When sexuality is removed from the equation, the pressure to be "sexy" evaporates. Without the male gaze or the female competitive stare (which naturist ethics actively discourage), the body ceases to be a tool of attraction and reverts to being just... a body.
In recent years, events like the World Naked Bike Ride and Spencer Tunick’s mass nude photography installations have blurred the lines. These are not strictly "naturist" clubs, but they utilize public nudity to
“I'm thinking,” she continued, “that I've been waiting for my body to look like something it was never going to look like. And I'm tired of waiting.”
Body positivity should feel good. Naturism is deeply sensory: the sun on your bare shoulders, the wind across your torso, the shock of cool water on skin that is usually swaddled in spandex. This physical joy rewires your brain to associate your body with pleasure and freedom , rather than anxiety and concealment .