Sunday, November 09, 2003 - Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
NUDITY DOES NOT EQUAL SEX
The Arizona Republic ran an article on Teen Nudist Camps and how some elected officials intend to "investigate" them because there must be "children being exploited and in danger of sexual abuse."
Arizona Speaker of the House Jake Flake said he would encourage the county attorney to investigate Shangri La Ranch because. "I have to think they are breaking some laws somehow, indecency or something." Flake is joined by Flordia congressman Mark Foley in his quest to close the camps which must be full of "teenagers with passions running high and adrenaline flowing."
Cheers for Republic writer Karina Bland who visited Shangri La Ranch and reported accurately what the climate is like. "It was pretty mundane, with people sunbathing, playing cards and visiting on lawn chairs."
She spoke with the kids and found that they were happy with their bodies. They've grown up understanding they don't have to look like supermodels. The boys are comfortable around the girls, more so than boys in their schools who tend to be suggestive or goofy about things sexual.
Aside from camp activities, they offer seminars on positive body image, leadership and nudism. They help the kids build healthy attitudes toward their bodies, quite different from the Sex-Ed and Health classes that are greeted with snickers and giggles in High School.
Our elected leaders should have something better to do than concern themselves with camps that have had 0 complaints against them, 0 teen pregnancy incidents, and 0 incidents of child abuse on record. Are these old codgers projecting their own sexual beliefs onto something innocent of the lustful ideas which reside only within themselves?
Shame, on you both! Nudity does NOT equal sex! Mayhaps we should investigate your own sexual proclivities?
©2003 Marcia Ellen "Happy" Beevre
Comments:
Your attitude to freedom, both from the imposition of religious dogma and your attitude to the human body are refreshing, especially from a resident of the US. I live in the UK where religion plays a much smaller role in policy (for example no member of parliament ever mentions "God" in a speech for fear of being laughed out of office, where as in the US it seems no-one can be elected without mentioning God.) Unfortunatley our attitude to the body has a lot in common with the US and has a long way to go before being as sensible as the attitude they have in France and Germany, but at least nudity is not illegal unless it can be shown that your objective was to cause "alarm or distress" whereas I understand in some states at least nudity is illegal whatever the circumstances.
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