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 Naturism (M, exh)
 by Paul

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 The purpose of this short essay is to describe my feelings about naturism
 after going to a "clothing-optional" beach for the first time today.
 Before I do that however, a little about myself and why I decided to go.

 I am a 27 year old male, straight (as an arrow) with very limited sexual
 experience (not by choice, but that's how things have been). Physically,
 I am good looking but far from someone you would see in a Soloflex
 commercial. In short, I am probably like a lot of people "lurking" in
 this forum.

 I went to the beach out of curiosity. The main impetus was reading about
 naturism here on CI$. I also felt that it would bean excellent way of
 ridding myself of a slightly self-conscious attitude about my body. So on
 this perfect day (80 degrees, low humidity) I got in the car and went.

 When I got to the beach I was surprised, although I expected it to see
 such wide diversity of people on the beach. The majority, not by much,
 were male. I surprised at the large number of senior citizens. Another
 falsehood out the window.

 After about 45 minutes I took my shorts and underwear off and put on a
 pair of sweat shorts. These came off when I went into the water. That was
 it. The big moment. Standing in the Atlantic Ocean, nude for all the
 world to see. And guess what? The world didn't care!

 Now I do not mean in a sarcastic sense. My message is that no one
 laughed, no one pointed, no one stared or made me feel self-conscious.
 The general ignorance is acceptance.

 A fear of many men is concerned with penis size. I was too. Despite being
 straight, I did look at the other men. You not only see body of all
 shapes, colors, and sizes, but you see penises of all sizes. I am not
 ashamed to say that when flaccid, my penis is only about two inches long
 and many of the men had larger penises. Sitting on the beach, my
 conclusion was quickly, "so what!?" I know that my penis works, that is
 increases to about six inches when erect. That is all that is necessary.
 What you will find on the beach, is that everyone feels the same way.
 Nowhere will you find a place where the general appearance of your body
 and its features means less.

 Finally, the most mentioned fear- erection. In three hours I came close
 to having an erection. Which surprised me. I was sure that I was going to 
 be  hard from the moment I got on the beach--clothed or not. Of the dozens
 of other men on the beach, I saw only one with an erection. He ignored it
 and walked around with it. (To be honest, he had a lot to be proud of.)
 So is naturism all its cracked up to be?

 I don't know yet. It was nice to sit around nude and not be
 self-conscious about it. I will probably go again. Why not? I do urge all
 those thinking about to try it. Chances are, by thinking about it, you're
 building up to what might be a disappointment. A nude beach is just like
 any other beach, except here, a lot (not all) of the people have no
 bathing suit on.

 So go. Hit the beach, or wherever else nudism is accepted,and take off
 your clothes. You probably will come away with a totally different
 attitude about yourself and your body.