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Originally Posted by Klondike
Yeah, the ratio is skewed because we like looking at the women more then the men. Plus which, the mods will remove any pics showing just guys.
the M:F ratio was probably in the 4:1 range.
Klondike
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Some observations about B2B. I am in my 60s, married, and have attended B2B for about the past 5-6 years, though I missed this year's. My wife and I are nudists, though it would be a cold day in hell before we ever went nude at B2B. We go to events and places where just about every one is nude, and no one bats an eye if you walk around naked. We consider the naked people at B2B to be exhibitionists, not nudists. This event is attended by hundreds of thousands. The number of naked people may well exceed 1,000, but that would be less than one percent.
The nude participation began maybe 10-12 years ago. We went to B2B fairly regularly up until about 1990 (we stopped because we were raising our kids), and there was no nudity back then. IMO, the nudity has been tolerated because gays are numerous in San Francisco and have considerable political clout. I've been to the gay parades and another annual event, the Folsom Street Fair, and have observed that public nudity, for many gay men at least, is a way of bonding with their male "buds." This is true to a lesser extent among lesbians, and again lesbian "nudity" more often than not is public toplessness.
Many people attend for the sole purpose of gawking at the nudity, happily snapping pictures and posing with naked people. Women are just as---if not more---open about their gawking. One young woman told my wife that she liked the fact she "sees more penises in one day than most women see in a whole lifetime."
I agree with your assessment of the M/F ratio. The nude crowd is about 70-80% male, though the "nude" females in that ratio include the ones who are just topless, and from my observations the topless women outnumber the fully nude ones.
I've also observed that the nude men are of all ages, including seniors, while it is a rare occasion to find a nude woman over 40. I'm posting two pictures here, of one rare exception to the rule. I think she's gorgeous!
What you DO find, especially among middle-aged and older people, is couples walking hand in hand, with the woman clothed and the man completely naked. It's as though the woman is supportive of her husband's public nudity, and is there for him, but keeps her threads on. I have a few pics of couples so "attired," but am aware they're off topic on OCC.