Modern society places a lot of
pressure on women to be attractive or at least a lot of women perceive that
more pressure is placed on them to be attractive. As a result, a lot of females
tend to compare themselves to other women who they are told fit the ideal
standard of beauty, whether it’s a lady that lives down the street or an
international celebrity.
The problem
is that after the comparison, a lot of women may think to themselves that they
don’t add up and they don’t fit these standards of beauty. Movie stars,
singers, media personalities etc. are thrust onto T.V. screens, movies and the
media as being beauty ideals and there’s the subtle intimation that if you
don’t look like these persons then you are not beautiful. Nothing is wrong with
waking up in the morning and putting yourself together before you go out
through the door, but that’s not what these celebrities do. Countless thousands
of dollars are spent on their beauty regimen and the truth is that simply
increasing the amounts of vegetables, fruits and nuts in your diet, vitamins
and minerals, fresh air and exercise will actually give you similar results.
Then there’s
the media itself. The sheer amount of Air Brushing and Photoshopping that is
done boggles the mind. Not to mention the long list of “fakes”; fake hair, fake
teeth… it’s like a recurring decimal. What you find is that after all the
fakeness and media control, the person that you see is a mere caricature of the
original person. When a young girl sees these caricatures and thinks to herself
that she doesn’t measure up, feelings of inadequacy and inferiority may
develop. Self - loathing and shame are common among many females in their
attitudes towards their bodies.
Clothes Freedom is the practice of going without clothes either by oneself or in mixed gender social
groups. Those who practice Clothes Freedom do many social non-sexual activities including Swimming,
Bowling, Board Games or they may go to restaurants or other Naturist venues.
Naturist females see each other naked all the time and see each other as they
are, without the fakeness and media hype.
When a young
girl watches television and sees media hyped, fake personalities and compare
herself to them she feels that she isn’t good enough. She is also extremely
curious about her peers and how their bodies are developing. There is extreme
anxiety over invalid perceptions about what her body should look like, what the
bodies of her peers look like and if she is “normal”, however, if she is
allowed to see her peers without clothes, she immediately realizes that the
bodies of her peers look like hers and they are the ones that are normal. She
swiftly realizes that it’s the media hyped celebrities that are the fakes and
that begins a critical psychological movement in her own mind about self-acceptance
and self-love. This is a tremendous
confidence boost for a young girl who otherwise might go through life feeling
depressed and insecure about her body.
Naturism
allows women to accept themselves as they are. They no longer compare
themselves to unrealistic beauty standards and they know to themselves that
they are enough. Nudist girls can look
themselves in the mirror and accept that their bodies are beautiful and they
understand that when they have a healthy relationship with their bodies, their
bodies will in turn take care of them.
Accepting and
loving the way our bodies look and function is a necessary component for our
overall wellness and well-being. The Naturist realizes that when they work with
their bodies rather than against it, beautiful things will occur; the body
radiates an inner glow, the skin becomes lustrous and little gems like E.S.P.
are frequent occurrences.
When you love your body, it begins to function optimally.
This is the first step in managing illnesses and “dis-ease’. Naturism is a
beautiful practice for women and young girls. Many issues that women in the
textile world have are non-existent in naturist communities and homes. If the practice
of Naturism was more widespread, that would cap and seriously reduce the amount
of body shame that exists
Dale Harrison
nakedissacred@gmail.com , www.twitter.com/dharrisanthony ,
www.instagram com/daleharrison345 ,
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