# Would YOU Go to a Nude Beach? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2001, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640 "2001-03-12T12:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/41 "2001-03-13T10:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*I had a nude pic (taken by an ex-girlfriend while I was drunk) that showed what I am talking about, but I burned it long ago. I’d have to have someone take a new pic, and that would probably be my wife, and she would probably ask why I needed a nude picture taken… \*\* Doesn’t stop some of us. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/42 "2001-03-13T11:07:11Z")
I don’t think I want any pics of my genitalia floating around out there. Evilbeth, if you ever come to Dallas, you can contact me at [terata2@usa.net](mailto:terata2@usa.net) and arrange an opportunity to view it in person, but no cameras and no touching. ---
**Author:** ![todaystomsawyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@todaystomsawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todaystomsawyer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/43 "2001-03-13T16:21:31Z")
I’d love to go to a nude beach…hell, I’d have my own towel rack. BTW, I’d have no problem sending out a picture of my “better half”, any takers? ---
**Author:** ![Potter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potter)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/44 "2001-03-13T16:42:44Z")
Tripping over something you hadn’t noticed due to watching some nekkid hottie walk past, and landing in a face full of sand and your ass stuck up like an invitation is painfully more humiliating sans bathing suit. Take my word for it - never again. (Ech, some first impression I must be making) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/45 "2001-03-13T17:11:47Z")
Hmm … I’d like to say yes 'cos I really like the feel of being naked, especially in the water. But I’m not sure I’d want to if it meant being surrounded by voyeurs. Based on what I’ve read in this thread and the other one, the answer is probably no. ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/46 "2001-03-13T18:00:23Z")
I have, Blacks Beach, California, the surf was good and a nice assortment of ladies were on hand as well. The first time I went there were a couple of bad parts, my car was broken into and my stereo was ripped off. An I got a really wicked sunburn that “hung” around for the next few days. Next time I went I drove a beater with no stereo and packed a full case of sunscreen. I recommend the absolute highest SPF sunscreen you can find and slather your tender areas down with it. Or better yet, have a nice lady slather you and then you return the favor. The lurkers will always be there with their binoculars scanning the crowds. You can’t do anything about them so you just ignore them. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/47 "2001-03-13T20:50:06Z")
Yeah, I went, but I didn’t enjoy it. Every time I laid down on on shore, people would try to push me back out to sea. _rim shot!_ Thank you! Thank you! I’ll be here all week. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/48 "2001-03-13T21:33:17Z")
Been there, done that, on two continents and in three countries. No big deal, I like the fact that people tend to be less self-important on nude beaches. It’s tough to be a stuffed shirt when your chest _looks_ like a stuffed shirt. I don’t go now, as there are none that I know about locally (come to think of it, there _are no_ good beaches of any kind nearby), and the water’s kinda cold for me, now that I’m no longer a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/49 "2001-03-14T00:10:18Z")
Go to a nude beach? You’ve got to be kidding me. I still have some dignity left. I will be the one walking on the other side of the fence with pursed lips and sniffing in disdain while avidly staring at the godless heathens through my binoculars. ---
**Author:** ![vidad\_colek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7c8e57/32.png) [@vidad\_colek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vidad_colek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/50 "2001-03-14T00:39:07Z")
Absolutly YES! Besides enjoying looking at nekid people I have no problem, even though I am nothing much to look at myself. What the heck, sounds fun! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/51 "2001-03-14T01:40:27Z")
Nope. I ain’t sharing my manliness with strangers on a public beach. I don’t even like showing off my skinny ‘chest’ in ordinary situations. And when I say ‘chest’ I mean ribcage. As for looking at other naked people, I dunno. You can’t do anything except look, and they’re just standing there (or lying, or swimming) so… that’s not really very useful. And most of them will be on the ordinary to saggy baggy side, so that’s not something to especially look forward to. Overall, I say nay. However, if I’m with some hot looking girly friends and they want to skinnydip, then maybe I’d do that. Possibly. Actually, that did happen once, but it was night time and i didn’t partake, I just squinted at them in the moonlight. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/52 "2001-03-14T02:21:29Z")
