Word: nudist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your article about Gay Talese's book on sex [July 21], the erotic connotation of your words "frolicking in nudist camps" offends us. We invited Mr. Talese to visit our resort so that he could see our facilities and experience nude sunbathing in what we feel is a wholesome family atmosphere...
...will be the self-described "participating observer" himself. Talese, now 43 and not visibly tired, will detail his experiences of managing two massage parlors at once ("I was very good at it"), frequenting fleshpots across the U.S. and Europe, sitting through porno films and sex-therapy sessions, frolicking in nudist camps, joining in group sex and otherwise living out the genitalian fantasies of millions-all in the name of journalism. "A writer cannot write from the sidelines," he says. "It's my own life story. I'm holding nothing back...
...nakedness comes, can sex be far behind? "Most forms of nudity are not sexual," maintains Boston Psychiatrist David Spiegel, who feels that in and of itself there is nothing wrong with nudism. "There is a difference between displaying genitalia and sexual behavior. Scientists who have gone to nudist colonies have repeatedly observed that when people take off their clothes, they are less sexual." In Brooklyn, N.Y., Federal Magistrate Vincent Catoggio had another opinion. "I don't know where these people get the idea they have a constitutional right to strip naked and parade in front of other people...
...done by Mr. Onassis it is a Greek streak, by any Welshman a leek streak. In the Middle East Henry Kissinger has doubtless seen a sheik streak. Men of humble mien do a meek streak, while those running fully clothed through a nudist colony do a freak streak. If the act is performed in Bergdorf's, it is, no doubt, a chic streak, and in any high fashion store, a boutique streak. The solo act is a unique streak; a group performs a clique streak. The chosen footwear suggests the sneaker streaker. The possibilities appear limitless...
...much for members of the Seminole Health Club, a nudist colony in Davie, Fla. "We can't understand what the fuss is all about," said one. "Why don't they go nude all the time?" In protest, the members staged a "Gnikaerts" ("streaking" spelled backward) and raced round town fully clothed...