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Originally Posted by BeachBiker
If what is happening on my favorite nude beach happens to the London WNBR, it could wind up with no young women at all.
We've got a problem with brave gangs of eight or ten young "Muslim appearing" men who think of themselves as "Real Men" yet they are only brave enough to strip to below the knee "shorts" and tee shirts, and only come in large groups of fellow thugs.
They then bravely surround young nude women who are there in pairs or alone and bully them. It's got to be a frightening experience for the young women and they don't return to the beach. Some great older women try to seek out the younger ones and invite them to join larger more protective groups of older folk on the beach, especially on their first visits.
One woman even flies a flag that lets these young and attractive women know where to go for protection. But, these young lovelies go to the beach for a no-lines tan, and to enjoy themselves, not to feel threatened. The nude natives are getting restless and one of these days there will be a major incident, involving these gangs, and/or unwanted photographers in general. Somebody is going to get seriously hurt. Thankfully, the beach police are top notch and respond quickly and in numbers to cell phone calls when there is a problem.
This is NOT an anti-religious, or racist comment. Just an observation of reality. I have Muslim friends, and there are Muslim women I know that I really care about. But some of these guys are brought up to think of women as some kind of inferior human beings who can be bullied and exploited at will, and forget they are living in the West where women are very valued equals.
I hope whomever organizes the WNBR London doesn't let it be ruined by these thugs. Its a problem that can be fixed, before any more potential female riders are frightened away and the whole great idea fizzles.
This topic brought to mind probably the most moving photograph I have even seen come out of a WNBR event. It's NOT from this year, but it's significance is worth appreciating.
May God Bless This Brave and Beautiful Muslim Woman who rode in Madrid a few years ago, she has no idea of how significant a statement she made for all her fellow Muslim women made to wear Burqas, the world can see they are real women, and not servile creatures who should be hidden from view and abused.........
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Fully agree with your post and all!
One very brave explanation. Only one thing I'd like to brush up here is that a good number of these opportunistic snappers, cameramen, etc happen to be Asian men (Arab, Indian, Pakistani, bangladeshi, Sri lankan etc) who pretty much have a distorted view of the WNBR event itself. This is NOT a nudist show, neither is it a public pron event! My cousin and his girlfriend (who were there in London 2010, but not this year) told me some time back they overheard a group of such blokes making very loud sexist and derogatory comments about British women's bodies, etc.
But rest assured, I've got South Asian & Arab friends who are not of the sort, having myself lived in London for a good ten years. It's only sad that these people (luckily a minority) just pop up there just like that... Btw, naked Indian and Arab men(I think) have participated. I wish to see their women follow suit. That would be so lovely.