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Originally Posted by oldtimer57
One aspect seeing these pictures of nudism from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s puzzles me. One wonders how these women reconciled their weekend lifestyle with the mores and values of those times. Strict conformity and conservative behavior was expected. And yet these “June Cleavers” were shedding their pearls along with everything else and gladly showing off what God and their mothers had given them.
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Complete secrecy. Whereas nudists nowadays might be more or less open about their nudist activities, people back then took a "cloak and dagger" approach to social nudity. At least that's what I've gathered from old articles I've read. Nudist resorts were hard to find, membership was secretive and visitors/members didn't share anything about their "outside lives." What happened at the nudist resort stayed at the nudist resort.
Whereas this may seem restrictive, it seems to me that came with some perks. "Clothing-optional" was practically non-existent; which makes sense considering it was the only opportunity for these women to "cut loose" from an otherwise oppressive society. You see it a lot in these "vintage pictures", where women just seem to have a blast being socially naked; which you don't see that much nowadays.