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Here's a fun dutch guy cutting herbs for a campout meal. Nudity at its best.

People that are new to nudity often think that it has everything to do about sex. Not so. Okay, well sometimes. It's often about the feeling of the sun on your skin, the desire to shed your clothing just because, the freedom, the wind feels good, you feel stronger or more vibrant shirtless, or whatever.

I'm also impressed by the number of younger nudists I'm discovering. Admittedly a minority. Usually its: the longer we live, the more comfortable we feel in our own skin. I think that our modern cultures often inhibit spontaneous body freedom and positive self-messaging. Younger people, looking so in-their-prime, are often the least secure about shedding layers, about their bodies. There are many factors to this equation. Some of it is to be understood developmentally, having recently come out of puberty, comparatively speaking, younger adults are still becoming acquainted with the changes in their bodies.

Now that homophobia is becoming less of an issue in certain regions (like my current home state of Washington, praise Jesus), I'm pleased to see mainstream men being more okay about being affectionate with other men in a comradely way, being sexy, being free to show off their bodies. It's not the end of the world to be called gay. Who gives?, more are thinking. This is potentially a new era of confidence in one's own sexuality, where one does not have to hide, or pretend, but can honor self. Confidence is contagious.