Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site ahuta.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!edsel!bentley!hoxna!houxm!ahuta!ecl From: ecl@ahuta.UUCP (e.leeper) Newsgroups: net.rec.nude Subject: Re: Photography and Naturism Message-ID: <324@ahuta.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 08:52:54 EST Article-I.D.: ahuta.324 Posted: Mon Jan 7 08:52:54 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jan-85 03:37:09 EST References: <303@wjvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 21 REFERENCES: <303@wjvax.UUCP> I agree that there is a dicotomy between what the naturists present as their views regarding nudity and their "policy" against photography at clothing- optional (a.k.a. nude) beaches. The fact that society as a whole does not view nudity in the same way as naturists do is the cause of this. It is for much the same reason that all but the most militant naturists do not stroll down to their local 7-11 in the nude--society as a whole does not approve. Nude beaches are a stepping stone, where naturists can go to a relatively open area (more open thatn a fenced-in backyard), without offending other people accidentally. If you feel that photography at nude beaches is acceptable, than the naturists there are entitled to feel that their nudity is acceptable everywhere. As it is, they are willing to restrict their nudity if others will accept the restrictions that they ask. Evelyn C. Leeper ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ecl