Definitely cover the bottom. But I’d rather not have to leave the top uncovered, but I would feel much more comfortable just exposing my breasts than everything.
I’ve been to a ‘real’ clothing optional beach in Greece and I left my swimsuit on…but some older people did not…and by older I meant grandparent age. And I was in high school so of course my friends and I made fun.
Am I sitting down or do I have to walk around? If sitting, and I have a towel, then I’d choose to keep the top, since I can just hold my legs together real tight and clasp my hands on my “region” and nobody would have to know it was missing. Chances are that if I’m on a beach and missing half my swimwear, I’m not going to want to run around anyway. No wonder I prefer one-pieces.
Well, if it were a nude beach, I would probably be nude. Assuming it was a semi-nude beach, I’d go topless for sure - been there, done that (don’t) have the t-shirt.
Showing the boobage is NOT a big deal at all. They’re just boobs. Having your kootchie hanging out is a totally different ball of wax, if only for the sand and bug reasons mentioned previously.
Also, even if everyone is doing it, at some point at the beach you’re going to have to sit on your towel or lounge chair, or reach for some some screen or whatever, and if you’re bottomless the crowd is going to be privy to a boatload of gyno-shots. No thanks.
It’s like the Seinfeld “good naked” vs. “bad naked.” Gyno-shots on a beach are “bad-naked.”
No, I mean pubic hair. If you’re doing normal activities and unshaved, your genitals aren’t going to be outwardly exposed.
Could I use it to cover my face?
I always thought it was spelled “coochie.” Perhaps its a regional difference. So to speak.
As for the towel bit, I have never been on a beach and sat on a towel and not had sand get on both sides of the towel! I am prepared to acknowledge however I’m not exactly poetry in motion when it comes to sitting on the beach on a towel. I tend to step on it, and crinkle it up as I’m reading. And bugs and critters can easily crawl onto the towel.
Another thing I hadn’t really mentioned. Mooning - a brief glimpse of your bottom - is totally different. Conduct this experiment. Have a girl bend over, with her ass facing you, naked. If her legs are together, the chances are high you won’t see anything between her legs except maybe the barest glimpse. Covers it up nicely.
I like to sit cross-legged. No freakin’ way am I doing that if when I do it everything between my legs is going to be revealed. And I shave, so it’s not covered.
…oh man, this makes me want to go to a nude beach so badly. For me, not much feels better than lying or walking on the beach in the altogether, not to mention nude swimming.
This reminds me of something I’ve always wanted some insight on. With regard to nude beaches (or other venues), do people tend to be shy about being seen by other nude people who are there, or is it more a matter of being seen by clothed gawkers passing through or watching from afar? It’s the nature of nude beaches, at least in this country, that they tend to be in areas secluded by cliffs, but that usually means that someone can watch the whole scene from the top.
Technically, you’re right: the female genitals are internal or in the case of the labia, hidden such that they usually can’t be seen unless the legs are open, so if a bottomless woman were walking down the street, she’s not showing anything.
Realistically, you are wrong, and everyone on earth knows it. A woman without any clothes on the bottom is showing “everything” and it’s much more shocking than if she were walking around topless. Whether she’s shaved or not doesn’t matter, and lots of women do shave these days so there’s even more to “show” if she does in fact shave.
Forget about the actual anatomy. To believe that since medically she’s not actually displaying her genitals - and therefore it’s no big deal - is like saying that if a woman goes to the office without a shirt or bra, but with pasties completely covering her nipples and aureole, then she’s “not showing anything.” We all know that’s not true.
So how would you conduct yourself at a real ‘no clothing’ nude beach?
Would you sit and move differently as to not show off the goods?
And where doe the butt factor in? Don’t you think that someone walking around with a naked butt is showing anything? Even though technically it’s just two big fat things smushed together - no genitals involved at all - it’s still “naked” when it’s not covered up.
