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As a family man I always seek naturist resorts which is family friendly, but it can actually be surprising hard to find the right place. There seems to be a tendense that many naturist resorts is for adult only. This varies from country to country, but it surprises me that such large amount of naturist places has a adult only policy.
Why is that?
Here are some possible reasons!
The noise from childrenIs it because that there always seems to be a lot of noise when children is at a resort? It could be a reason – because you also see more and more “normal resorts” having a adult only policy. Still I don’t find it equally widespread as within the naturist environments. There might be some places with a adult policy because of the noise from children, but I doubt that it is that many.
The culture of the countryIt could also be the culture of the country, because I think the problem with adult only resorts is different from country to country. In France for example it doesn’t seem to be that hard to find a family naturist resort (this is only from my own experience), but countries in the Caribbean seems to have a more widespread adult policy.
In Denmark where I live, there doesn’t seem to be a problem with family naturism either. My guess is that the same can be said about Sweden and Norway, which would make sense because these countries is very similar.What is the difference?
Different countries seems to have different norms. My guess is that it has something to do with how widely accepted naturism is in the country. In Denmark it is legal to be nude on every beach as long as you don’t offend anybody. In other countries there might not be a rule that is that accepting but a similar mindset. France for example doesn’t have the same rules, but there are many naturist resorts in the country and most of them doesn’t have a problem with children. In my eyes it seems like the more a country accept nudity as a non sexual behaviour the more likely it is to find a naturist resort accepting children.
Sexualisation of the nudeIn my opinion it seems like the problem with missing naturist resorts where children is allowed has a lot to do about how the culture is about nudity and sexuality in a given country, territory, state or whatever kind of culture. If you believe that a nude body is equal to a sexual body, then it then would be natural to have adults only resorts – you don’t want to mix children and sex.
But I think the more the sexual label on naturists the bigger the problem will be. In the Carribean there are several naturist resorts which is also a kind of swingers resorts. I haven’t got anything against that kind of resorts, but if they brand themselves as nudist or naturist resorts, it do create a “bad” reputation for naturist resorts.
Other reasons?There can of course be many other reasons for this adult only policy, this is only some thoughts that I think is main reasons but I might miss some major reasons. One other reason could simply be that many naturists prefer places without children. Another reason could be that the owners prefer running a place with children – what do I know, there can be many reasons.
All in all this is just some of my thoughts about family naturism.
I would love to hear your experiences with family naturism