Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2f.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!hou2f!pvlm From: pvlm@hou2f.UUCP (P.LAMASTER) Newsgroups: net.rec.nude Subject: Nude Recreation Primer Message-ID: <244@hou2f.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 16:45:44 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2f.244 Posted: Mon Jun 4 16:45:44 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Jun-84 04:42:52 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 37 Since outdoor nude-recreation weather is finally creeping in on us again, I thought the following Nude-Recreation Primer would be appropriate. It is excerpted (without permission) from Lee Baxandall's book: "World Guide to Nude Beaches and Recreation" which I highly recommend (buy a copy at your local bookstore). Taking the Plunge: Have you spent all of your adult years without once going naked in an outdoor, sociable, recreational setting? Going through life as a clothes-compulsive personality can be hard on a person. And trying it is easy. You won't think twice about it once you've broken through the anxiety barrier. You'll find it easier if you first visit a nonproblematic and well- established nude recreation site in the company of friends who are versed in the etiquette of the place. You need not immediately undress if you feel too vulnerable (self- conscious, awkward, embarrased). In your nervousness, however, don't place needless "armor" between yourself and those you encounter - leave cameras, sunglasses, and portable radio at home. At least *seem* at ease. Practice will make appearance reality. Sit quietly at the edge of activity. Look about. Groom, lay back. Be open to a smile, a word, a shared refreshment. Your open demeanor will best say that you are "getting it." After 20 or 30 minutes, you may find yourself no longer acutely aware of being naked. You will eventually find that the almost-nude beaches (with the tiny $50 bathing suits) are much more sexually titillating than a clothes-optional beach. You will easily adapt to this new experience. Just ease yourself into a clothes-optional setting without putting up any more defenses than necessary. Enjoy, Pete LaMaster NJ (201)949-5009 ihnp4!hou2f!pvlm