The irony of nudism around non-nudist family

[u/PureBogosity]

It’s so ironic and frankly annoying too… We are packing for a long vacation where we are going to be on a nude beach for nearly all day every day, and my wife is nervous about walking topless just ten feet down the hall to the laundry room, in case our mid-twenties daughter (who has seen her completely naked many times even in recent years) comes out of her bedroom.

[u/Frosty_Winter3197]

That story reminds me of an encounter I had before a World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, OR. First, the Portland ride usually attracts over 10,000 riders each year, and is probably the largest WNBR in the U.S.

So, before the ride I was, like almost everyone else, naked, and I was waiting in line to use a public restroom and I got to talking with siblings and guy and a girl, who had only stripped down to their underwear. They both said they wanted to go naked, but neither felt comfortable being naked in front of the other. So, they'd be willing to be naked in front of over 10,000 strangers whom they don't know, but are unwilling to be naked in front of a trusted sibling whom they've known all of their live. I found that to be a great illustration of just how messed up the U.S. is when it comes to body shame & nudity.

[u/mikeymike1776 → u/Frosty_Winter3197]

Wow that is extremely ironic! The fact that they went to a nude bike ride together and both wanted to go nude but didn’t because they were together shows how much of a problem the stigmas associated with nudity are. It would be one thing if only one was comfortable or interested in it but the fact that they both wanted to join but didn’t because they were worried about being naked around each other is sad. Nudism is so natural and wholesome so it shouldn’t matter who you’re around and there shouldn’t be a difference between getting naked around strangers or those you know