It is Time for Naturist Clubs to Alter Their Policies on Genital Jewelry

There is an issue in the nudist world that has long been troubling us as an organization that bases our values on recognition. It's the issue of naturist clubs and naturist resorts that bar entrance to people who have body and genital jewelry.

FKK Addresses Body Jewelry & Piercings at Nudist Clubs

A few years ago, we discussed the problem of nipple piercings. Now nipple piercings are allowed.

As we pointed out in discussing nipple piercings, even Susan Weaver, who was then president of AANR, had her nipples pierced. Regardless of this, AANR hasn't taken a position against clubs that would bar entrance based on nipple or body jewelry. Even if a club is a 100% AANR club, they could have a policy that would technically exclude an AANR president from seeing (though to my knowledge, no club ever told Susan that she couldn't see, even if they had a rule against nipple jewelry).

I haven't come across any club or resort that still has a policy forbidding nipple jewelry. (If you know of one please share in the comments.) But the problem of body jewelry policies does not stop at nipples. Rock Lodge, along with numerous other nudist clubs, still has a rule against genital jewelry. This irritates us, for the exact same reasons as the nipple piercings.

Those people who are against genital ornamentation assert that people are making nudism sexual by having their genitalia pierced, and they are doing something wrong by bringing attention to that body part.

Let's explain why this makes no sense. The chief tenet of naturism is the body can be sexual or not, determined by the context. When folks are naked jointly in a naturist setting, the genitals are no more sexual, "dirty" or black than the tummy or elbow.

People are sexual beings, and of course, being naked does not keep anyone from believing sexual thoughts about others. As a result, it becomes rather obvious that your largest sex organ is actually one that you just can not see your BRAIN.

When it comes to the body and sexuality, it's about context. There's a time and place for everything.

So it would go that genital jewelry can merely be equally as innocent as pierced ears or a pierced belly button. Or on the flip side, earrings are in the same way sexual as genital jewelry. You will find undoubtedly those who get sexual pleasure from their piercings, in private, behind closed doors. Unless a person is treating their jewelry like a sex toy in public, there's really no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to join a nudist setting.

As for how it draws focus to the incorrect place, well 1. 2. You look or you peek at it, just like you would at a necklace, then you return to looking at the person's face.

http://www.bagusmail.com/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=fkk.buzz/author/admin/page/26/ of female breasts / nipples would be to feed infants. Some folks, of all sexes, do get sexual pleasure from their nipples in a sexual context. Identical to some people get sexual pleasure from their ears, but we don't prohibit piercings on them.

The other argument against piercings has to do with the notion that they're unsuitable in family settings where kids can be found. But the problem here consistently falls on the shoulders of those parents who are often scared to cope with their kids' innocent questions. (As a side rant to parents, please do not lie to your children or deny them advice about their bodies. There's this type of matter as age-appropriate responses. We now have the Internet now. If you're unsure how to answer a question, Google it or e-mail someone who might have the advice you seek.)

If your kid points at a penis ring and says, What Is that? The response is straightforward: It's a piercing." If the followup question is, "Why does he have it?" then the reply should be something like, "because he believes it is pretty.

The dilemma of genital jewelry also came up in the circumstance of San Francisco's nudity ban. Some of the male nudists were wearing cock rings in public. As we noted in this article, a cock ring is typically worn on the base of the penis and is used for maintaining erections, but can also just be worn for decoration.

Some 300 folks took the survey, and these were the results below. Nearly 70% said cock rings should be satisfactory in public if they are just worn as a piece of cosmetic jewelry. A small percentage said they believed it should not be worn around children.

Cock Ring FKK poll results

In the nudist world, views on body jewelry have undoubtedly shifted in recent years. Like it or not, increasingly more folks have nipple and / or genital jewelry, especially young adults. Others, however, are holding onto their policies that seem increasingly dated for 2015.

I'dn't claim that a body piercing is critical to a man's identity or an aspect of themselves that they can't change - like race or sexual orientation. Piercings are removable to some extent but they're a sort of self expression. We see this problem as a dent in the naturist philosophy. At least as far as accepting a person as they are, as well as understanding that nudity does not have to be sexual.

In the northeast, I Have found only 2* naturist clubs that still prohibit genital jewelry: Berkshire Vista (MA) and Rock Lodge Club (NJ). (I have also found that many naturist clubs in the U.S. do not address piercings on their sites at all. I haven't inquired with every club, but the ones I did contact said they were permitted.)

For clubs that do let jewelry, many establish that it must be discrete or inconspicuous. I believe that is fair. Nobody must walk around with large chains and bells on their genitalia.

Solair Nudist Resort in Connecticut is one cooperative club in the northeast that recently changed their rules to allow genital jewelry. We have been speaking to them about this policy for a few years, and as a co-op it took time to get enough votes to support it. It was altered this past June and we applaud Solair for becoming a more inclusive, accepting club!

Not everyone was on board with their new policy, nevertheless. On a recent trip to Solair, we met one member who said he thought it went against family values. Unfortunately he was unable to pronounce how just.

In 2015, I believe the nudist community is ready to be inclusive as it pertains to body jewelry. http://upsavings.com/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=familynudism.info/videos/carriecarrie-is-ready-to-hit-1455.html is time to better practice what we preach.

(*In fact there are 3 clubs that bar entry to people with genital jewelry if we count Cedar Waters Village in New Hampshire. Cedar Waters is a personal resort for heterosexual couples ONLY who don't desire to hang out with gay people. They do not allow nipple or genital piercings or same sex couples. You read that rightthey openly discriminate against homosexual people. In 2015.)

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