What’s this boob pontificating about? It should be EVERY teenager’s right to go to a nude summer camp (if they wish!).
Wow, I wish I was 18 again! Any Dopers ever attend one of these camps? Must be fun…so where does this jerk Foley think he gets his authority from?
Of course, there MIGHT be a few problems with attending such a camp-must be a lot of accidental pregnancies!
The NYTimes did an article on these recently. If you’d like to read it, it’s available here (registration required).
I don’t have a problem with the camps - if a teen (or an adult)comfortable enough in their own skin to attend one, good for them. And I doubt that accidental pregnancies are a serious problem.
Man, if I’d known there were nudist camps for me when I was a teenager, I never would’ve left…
What age group are we talking about here? All teenagers? So my 13 year old daughter is going to be at the same camp as 18 year olds? AND they are going to be nude?
I’m kinda uncomfortable with that.
And what if not all of the kids attending this camp are actually nudists and have been raised that way? What if one of their friends tag along just for the hell of it to see a bunch of naked people?
I’m not so sure about this one…
So you guys would be okay if your teenage daughter or son had an all-nude sleepover?
Who are these teens who want to hang around each other in the nude? My daughter and her best friend of 11 years or so still change in separate rooms when they do sleepovers. If they’re going to be in less than undergarments, they’re behind a closed door. And thinking back eons to my own teen years, it was pretty much the same situation.
I don’t entirely understand why so many people are so bent out of shape about nudity. Naked does not necessarily equate to lewd and lacivious, fercryinoutloud! It’s just skin…
I don’t have a problem with skin or nudity…maybe I should clarify my issue.
Let’s say my teenagers have been brought up as nudists and think nothing of it. They go to this camp where I don’t know if every other kid there has been brought up as nudists or if they are there just for kicks.
Teenagers together, clothed or unclothed, are going to hook up. It’s just nature.
I would want to make sure I checked out this camp thoroughly to make sure it was on the up and up. But of course…I would do that with ANY camp my kids went to.
I was White Tail Park (don’t you love the name) on Sunday, and the American Association of Nude Recreation Eastern Region (or whatever the formal name of the organization is…it keeps changing) was having a leadership retreat for teenagers. There were about 100 nude teenagers there, both boys and girls. Adults chaperone the events and there isn’t any problem at all with inappropriate behavior. All the kids there were from families that are practicing nudists.
Social nudism isn’t about sex (even to teenagers, who think everything is about sex), and everyone seemed to be having a pretty good time.
Oh please, the guy’s just upset he can’t go and ogle the naked 18-year-old girls. He IS a red-blooded politician, after all. 
Foley’s not thinking – the government should sponsor said nudist camps. Then they can put up webcams and charge subscription fees – that’ll take care of any budget deficits, and Bush can cut taxes to zero. 
Or not.
Dear god, please be Very Very careful with the flaming marshmallows.
Ah. Change one word in the sentence then.
Apparently the title of the thread is incorrect, as Rep. Foley is an R. Florida. I was a bit surprised by the idea of a Democrat advocating a ban on nudist camps, though maybe I shouldn’t be.
Oh no! He’s going to take away all the funs of the nudie teen camp, like texturey-dipping and dress-up-poker!
As a teen I have no problem with nudity. In fact, I encourage it.
Damn! Where were these teenage nudist camps when I was a teen! Any place that discourages the wearing of shoes and underpants is fine by me!
I’m telling you, the kids these days, they don’t know how good they have it. Why, when I was their age …
And… the keyboard gets replaced yet again.
I love nudity. Nudist camps would be great, but you have to make sure the teens are mature enough to handle the experience in a non-sexual way. Nudity does not infer sex. I am 17 years old and I know that. I’ve thought about nudist camps numerous times and I’d love to become a member of one. I know the difference between sexual nudity and physical nudity. There is a difference. Being naked is great, it’s freeing and emotionally satisfying. I love being naked.
Luv,
Brittany
WOW Where is this said camp, and do they have an observation deck?
I am 18 and well my experience with teens and nudity is not good, I was in drama and we (a selected few, not endorsed by school) would go camping and “stuff” and well when nudity ensued it was a bad time of sitting around and laughing at each other, it also didn’t help we were under the influence of other things. But still. What about the camp counselors? are they over 18 or what, would would think so for like well, gee this is just fool of loop holes and brings up more questions than answers.
Alas I don’t want make this more logically confusing than it already is.
This sounds like a terrible idea for two reasons:
1.After a few hours in nature without any clothes on you will realize just how necessary and “natural” they are. (itchy, itchy, itchy)
2.As a teenager, I had a hard (hehe) enough time hiding erections when everyone had there clothes on. How embarrassing it would be to visibly salute every time a girl you liked walked by.
No thank you.