Garments." 124
96. there -compulsiveness is incompatible with the natural patterns of nature, as expressed by every other
Individuals are the only species to clothe themselves.
97. Some psychologists theorize that people developed clothing, in part, to set themselves apart from
animals.
Fred Ilfeld and Roger Lauer write: "Man's important goal is superiority . . . and one way that he strives for it's
through clothes. Not only do garments protect and decorate, but they also give status to the wearer, not just with
Garments make a human being seem less
like an animal and much more like a god by concealing his sexual organs." 125 Lawrence Langner adds: "Modern man is a
puritan and not a pagan, and by his clothing has been able to overcome his feeling of shame in relation to his sex
He has done this by transforming his fundamental inferiority into a sense of
superiority, by connecting himself to God in whose sexless picture he asserts to be made. But take all his clothing away, and
it is plain to see he is half-god, half-creature. He is playing two opposing functions which contradict one another, and
the result is confusion." 126
98. The physical barrier of clothing strengthens mental barriers separating us from the natural world.
In https://s3.amazonaws.com/l-naturist/beach-bum.html -obsessed society, we have distanced ourselves so much from nature that the sight of our
own natural state is usually startling. Allen Ginsberg writes: "Truth may constantly surprise a little, because we're
creatures of habit, notably in our hypermechanized, hyperindustrialized, hypermilitarized society. Any
Demonstration of nature will appear shocking." 127
99. Lifestyles which are incompatible with the natural patterns of nature (including clothes-obsessiveness)
may be mental damaging.
Robert Bahr writes: "Nakedness is the natural state of mankind; clothing imposes a barrier between us
and God, nature, the universe, which functions to dehumanize us all." 128 "Paradoxically," muses Jeremy Seabrook,
"the very existence of the westerners [on nude beaches] in the south is an expression of some lack in their
everyday lives. After all, whole businesses are now dedicated to enabling people 'to escape from it all.' What's it,
everything? Many will acknowledge they're looking for something unavailable at home (apart from sunshine), something
to do with credibility, a state of being 'unspoilt'. . . . They have been stripped of their cultural heritage; and this is
rituals that attend the important instants of our human lives." 129
100. As an example, the the alternative of going nude
during hot, humid weather significantly reduces the requirement for air conditioning. Most air conditioners use enormous
101. https://s3.amazonaws.com/l-naturist/group-sex-on-the-beach.html is made by environmentally irresponsible processes from environmentally reckless
sources.
agricultural techniques. Cotton constitutes half of the planet 's textile eating, and is among the most pesticidesprayed
Harvests on earth. Clothing fabrication could additionally comprise chlorine bleaching, chemical dyeing, sealing
toxic residues in waste water.130
Accepted garments requirements are arbitrary and inconsistent.
102. Clothes standards are inconsistent.
For example, a bikini covering is accepted and even lauded on the seashore, but is confined elsewhere--in a
department store, for example. Even on the shore, an expensive bikini is considered satisfactory, whereas knickers-
-though it covers the same number--is not.
103. Clothes conditions are arbitrarily and irrationally based on sex.131
Until the 1920s, for example, female ankles and shins were considered sexual in Western cultures, though
men wore knickers. The Japanese considered the back of a woman's neck erotic, and current Middle Eastern
cultures hide the girl's face. During the 1991 Gulf War, female U.S. army employees were prohibited from
wearing t shirts that bared their arms, since it'd violate the Saudi Arabian allies.
forced to wear full army attire in stifling heat.132
104. Today in The United States, women's breasts are seen as sexual and unexposable, although they are
97. Some psychologists theorize that people developed clothing, in part, to set themselves apart from
animals.
Fred Ilfeld and Roger Lauer write: "Man's important goal is superiority . . . and one way that he strives for it's
through clothes. Not only do garments protect and decorate, but they also give status to the wearer, not just with
Garments make a human being seem less
like an animal and much more like a god by concealing his sexual organs." 125 Lawrence Langner adds: "Modern man is a
puritan and not a pagan, and by his clothing has been able to overcome his feeling of shame in relation to his sex
He has done this by transforming his fundamental inferiority into a sense of
superiority, by connecting himself to God in whose sexless picture he asserts to be made. But take all his clothing away, and
it is plain to see he is half-god, half-creature. He is playing two opposing functions which contradict one another, and
the result is confusion." 126
98. The physical barrier of clothing strengthens mental barriers separating us from the natural world.
In https://s3.amazonaws.com/l-naturist/beach-bum.html -obsessed society, we have distanced ourselves so much from nature that the sight of our
own natural state is usually startling. Allen Ginsberg writes: "Truth may constantly surprise a little, because we're
creatures of habit, notably in our hypermechanized, hyperindustrialized, hypermilitarized society. Any
Demonstration of nature will appear shocking." 127
99. Lifestyles which are incompatible with the natural patterns of nature (including clothes-obsessiveness)
may be mental damaging.
Robert Bahr writes: "Nakedness is the natural state of mankind; clothing imposes a barrier between us
and God, nature, the universe, which functions to dehumanize us all." 128 "Paradoxically," muses Jeremy Seabrook,
"the very existence of the westerners [on nude beaches] in the south is an expression of some lack in their
everyday lives. After all, whole businesses are now dedicated to enabling people 'to escape from it all.' What's it,
everything? Many will acknowledge they're looking for something unavailable at home (apart from sunshine), something
to do with credibility, a state of being 'unspoilt'. . . . They have been stripped of their cultural heritage; and this is
rituals that attend the important instants of our human lives." 129
100. As an example, the the alternative of going nude
during hot, humid weather significantly reduces the requirement for air conditioning. Most air conditioners use enormous
101. https://s3.amazonaws.com/l-naturist/group-sex-on-the-beach.html is made by environmentally irresponsible processes from environmentally reckless
sources.
agricultural techniques. Cotton constitutes half of the planet 's textile eating, and is among the most pesticidesprayed
Harvests on earth. Clothing fabrication could additionally comprise chlorine bleaching, chemical dyeing, sealing
toxic residues in waste water.130
Accepted garments requirements are arbitrary and inconsistent.
102. Clothes standards are inconsistent.
For example, a bikini covering is accepted and even lauded on the seashore, but is confined elsewhere--in a
department store, for example. Even on the shore, an expensive bikini is considered satisfactory, whereas knickers-
-though it covers the same number--is not.
103. Clothes conditions are arbitrarily and irrationally based on sex.131
Until the 1920s, for example, female ankles and shins were considered sexual in Western cultures, though
men wore knickers. The Japanese considered the back of a woman's neck erotic, and current Middle Eastern
cultures hide the girl's face. During the 1991 Gulf War, female U.S. army employees were prohibited from
wearing t shirts that bared their arms, since it'd violate the Saudi Arabian allies.
forced to wear full army attire in stifling heat.132
104. Today in The United States, women's breasts are seen as sexual and unexposable, although they are
