Oh, Millennials and Gen Zers are clearly more prudish on the whole than baby boomers, and while social media has exacerbated that, I believe the prudishness predates social media. As a case in point, I'll take us back 22 years prior to social media to when I was swimming early mornings at a community center before going to work. High school swim team members would work out at the same time. Even back then, these teenage boys would shower (individual stalls) wearing their Speedos or jammers, contorting hilariously with their towels to change from swimwear to school clothing, HORRIFIED by the sight of me -then in my early 40s - going totally nude from locker to shower & back and standing nude at the open sink/counter/mirror while shaving, never wrapping a towel around my waist. 22 years on, those boys are now men, now shaped by social media, most likely even more body-phobic (if that's possible), and raising children to be the same.
I agree with Bill, below. I rarely see young boys get naked or shower nude in my community centre. I remember my days at U of T in the early 70s swimming nude in the Hart House pool, seeing guys shave and use the washroom nude there. Have my doubts that's still done. My theory - there's been an obsession with labelling genitalia as "private" to the point of not being seen ... ever. Some of that has been an over reaction to abuse awareness that was never there before. Other cultural influences are no doubt at work as well.
When it comes to climate change, etc., many of us boomers are jaded because we've seen so much more. My memories go back to the 50s. Those include: how all buildings in Toronto (including old city hall, and the Queen's park parliament buildings) were black or grey from a century of coal smoke; how the sands of Lake Erie's Point Peele park were littered with dried dead fish (you would actually spread your towel over them as there was so little exposed sand) from the pollution killing them; when visiting Chicago for the first time circa 1960 my parents thought we were entering a thunder storm because the sky was black with clouds which were actually industrial smoke. I could go on and on, like when I visited east Germany in '67 and '70 to visit relatives. Anyone who thinks socialism is the answer I have pictures of black, polluted rivers and streams to counter.
Also, the big global concern back then was ... global cooling! Yes, we're overdue for an ice age. So I actually read proposals in science magazines for how we can warm the planet to keep that from happening. Even Isaac Asimov wrote an article about no more ice ages, to allay those worries, because he believed our emissions would counter that natural trend. Guess he was right!
A very brief however very highlighting article.. Dwindling & Rising of naturism in any part of the world will always remain & will continue, as it's most natural phenomenon like other things of life..It depends on so many factors which can't be controlled across the world & at the same time..
I don't think there is much doubt about the climate changing and the number of extreme weather events increasing both in number and force. The disagreement between scientists and many laymen seems to be about what is causing it. One school of thought feels it is a natural occurrence, others feel greenhouse gases have destabilized the weather systems and heated up the oceans.
If the few comments here are any indication, I wonder if the majority of naturists feel it is natural. Perhaps another newsletter might run a poll on it.
Regardless, it is a timely subject and I thought the hook in the nudism production was an interesting angle. I'd love to travel to Australia to see the play. Maybe it will find its way onto YouTube.
The boomer understand that man(kind) can not change natural occurring climate change. This has occurred since earth began.
What man CAN do is control pollution.
Science and political agenda never results in good things. I remember science activists yelling us the heat age was coming. Then the ice age. Not to mention the earthquake science of California falling into the ocean.
You 100 % nailed it. Climate Change is a for profit and power grabbing hoax. The other 100 % truth is that nudists around the world are contributing to a more sound environment due to buying less and wearing less clothing thus washing less all of which contributes to less pollution.
Oh, Millennials and Gen Zers are clearly more prudish on the whole than baby boomers, and while social media has exacerbated that, I believe the prudishness predates social media. As a case in point, I'll take us back 22 years prior to social media to when I was swimming early mornings at a community center before going to work. High school swim team members would work out at the same time. Even back then, these teenage boys would shower (individual stalls) wearing their Speedos or jammers, contorting hilariously with their towels to change from swimwear to school clothing, HORRIFIED by the sight of me -then in my early 40s - going totally nude from locker to shower & back and standing nude at the open sink/counter/mirror while shaving, never wrapping a towel around my waist. 22 years on, those boys are now men, now shaped by social media, most likely even more body-phobic (if that's possible), and raising children to be the same.
I agree with Bill, below. I rarely see young boys get naked or shower nude in my community centre. I remember my days at U of T in the early 70s swimming nude in the Hart House pool, seeing guys shave and use the washroom nude there. Have my doubts that's still done. My theory - there's been an obsession with labelling genitalia as "private" to the point of not being seen ... ever. Some of that has been an over reaction to abuse awareness that was never there before. Other cultural influences are no doubt at work as well.
When it comes to climate change, etc., many of us boomers are jaded because we've seen so much more. My memories go back to the 50s. Those include: how all buildings in Toronto (including old city hall, and the Queen's park parliament buildings) were black or grey from a century of coal smoke; how the sands of Lake Erie's Point Peele park were littered with dried dead fish (you would actually spread your towel over them as there was so little exposed sand) from the pollution killing them; when visiting Chicago for the first time circa 1960 my parents thought we were entering a thunder storm because the sky was black with clouds which were actually industrial smoke. I could go on and on, like when I visited east Germany in '67 and '70 to visit relatives. Anyone who thinks socialism is the answer I have pictures of black, polluted rivers and streams to counter.
Also, the big global concern back then was ... global cooling! Yes, we're overdue for an ice age. So I actually read proposals in science magazines for how we can warm the planet to keep that from happening. Even Isaac Asimov wrote an article about no more ice ages, to allay those worries, because he believed our emissions would counter that natural trend. Guess he was right!
A very brief however very highlighting article.. Dwindling & Rising of naturism in any part of the world will always remain & will continue, as it's most natural phenomenon like other things of life..It depends on so many factors which can't be controlled across the world & at the same time..
I don't think there is much doubt about the climate changing and the number of extreme weather events increasing both in number and force. The disagreement between scientists and many laymen seems to be about what is causing it. One school of thought feels it is a natural occurrence, others feel greenhouse gases have destabilized the weather systems and heated up the oceans.
If the few comments here are any indication, I wonder if the majority of naturists feel it is natural. Perhaps another newsletter might run a poll on it.
Regardless, it is a timely subject and I thought the hook in the nudism production was an interesting angle. I'd love to travel to Australia to see the play. Maybe it will find its way onto YouTube.
The boomer understand that man(kind) can not change natural occurring climate change. This has occurred since earth began.
What man CAN do is control pollution.
Science and political agenda never results in good things. I remember science activists yelling us the heat age was coming. Then the ice age. Not to mention the earthquake science of California falling into the ocean.
Agenda for profit is not benefiting the public.
You 100 % nailed it. Climate Change is a for profit and power grabbing hoax. The other 100 % truth is that nudists around the world are contributing to a more sound environment due to buying less and wearing less clothing thus washing less all of which contributes to less pollution.
T & K
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