But which countries around the world are the most accepting and best for those who want to swim the way nature intended, without fear of judgment? Number of nudist beaches: Number of naturist campsites: Average annual temperature: Taking the top spot as the ultimate destination to take a swim in the buff is France, a country known for its nude and topless beaches it had the second-highest number of all countries we looked at. While laws and the general acceptability of sunbathing and swimming in the nude do vary around the US, there are still plenty of open-minded places for those looking to take the plunge. The USA had more places for naturists to stay than any other country on our list, with the likes of Florida and California being particular hotspots.
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Do you have girlfriends who have no problem slinking out of their clothes to swim naked in public? I was once like you, but now don my birthday suit proudly while swimming or soaking in the nude in a variety of situations. When I was younger, I avoided any scenario that might require disrobing in front of more than one person my partner preferably at a time. While others eagerly jumped at a skinny dipping experience in group settings at remote hot springs, or took spur-of-the-moment nude swims in mountain lakes, I quietly hoped not to be put in such positions. But, my early naked, water-related experiences were filled with fear and shame. While my female friends got excited about trips to hot springs or other water sources that welcomed nudity, I rejected invites to join other women skinny dipping as often as possible without seeming rude even though I longed to join their free-spirited adventures. Thus, while I yearn for those unrestrained skinny dipping experiences, I was simply too afraid of what people would think when they saw me naked. I grew up in a weight-conscious home with one parent or the other always on a diet. I went on my first diet sometime in early grade school when the kids and my waif-like sister took to calling me a cow.
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Crowds ditched their kit and ran into the water at Druridge Bay, Northumberland, to celebrate the arrival of the Autumn Equinox. More than brave men and women embraced the cold by splashing and paddling at sunrise for the annual North East Skinny Dip. Among them was Jo, from South Shields, who described the whole thing as "very liberating". Before the nude plunge, participants gathered in groups on the sand to watch a fire-eating female dancer. Members of the local coastguard rescue team stood by as a precaution as the skinny dippers entered the water, but no medical issues arose. The dip, which has become an annual event since it launched in , raises money for mental health charity MIND.
In the article, I share how fear and shame kept me from enjoying—and often joining—my peers on their skinny dipping adventures. Though I longed to be like my more free-spirited sisters, a slew issues around body acceptance and shame held me back. It was only after I entered my forties that I finally began enjoying and seeking out opportunities to get naked in public. However, those opportunities remained restricted to all-women skinny dipping events…until just a couple of weeks ago when I found myself naked at Collins Beach, a popular nude beach on Sauvie Island in Portland. Most of my friends who have gone love it and go often. For me, the idea of hanging out naked on a co-ed public beach with a bunch of naked strangers was overwhelming and mildly terrifying. Only a week before I went to Collins, a girlfriend of mine invited me to join her and her girlfriend. She was already at the nude beach with a large group of queer women Collins Beach has an unofficial LGBTQ designated area and insisted it was clothing optional and that there were plenty of people with bathing suits on.
