can enjoy being naked for a while...the human body is a great thing...BUT this beach is full of perverts.

No families go there and only a very, very few women. The men are all middle aged and older and it most is men.

When women do go there, men will blatantly wank in front of them or stare...not ALL the men but some. Others hide in the bushes, wanking and taking pictures.

I think this beach should be reclaimed for the general populace.

House prices in the area are low because who wants that as their local beach?

They have a yearly "nude games" and this year the council have stated that all children attending must have their genitals covered....they said this due to complaints from the public...the nudists have said they will agree to the new rule but they don't "condone it".

Why? And why have the council said this about children being nude if they REALLY think it's all harmless fun?

I've been to clothes-optional beaches in the south of France and also to spas in the Netherlands, where there are no gawkers or worse. If there were, I suspect a few unparliamentary words would be used by regulars and the people would behave or most likely leave.

Sadly any clothes optional spa or beach in the UK is predominantly male and a different atmosphere entirely.

I've walked along Studland beach, including the nudist part, then back through the dunes a bit further inland. The nudist bit seemed to exactly coincide with the dogging bit just behind it in the dunes.

I am probably completely naiive, but I thought that the idea of naturism was that it took away the sexual/erotic element - e.g. if you are all naked then there is nothing to get excited about?

Or is it that the bush they are hiding behind becomes the virtual 'clothing' to re-establish the 'male gaze' as it were?

Also, are naturists bothered about pubic hair?

Doctor, I think that about naturism too. Anyone who treats it as a sexual thing (and I mean either participating, or making it out to be a 'dirty' sexual thing) is twisting and spoiling it, IMO.

MaybeDoctor and OnlyLovers you are spot on about naturism, or as I prefer to call it, clothes-free recreation. As for hair 'down there', the views are as varied as those who choose to be clothed, I suspect.