not amused by the missionary zeal that prompts us to press our notions of decency upon them while be

insensitive or opposed to theirs." 37 Julian Robinson adds: "Eighteenth and nineteenth century missionaries and

colonial administrators were blissfully blind to their own spiritual, ethnic and sexual prejudices, and to the

symbolism of the very own tribal adornments--their tight laced corsets, powdered wigs, constricting shoes and styles of

outer garments absolutely unsuited to colonial life. These missionaries and administrators however took it upon

themselves to expunge all those 'pagan, barbaric and savage types of body packaging' which didn't conform to

Consequently the social and symbolic significance of the traditional forms of body

Ornamentation which had evolved over countless generations were, in many cases, ruined forever." 38

Russell Nansen records that "Henry Morton Stanley, the rescuer of David Livingstone in the Belgian

Congo. . . . Drifted across Africa tolerating every adversity but when he went back to

England he made a famous speech to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. He described to the audience how

many natives there were in the Congo, as well as the truth that they lived naked. http://cambridgediscoverypark.biz/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=purenudism2017.com told the audience that their responsibility as

Christians was to convert these misguided nude savages to Christianity and also to the wearing of garments. And when

blondes on a beach had progressed sufficiently to convince the natives of the need for wearing garments on Sunday,

Forthwith the audience

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25. Most anthropologists consider modesty an improbable reason behind the growth of clothing.

J.C. Flugel writes: "The great bulk of scholars . . . have unhesitatingly regarded decoration as the

motive that led, in the first place, to the adoption of clothes, and consider the warmth- and modesty-maintaining

functions of apparel, however significant they might later on become, were only found once the wearing of clothes

had become habitual for other reasons. . . . The anthropological evidence consists chiefly in the fact that among the

most primitive races there exist unclothed but not undecorated peoples." 40 Anthropologists agree almost

unanimously on this point.41

26. url and anthropologists think that modesty about exposure of the body may well be a

Consequence of wearing clothing, rather than its cause.42

27. It is intriguing to notice that it is only possible to be immodest once an accepted type of modesty has

been established.43

28. Modesty regarding nudity is a popular phenomenon, not biologically instinctive. This really is evidenced

From the fact nudity is venerated in art.44

Naturism promotes sexual well-being.

29. Nudity isn't, by itself, lusty, and nudity in mixed groups is not inherently sexual. All these are myths

propagated by a clothing-obsessed society. Sexuality is a matter of intention as opposed to state of dress.

In our culture, someone who exposes their sexual parts for just about any reason is regarded as being an exhibitionist. It

is supposed they stripped to attract attention and cause a sexual reaction in others. This really is seen as a perversion.

Hypocritically, if a person dresses particularly to arouse sexual attraction, they can be considered to have pride in their

Look. Even if they get great sexual gratification out of the attention others give, there is no idea of

30. Nudists, as a group, are healthier sexually compared to the general population.

http://stevecatlin.com/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=picsnudism.com are, usually, much more comfortable with their bodies than the public, and this also contributes to

a more relaxed and comfortable approach toward sexuality generally.

31. Sexual satisfaction in married couples shows a correlation for their level of relaxation with nudity.45

32. Studies show significantly less incidence of casual premarital and extramarital sex, group sex, incest,

and rape among nudists than among non-nudists.46

33. http://lmssaat.com/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=videonudists.xyz have shown that nations with fewer hangups about nudity have lower teen pregnancy

and abortion speeds.47

34. Clothing accentuate sexual puzzle and also the capacity for unhealthy sexual fantasies.

Photographer Jock Sturges says, "our arbitrary demarcations [between clothing and nudity, sexual and

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everything with sex and after that recoils when presented with all the realities of natural process." 48 C. Willet Cunnington

writes: "We need to thank the Early Fathers for having, albeit unwillingly, created a style of thinking from

which men as well as women have developed an art which has supplied . . . so many novel means of exciting the sexual

appetite. Prudery, it seems, provides humankind with never-ending aphrodisiacs, hence, without doubt, the unwillingness to left

it." 49