Have you seen some of the bikinis women wear these days? With the panty part of the bikini on there isn’t much to the imagination. An observer can see your curves, the crotch line, and if it’s wet it just sticks to you like paint. The only thing left to the imagination is the actual labia, hair and such. Not hiding much there. We all pretty much know what the female genitalia look like. Breasts on the other hand are much more dynamic in their range of appearance.
That is were I’m coming from, so to speak.
Guys and gals both have asses, not much going on there 
. And besides, the OP is referring to a place where such activity is acceptable. I don’t expect you to walk into work wearing just a bra.
You can usually tell the people who are first time visitors because they’re shyness and awkwardness is evident at first but vanishes after about 15 minutes. The reason is simple - all the other people are nude and they’re paying absolutely no attention to the fact. It is a complete non-issue.
The reaction to gawkers is to make them feel uncomfortable, because gawking and staring is rude (whether you’re clothed or not). Gawkers quickly get the idea that they aren’t welcome and move on. I’ve seen several cameras end up in the surf, too.
I’m not sure what nude beaches you’ve visited, but neither Sandy Hook nor Haulover Beach are anywhere near cliffs and they get thousands (and I do mean thousands) of visitors every weekend day during good weather. Hell, Haulover is in downtown Miami. It is hard to be more exposed than that.
I thought this was only a hypothetical. In real life, I would never go. I know this says a lot about how I was raised and a lot of prudish morals I have left over and hanging around, but that’s as it may be. I don’t wear bikinis, either, but one-piece suits.
And yet I am all for nudity in other people who desire to be nude! Just not me - I just feel I want to pick and choose who I want to share my nudity with.
I don’t know what to tell you, then. You’re clearly a man and don’t understand. Sorry for that type of argument but that’s the way things are. It doesn’t matter if there is more of a range of size/appearance in breasts than in pubic region. The pubic region is going to be a lot more “private” for the majority of women.
That doesn’t make it any less uncomfortable (mentally) or make a woman less self-conscious for her to walk around, even at a semi-nude or nude beach where many people might be nude, with no bottoms on.
I guess I don’t understand your supposition. Do you believe that women should normally and logically feel more self-conscious with no top on rather than no bottom because: 1) their breasts might look different than the next person’s but the pubic region looks pretty much the same on everyone; 2) their naked ass doesn’t factor into the equation because men have asses too; and 3) their sex organs are internal so nothing’s really showing so there’s nothing to be self-conscious about?
That sums it up pretty well, I guess. Guys have a lot more to display by being naked in the lower regions than woman do. I realise that everyone’s a little different and no two people will feel the same way about this, but I was just trying to get some views on why you’d feel one way or the other.
Think of it this way, if someone walked in on you (naked) in your bedroom what would be the first thing(s) you’d cover up? I suspect your arms would go right over your chest and you’d let the lower regions fend for themselves. Does that mean anything as far as the OP is concerned?
There’s really only one way to test that. I’ll volunteer to be the door opener.
I understand that anatomically guys have more to display. But nobody, or very very few, women actually think that way. I don’t think many men think that way either, actually. You might be the only one!
Speaking for myself, if someone walked into my bedroom and I was naked and it was some stranger who I didn’t want to see me naked, I’d grab the nearest piece of cloth (shirt, pants, blanket) and wrap it around myself - top and bottom. If it were only a small piece of cloth, I’d cover my breasts with one arm and hold the cloth over my crotch. If I were in a totally empty room, I’d probably pull my arms close in over my breasts and simultaneously pull one leg up to sort of hide my crotch and kind of hunch over. I kind of doubt any woman would ONLY cover her breasts and just stand there normally otherwise.
The ones I’ve been to in California are below cliffs, and naturally tend to be out of the way, as a result of the fact that they “need” to be away from the popular family and tourist oriented beaches. Oddly enough, the condition of being below a cliff usually means the beach is a good site for hang gliding, and there were hang gliders at two of these beaches that I visited.