Why Society Is Better Off Swimming Naked Without Bathing Suits

I am not among those nudies that feels compelled to be naked 24 / 7, and I would say that many naturists can't be and do not care to be nude everywhere, all the time.
I am rather comfy wearing clothes in the winter. I get cold very easily and am glad for the sweaters I have to keep me warm. Though I'm not much into vogue or clothing shopping, I do like dressing up occasionally and expressing myself with particular colors, fabrics and fashions.
Howevert here is one item of clothing that I would rather keep buried and forgotten in my dressing table: my bathing suit.
The bathing suit is among the most useless articles of clothing ever devised by mankind. It does not help you bathe or swim. Its only goal is to cover up the body parts that American culture (and other cultures) has deemed obscene: buttocks, genitals and FEMALE nipples.
In the U.S., the general consensus seems to be: remove bathing suits and all hell will break loose. The beach can be overrun with public sex and perverts. This comes from our society's gymnophobia (anxiety of nudity) and the idea that nudity = sex.
Truthfully, we can perform only too as without bathing suits, if not better. Swimming unclothed used to be the norm in early Greek culture. Bare spas have been around for centuries. In America, nude swimming was mandatory and considered the norm at YMCA's and in schools up until the 1970's. Many of today's bare beaches have been around for decades, proving that all kinds of people can really swim and sunbathe naked together with civility and respect. Acts of public sex are prohibited at a unclothed beach just like anyplace else.
Although the bathing suit has gradually shrunk down from full length costumes to today's teeny bikini, the practices of skinny-dipping and bare sunbathing have not disappeared. The liberating feeling of swimming with no suit is a familiar reason people get into nudism.
Felicity Jones Unclothed Bathing and Swimming at "Large Deep," Woodstock, New York
Sure, folks can wear swimsuits as a type of self-expression. You can find all types of swimsuit designs out there. But I 'd argue the discomfort, annoyance and cost much outweigh any joy you might feel from wearing a fashionable suit that fits.
Here's why I think we had all be better off without bathing suits:
1. They're unhygienic and unsanitary. This may lead to the spread of Recreational Water Illnesses (RWI's). https://s3.amazonaws.com/naturism-aa/beach-nude-kelly-brook.html is why it is crucial that you shower before entering a pool. But how lots of people actually shower first at American public pools? In accordance with 2012 survey by the Water Quality and Health Council, only 32% of American adults said they consistently shower first, and many Americans - 44% -don't even think a pre-swim shower is essential.
2. They're uneasy, tight and restricting before you even go in the water. You then swim and get it wet now you've got chilly, sopping wet material clinging to your skin. You get out of the water, and today the rest of your naturally-water-repellant skin dries while the suit stays wet for at least the next 15 - 30 minutes. For girls who sit in wet bottoms, this can function as the perfect breeding ground for a yeast infection. That should be a pretty big clue that we are not designed to be wearing these things.
We likely have the dirtiest public pools of any developed nation.
That's not an index of a clean pool. The truth is it's a direct result impurities from people's bodies combining with chlorine in the water. This creates chloramines, which give off that irritating odor.
Evidently, the preemptive shower is much easier and more successful when done nude. And any bacteria, fecal matter, sweat, germs, etc., that get trapped in suits could be avoided entirely if everyone swam naked. When children were required to swim nude at the Y, hygiene was the primary reason given, and it's still an excellent reason. Though https://s3.amazonaws.com/naturism-aa/teen-nudist-xxx-links.html have better compound technology, chlorine is not some wonder pool cleaner.
Hot Tub Rules Sign at Lake Como Nudist Resort
The cleanest pools in America can likely be found at naturist resorts. No one is bringing in impurities from their clothing, and resort pools frequently have multiple signals instructing people to shower before entering. And should youn't, a club member is likely to remind you because they need a clean pool.
3. As if anyone needed evidence, Australian shrink Marika Tiggemann's 2012 study on body image and swimsuits found that girls get concerned and depressed just considering swimsuit shopping. Most people appear to approach it with just as much expectation as a trip to the dentist, and with good reason. Every spring, we're surrounded by advertisements about the best way to obtain an ideal "bikini body," eg slim, tanned and toned without any cellulite, wrinkles or imperfections. It's a message that just one kind of body fits in a bikini or any sort of revealing swimsuit. Some body-positive efforts happen to be attempting to challenge this in the past few years with memes saying that bikinis are for everyone. However the bikini-body magazine narratives, work outs and products will continue to sell as long as a profit can be made of course.
Body-favorable bikini meme - "How to get a bikini body: set a bikini on a body"
But even when you can disregard all the body-shaming media and promotion, you're still faced with the task of finding a swimsuit that fits well. For "plus size" women and girls with large breasts, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. When you do locate your holy grail of a suit, you are lucky if it doesn't come with a hefty price tag.
How much of a relief would it be to skip this entire procedure and visit a naked beach or naked pool instead?
Plus, the "unsanitary" factor applies to swimsuit shopping as well - those new swimsuits at the store are covered in all kinds of nasty bacteria!
4. SexXy double standards. The swimsuit business is all about sexually objectifying women. Lots of swimsuits are made to emphasize a woman's cleavage and booty. The over-sexualization of breasts is part of the reason we're compelled to wear tops in any way. Victoria's Secret adds the word "sexy" into the names of each and every one of their bathing suits. This is, again, about "bikini body" standards, but it sends the message that women should wear bikinis for them to look "hot" and bring the (heterosexual) male gaze. Why else would we go to the plage, right? Obviously people need to appear and feel good in what they wear.
It sounds counter-intuitive, but unclothed beaches and naturist resorts create a more equal and less sexual environment because many people are naked.
As for men, I understand some guys wish that America would cover the speedo already. But be joyful you can lawfully wear one, guys. If I showed up at the beach or pool in a speedo, I'd very quickly be arrested or shown the door generally in most places. It is been 80 years since guys gained the right to be topfree in public, and women are still waiting for exactly the same right (in many states / cities).
Tobias "Never Bare" attempting on a speedo on TV Show Arrested Development