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Originally Posted by calypsos
However, 5 years ago it was normal to see whole naturist families (including teenagers of both sexes) stripping on beaches. Recently, this has almost stopped completely. Nowadays, it is normal to see the teenagers wearing large one piece swimsuits (girls) and huge long baggy shorts (boys), whilst their parents lay naked on the beach, even beaches where nudity is 'compulsary'. If this trend continues, the tide will change here too. The cult of 'the perfect body' in all the media is actually stopping the only generation that comes close to having a 'perfect body' ( or at least the media image of it) from displaying it!
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Are there many beaches in Spain where nudity is mandatory? How would something like that be enforced? By the local police. "You sir, the guy in the bushes, take off your pants now!"
As for the family naturism and the younger generation refusing to go nude, that is interesting as well. I can't imagine that any kids are sitting around applying peer pressure to their fellow classmates to not go nude at the beach when on vacation with the parents. (Also, I think it is wrong to force any kid to be naked who doesn't want to be.)
When I was in junior high school there was no shortage of girls willing to show off their new breasts. I remember sitting in the back of the bus and getting some real good looks as the girls would expose their breasts and pull their pants down to flash motorists behind the bus.
It seems really strange for societies all around the globe to be come more conservative when it comes to nudity. Conventional wisdom would indicate that the exact opposite would be occurring. Maybe the internet is causing nudity overload?
As for the Netherlands, I've read that the reason the authorities are clamping down on the red light district is because of human trafficking, crime, and forced prostitution. Even though prostitution is legal in Amsterdam, sex slaves are being shipped in from Eastern Europe and Asian and forced into prostitution by organized crime gangs.