“We alternately think of nudity as a perversion and a state of innocence. Why is our response so contradictory and why is nudity treated so differently in different contexts?”—Ruth Barcan
“Seeing these women with different body shapes entering the river uninhibited, I found my own body hang-ups diminished. One of our group commented that she saw all the things that she hated about her own body reflected back as beautiful when seen in others.” —Rebecca Clark
“I can’t help but wonder how different my perspective would be today if I grew up seeing more ordinary people with ordinary bodies. In North America, showing skin is still a privilege afforded to good-looking people, and laws are unlikely to change anytime soon. But, if we could only learn to be a little more comfortable, to look at our physiques as outgrowths of nature instead of as objects designed to arouse and offend, then we might finally understand that everyone has a body worthy of being naked.” — Nicole Schmidt , https://thewalrus.ca/dont-be-a-prude-the-benefits-of-public-nudity/
