Yeah, you can imagine how popular that is. People already have to deal with assumptions that it's about sex, and that makes it worse, and then it threatens the existence of one of the only nice beaches you can go to. It's just people with no clothes on; in Denmark, there are only a couple of beaches where you have to wear clothes at all; everyone assumes that everyone else can deal with a bare arse.

And there's a big difference between looking and ogling. Anyone who goes to a nude beach knows that lots of people will see them naked, and that's fine; doesn't matter if you're wearing a wetsuit, people are not expected to just maintain perfect eye contact and never look down, just to be normal. There's a big difference between that and gawping, staring, nudging each other and making comments. I imagine you're talking about the former, in which case, what's the big deal?
(Sammyhaswoefullyneglectedyou, Fri 13 Aug 2010, 21:16, 1 reply)

I love Studland
but haven't been for years, weather and the ridiculous amount of time it took to get there from where we lived, and then the walk through the swamp to get to the beach, fun going on the chain ferry thou., and through the absurdly expensive bit

As you say it's those who look different who get ogled. At Cap d'Age one year the only woman who got stared at was wearing a bikini and loads of make up and jewellery.

oh just remembered another Studland memory, saw a man going towards the shore for a swim, who then proceeded to take off his false leg and his opposite side false arm...That was what is so fucking brilliant about it no one turned a hair.
(Bernardate, Sat 14 Aug 2010, 17:17, closed)

Yeah, I love that there's no expectation that people are supposed to look "hot". It's perfectly ok to be large (larger ladies look SO much better naked than in swimsuits!), or small, or old, or saggy.hurrah for that!
(Sammyhaswoefullyneglectedyou, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 16:18, closed)