There's an issue in the nudist world that's 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 entry to people who have body and genital jewelry.
FKK Addresses Body Jewelry & Piercings at Naturist Clubs
A few years ago, we discussed the dilemma 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. Despite this, AANR has not taken a stance against clubs that would bar entry based on nipple or body jewelry. Even if your club is a 100% AANR club, they are able to 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 visit, even if they had a rule against 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 a number of other nudist clubs, still has a rule against genital jewelry. This troubles us, for exactly the same reasons as the nipple piercings.
Those who are against genital adornment contend that individuals are making naturism sexual by having their genitalia pierced, and that they are doing something wrong by drawing attention to that body part.
Let us explain why this makes no sense. The chief tenet of naturism is that the body can be sexual or not, depending on the context. When folks are bare jointly in a naturist setting, the genitals are no more sexual, "dirty" or shameful as opposed to tummy or elbow.
People are sexual beings, not to mention, being naked does not prevent anyone from thinking sexual thoughts about others. Consequently, it becomes fairly apparent that your largest sex organ is really one that you can't see your BRAIN.
When it comes to the human body and sexuality, it is all about context. There's a time and place for everything.
So it'd go that genital jewelry can only be equally as innocent as pierced ears or a pierced belly button. Or on the flip side, earrings are just like sexual as genital jewelry. You'll find definitely individuals 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, t
here 's really no reason why they shouldn't be permitted to join a naturist setting.
As for how it brings focus to the incorrect place, well 1. 2. I am able to say from experience that unless someone has decorated their crotch like a Christmas tree, nobody appears to have any trouble with staring. You look or you glance at it, just like you'd at a necklace, then you go back to looking at the individual's face.
The primary function of female breasts / nipples would be to feed infants. Just like some people get sexual pleasure from their ears, but we do not prohibit piercings on them.
The other argument against piercings has to do with the notion which they're unsuitable in family settings where children can be found. But the issue here always falls on the shoulders of those parents who are frequently frightened to cope with their kids' innocent questions. (As a side rant to parents, please do not lie to your kids or refuse them advice about their bodies. There's this type of thing as age-appropriate responses. We've got the Internet now. If you're not sure the way to answer a question, Google it or email someone who might have the advice you seek.)
If a child points at a penis ring and says, What Is that? The reply is simple: It's a piercing." If the follow up question is, "Why does he have it?" then the answer should be something like, "because he believes it's pretty.
The dilemma of genital jewelry also came up in the context of San Francisco's nudity ban. Some of the male nudists were wearing cock rings in public. As we noted in this post, a cock ring is generally worn on the base of the penis and can be used for keeping erections, but can also just be worn for decoration. In that same post we also ran a survey on whether cock rings were too sexual to be worn in public, even if just worn as ornamentation.
Some 300 people took the poll, and these were the results under. Almost 70% said cock rings should be okay in public if they're simply worn as a piece of ornamental jewelry. A small percent said they believed it shouldn't be worn around children.
Cock Ring FKK poll results
In the naturist world, opinions on body jewelry have undoubtedly changed in the past few years. Like it or not, more and more people have nipple and genital jewelry, especially young adults. Others, however, are holding onto their policies that look increasingly aged for 2015.
I'dn't assert that a body piercing is vital to a man's identity or an aspect of themselves that they can not change - like race or sexual orientation. Piercings are removable to some extent but they are a form of self expression. We see this issue as a dent in the naturist doctrine. At least as far as accepting a person as they're, in addition to recognizing that nudity doesn't have to be sexual.
In the northeast, I Have found merely 2* naturist clubs that still forbid genital jewelry: Berkshire Vista (MA) and Rock Lodge Club (NJ). (I've also found that many naturist clubs in the U.S. don't 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 distinct or inconspicuous. I think that is acceptable. Nobody needs to walk around with big chains and bells on their genitalia.
We have been speaking to them about this policy for a number of years, so that as a co op it took time to get enough votes to support it. It was changed this past June and we applaud Solair for becoming a more inclusive, accepting club!
On a recent excursion to Solair, we met one member who said he believed it went against family values. Regrettably he was not able to pronounce how precisely.
In 2015, I believe the nudist community is ready to be inclusive when it comes to body jewelry.
Cedar Waters is a private resort for heterosexual couples SIMPLY who do not want 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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