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Excluding sex or bathing, what activities have you done naked?

Being a naturist (nudist) I was just curious. Excluding sex or bathing, what activities have you done naked?

Here are some things I myself have done, while naked.

  1. Sleeping. It is much more comfortable and it is easier for your body to maintain homeostasis and an even temperature if you sleep naked.

  2. Cleaning House. I started to just clean the shower naked, as then I didn’t have to worry about t getting wet or dirty. However, I reasoned there was no reason to worry about getting dirty at all when cleaning if I cleaned the whole house naked. I still ended cleaning in the shower, as after cleaning the shower, I’d also clean myself up.

  3. Gardening and yard work. I saw no need to get clothes dirty if I didn’t have to. I did and do wear clothes in the front yard, or if I am handling a mower or chainsaw, as a matter of safety. The function of clothes is warmth and protection, and some aspects of yard work require sensible protection. I’ll also do hand watering nude too. I don’t worry about getting wet, and if it gets hot, I can just turn the hose on myself and cool down without getting any clothing wet.

  4. Sunbathing. I think an all over tan looks much better and more natural than tan lines do, and much more attractive.

  5. Swimming. I hate wet swimwear. It gets really cold really fast once you get out of the water. Strangely, when naked, you don’t’ get as cold. You also don’t have to deal with a wet swimsuit getting everything else wet in your bag.

  6. At a Spa. This includes Jacuzzis, Steam Rooms and Saunas. Again, no wet swimsuits, and also it is easier to shower off sweat if you aren’t' wearing a swimsuit.

  7. Hiking. I love being out in nature and being naked enhances the experience as you feel the sun and wind (and sometimes rain) on your skin.

  8. Bicycling. I’ve gone on quite a few naked bike rides, usually as part of protests. The World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR), which happens in many major cities, is a protest about our dependence on fossil fuels. The WNBR in Portland, Oregon, in the USA attracts over 10,000 riders each year.

  9. Streaking. This is basically jogging while nude. In the e1970’s a lot of exhibitionists (persons who get aroused by others seeing them naked) did this, but for nudists it is always about just being naked and never about being seen by others… unless protesting, but then being seen still isn’t about sex.

  10. Table Games. Such as pool/billiards or ping pong.

  11. Boards Games/ card games. Oddly enou8gh I never played strip poker or any other stripping game. If nudity is no big deal for you, there is really no attraction to such games. However, I have played board and card games while naked.

So, what have you done naked (excluding sex and bathing)?

snytiger6 9 Nov 5
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None other than sex and bathing.

Nothing wrong with not doing thinkgs naked outside of sex and bathing. Most people simply have been conditioned not to consider nudity outside of those contexts. Part of the purpose of my post, and why I included practical reasons for doing some things nude was to just open people up to consider more than their conditioned (learned) options and what actually makes more sense from a pragmatic perspective.

I'm in a community living center. We all remain clothed here. As well as work.

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I have trouble understanding why some people are so fascinated with nudity. In my opinion, clothes serve the purpose of keeping you warm or cool yes, but also keeping you clean. The thought of sitting on anything with no undies is disgusting to me...you have no idea what was on that surface before you.

At nudist clubs, or in nudist homes, it is customary to carry a towel with you for sitting on.

It is true, that some cultural adjustments would have to be made for purposes of sanitation and general public safety.

I think the purposes of clothing are three fold. First you wear clothing for warmth. Also you wear clothing for general protection. Finally peopel also wer clothign to denote their status int he community.

One of the greatest things I like about nudist clubs is that without the visual cues of clothing to denote status there is no status and everyone is treated pretty equally.

I've listed reasons why nudity works well for doign different things in the original post.

To me, the question isn't so much why people are fascinated with nudity, but as we are born nude, but why are people so obsessed with clothing?

After all, we are naked under our clothes.

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Spent a week in Jamaica that has a nude side and a prude side - clothing optional.

For some, I don't think "prude" is always accurate. Some peopel have just never encountered nudity outside the the contexts of sex or bathing and our culture had trained us to equate nudity with sex. The idea of platonic nude recreation is something mos tpeople have never heard of or been exposed to. If they could gt past the feelings of "body shame" many people would really enjoy platonic nude recreation.

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Backcountry skiing! And river rafting. Fun, butchagotta slather on the sunscreen.

I've hiked nude up above the snow line on Mt Hood (Oregon), but the air temperature was probably around 80F. I could not imagine skiing naked. I am just too warm blooded. To me clothing has two main purposes, warmth and protection. Still I ride my bike naked, so warmth is the more important to me. Even with the cold, the idea of skiing naked does seem like fun.

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Sleeping, skinny dipping, sauna, hot tubing, sun bathing. All I can remember.

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been to sauna

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Def no 1, but since I love sailing single handed, often go sailing naked.

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That is an awesome meme! LOL

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Cooking, and Be Smarter Than I Was, please!

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I can't really think of anything, I even go to bed with clothes on.

Mr_Dj Level 5 Nov 15, 2017

Yeah, we are generally conditioned as a society to wear clothes all the time, except when bathing or having sex. The problem with that is that peopel only think of nudity in those two contexts, and most often think nudity = sex/ When in fact a person can be nude doing virtually anything.

As one of my favorite T-shirts says "If we were meant to be naked, we'd be born that way."

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