Comments on: at least they’re upscale nudists http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/27/at-least-theyre-upscale-nudists/ breathless punditry and one-breath poetry with David Giacalone Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Giacalone http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/27/at-least-theyre-upscale-nudists/comment-page-1/#comment-176783 David Giacalone Sun, 04 May 2008 04:15:12 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/27/at-least-theyre-upscale-nudists/#comment-176783 Anne, I'm not sure the added risk from removing clothes is enough to deter those seeking true liberation and full self-expression. An ocean of calamine lotion should redress the undressed. Anne, I’m not sure the added risk from removing clothes is enough to deter those seeking true liberation and full self-expression. An ocean of calamine lotion should redress the undressed.

]]> By: Anne http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/27/at-least-theyre-upscale-nudists/comment-page-1/#comment-176760 Anne Sat, 03 May 2008 18:10:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/27/at-least-theyre-upscale-nudists/#comment-176760 One would think the potential for sunburn, insect bites, poison ivy, stinging nettles, and other acts of nature would deter the nakationers from their nakationing. One would think the potential for sunburn, insect bites, poison ivy, stinging nettles, and other acts of nature would deter the nakationers from their nakationing.

]]> By: tdny http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/27/at-least-theyre-upscale-nudists/comment-page-1/#comment-176685 tdny Fri, 02 May 2008 15:52:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2008/04/27/at-least-theyre-upscale-nudists/#comment-176685 You said "So, I’ve got to confess that the general notion of Americans wearing no clothes is not a big draw (much less a turn-on) for me." I've never been to a nude resort, but have been to nude beached several times. The people there tend to be older and fatter than average, but you do have a decent sprinkling of young and fit people. The point though, is that you're not there to be turned on or aroused, but for your self. Lying naked in the sun on a beach not caring that hundreds of people can see you is liberating. I tend to fall into the more young and fit category, and, if nothing else, seeing people who clearly don't look anywhere near as good as you do naked is a bit of a cheap ego boost. I have always attended nude beaches with my wife, who is in the 'hottie" category, and felt that the sex ratio, usually somewhere around 2-1 male/female, was the biggest detractor from the experience. I also read the NYT article, and if I ever decided to go to a nude resort, it would be one in the "no single men" camp. You said “So, I’ve got to confess that the general notion of Americans wearing no clothes is not a big draw (much less a turn-on) for me.”

I’ve never been to a nude resort, but have been to nude beached several times. The people there tend to be older and fatter than average, but you do have a decent sprinkling of young and fit people. The point though, is that you’re not there to be turned on or aroused, but for your self. Lying naked in the sun on a beach not caring that hundreds of people can see you is liberating.

I tend to fall into the more young and fit category, and, if nothing else, seeing people who clearly don’t look anywhere near as good as you do naked is a bit of a cheap ego boost.

I have always attended nude beaches with my wife, who is in the ‘hottie” category, and felt that the sex ratio, usually somewhere around 2-1 male/female, was the biggest detractor from the experience. I also read the NYT article, and if I ever decided to go to a nude resort, it would be one in the “no single men” camp.

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