This article was taken from The Northern Star:
EVER wish you could be as uninhibited and carefree as a naked child, totally free of inhibition and self-consciousness?
We all start out that way, but somewhere along the line we learn to cover up; we learn that our naked adult bodies are to be hidden under clothes, seen only by a chosen few.
But there are some adults - many adults, actually - who refuse to conform to the idea that our bodies are to be clothed at all times.
These people spend a great deal of time totally naked and totally at ease with it.
They're nudists. And they don't much care what you think of them.
The modern idea of nudism stems from Germany, with the establishment of the Association of Free Body Culture in 1949. The association considered themselves a sports organisation and were part of the German Olympic Federation.
These days, nudists are also called naturists. It was only recently that the Australian Nudist Federation changed its name to the Australian Naturist Federation. It sounds a bit more politically correct, but in nudist circles it seems to be considered a watered-down term.
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