Favored dermal contact with all the surroundings inhospitable though it was to the loss of sense suggested by wearing

Garments." 124
96.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/nudebeach/nude-beaches.html of the animal kingdom. People are the only species to clothe themselves.
97. Some psychologists theorize that humans developed clothes, in part, to set themselves apart from
Creatures.
Fred Ilfeld and Roger Lauer write: "Man's important aim is superiority . . . and one manner that he strives for it is
through clothes. Not only do clothing protect and decorate, however they also grant status to the wearer, not just with
Garments make a human being seem less
125 Lawrence Langner adds: "Modern man is a
puritan and not a pagan, and by his clothes has been able to beat his feeling of shame in regard to his sex
organs in public, in mixed company. He has done this by transforming his fundamental inferiority into a sense of
superiority, by linking himself to God in whose sexless picture he claims to be made. But take all his clothing off, and
It's clear to see he is half-god, half-animal. He's playing two opposing functions which contradict one another, and
the result is confusion." 126
98. The physical barrier of garments reinforces emotional barriers separating us from the natural world.
In our clothing-obsessed society, we have distanced ourselves so much from nature the sight of our
own natural state is usually startling. Allen Ginsberg writes: "Truth may always surprise a little, because we are
creatures of habit, notably in our hypermechanized, hyperindustrialized, hypermilitarized society. Any
presentation of nature tends to appear shocking." 127
99. Lifestyles that are incompatible with the natural patterns of nature (including clothes-obsessiveness)
may be psychological damaging.
Robert Bahr writes: "Nakedness is the natural state of mankind; clothing imposes a barrier between us
and God, nature, the universe, which serves to dehumanize us all." 128 "Paradoxically," muses Jeremy Seabrook,
"the very presence of the westerners [on nude beaches] in the south is an expression of some absence in their
everyday lives. After all, whole businesses are now committed to enabling people 'to get away from it all.' What's it,
everything? Many will declare they're searching for something unavailable at home (apart from sun), something
to do with authenticity, a state of being 'unspoilt'. . . . They've been stripped of their cultural heritage; and this is
rituals that attend the critical moments of our human lives." 129


100. A Naturist lifestyle is more environmentally responsible. As an example, the the alternative of going nude
during hot, humid weather greatly reduces the requirement for air conditioning. Most air conditioners use tremendous
amounts of energy, and several use coolants which are damaging to the stratospheric ozone layer.
101. Garments is made by environmentally reckless processes from environmentally reckless
sources.
For https://s3.amazonaws.com/nudist-beach-picture/granny-beach-sex.html , synthetics are developed from oil; and cotton is grown with intensive pesticide-filled
agricultural techniques. Cotton makes up half of the entire world's textile eating, and is among the most pesticidesprayed
Harvests on the planet. Clothes fabrication could also comprise chlorine bleaching, chemical dyeing, sealing
with metallic compounds, finishing with resins and formaldehyde, and electroplating to rust proof zippers, creating
Poisonous residues in waste water.130
Accepted clothes conditions are arbitrary and inconsistent.
102. Clothing standards are inconsistent.
For instance, a bikini covering is accepted and even lauded on the shore, but is limited elsewhere--in a
department store, for example. Even on the seashore, an expensive bikini is considered acceptable, whereas knickers-
-though it covers the same amount--is not.
103. Clothes conditions are arbitrarily and irrationally based on sex.131
Until the 1920s, for instance, female ankles and shins were considered sexual in Western cultures, though
Guys wore knickers. The Japanese considered the back of a lady 's neck sexual, and current Middle Eastern
cultures conceal the girl's face. During the 1991 Gulf War, female U.S. army staff were prohibited from
wearing t shirts that bared their arms, because it would violate the Saudi Arabian allies.
forced to wear full army attire in stifling heat.132
104. Now in https://s3.amazonaws.com/tiny-nudist/family-nudists-pics.html United States, women's breasts are seen as sexual and unexposable, although they are