I probably would, considering I’ve already played naked frisbee, which is just like regular frisbee, but played on a college campus. ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/53 "2001-03-14T14:05:34Z")
I wouldn’t go to a nude beach, but then again, I don’t go to regular beaches either. Sensitive skin…I break out in a rash when exposed to the heat, sand, and salt water. While I spend a majority of my time at home unclothed, I doubt I’d feel physically comfortable naked any place else. And I don’t like my body all that much, so I wouldn’t really want to expose it to others. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/54 "2001-03-14T16:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rastahomie \* > \*\*I’d do it in a heartbeat. (TMI ALERT-TMI ALERT) I like to walk around nekkid at home and I don’t really give a damn about it. > > Mrs. Rastahomie, however, would sooner die before going to a nude beach. And there’s something kinda creepy about a 30-year-old man going to a nude beach without his SO. \*\* And this is creepy–how? I suppose if you could get your Mrs. to go along, then (a) everyone would know you’re not a perv, (b) that you’re straight, and © that you’re sufficiently attractive and socially competent to be in a committed relationship. If you go alone, people might draw all sorts of unpleasant conclusions about you. This is a perfect manifestation of our uptight Puritanical American culture, and goes a long way toward explaining why the entire coastline of Los Angeles County lacks a single legal nude beach. It really bites. Not that I’m blaming **Rasta**. There is, sadly, a deeply ingrained belief that to go nude is to advertise sexual availability, or even perversion. And this judgement seems to attach more stringently to men. Even some clothing optional clubs and facilities have barred single men from membership: you could join as a couple, family, or single woman, but not as a man. (I think that may have changed because it’s so blatantly sexist) Javawoman won’t go to a nude beach either, so I don’t, but this is more out of consideration for her feelings than because I think it’s creepy to go without her. In the past I’ve gone, not to a nude beach, but to a private nudist club, and thought it was fantastic. Nothing like having the sun on your buns on a warm day, though as others have remarked, sunscreen is essential. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/55 "2001-03-14T16:58:43Z")
Only if there were healthy, naked sixteen year old girls. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/56 "2001-03-14T20:14:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by javaman \* > This is a perfect manifestation of our uptight Puritanical American culture, and goes a long way toward explaining why the entire coastline of Los Angeles County lacks a single legal nude beach. It really bites. Since AFAIK, the entire East Coast lacks legal nude beaches, it’s hard for me to feel _too_ sorry for skinny-dipping Angelenos. I’d love to go to a nude beach. I’ve done my share of skinny-dipping along the way, but (having spent virtually my entire life in the eastern US) it’s mostly been restricted to out-of-the-way Appalachian swimming holes. Here near the Chesapeake, where pretty much every bit of water access is owned by someone who doesn’t want you on it, I wouldn’t even know where to start looking for a safe skinnydipping place. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/57 "2001-03-15T03:25:14Z")
Yes, and I have, though I have not been to one in a while. I will admit it gave me something of a buzz to be naked outdoors, and probably more so because there were other people around. (Exhibitionists over HERE…) I was not especially interested, however, in what they were or were not wearing; that surprised me, as I thought I’d be, um, responding to the bare breasts and the bare rests. (Voyeurs, not today…) But mostly I liked it because it just felt so damn comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![tsunamisurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/58 "2001-03-15T03:31:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Go to a nude beach? You’ve got to be kidding me. I still have some dignity left. I will be the one walking on the other side of the fence with pursed lips and sniffing in disdain while avidly staring at the godless heathens through my binoculars. \*\* Binoculars? What’s wrong–your videocamera on the fritz??? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640/59 "2001-03-15T11:46:17Z")
There’s a lot you can do with a well-aimed clump of wet sand. And of course, yelling “Stop jerking off you perv!” does a lot to create an instant community. When 90% of people _aren’t_ wearing clothes… that tourist wandering around in his pants looks mighty suspicious… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-a-nude-beach/57640.md?page=2)