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How
do Americans feel about
Nude
Recreation?
Nude
Leisure Activities are a growing trend in America
The proof is in the polling numbers:
Gallup in 1983 with 72% approval versus Roper's finding in 2000 of
80%
The
Gallup Poll – 1983
“Should
people who enjoy nude sunbathing
be able to do so at beaches accepted for that purpose?”
The response, nationally, was 72% Yes.
The
Roper Organization Inc. – 1985
Over 40 million Americans have swum
nude in a mixed group of men and women.
People
Magazine - February 10, 1986
People
Magazine conducted a poll asking readers how guilty they would feel,
on a scale from 1 to 10, if they engaged in any one of 51 listed activities.
Here is a sampling:
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1.
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Murder
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9.84
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7.
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Embezzlement
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8.49
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12.
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Bigotry
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7.42
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17.
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Taking
Drugs
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6.24
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25.
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Greed
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5.43
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28.
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Cutting
Into Lines
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3.91
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32.
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Overeating
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4.43
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36.
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Idle
Gossip
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4.10
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39.
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Tattling
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3.93
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44.
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Smoking
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3.38
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46.
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Telling
a White Lie
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3.25
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50.
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Nude
Sunbathing
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2.76
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Other
activities included not voting, jealousy, hypocrisy, selfishness,
laziness, swearing and drinking alcohol to name a few; all ranking
higher in feeling of guilt
than nude sunbathing! Other
than taping off the television or radio (number 51!),
Nude Sunbathing was the lowest.
Opinion
Research Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey – 1990
“Should people who enjoy nude sunbathing
be able to do so at beaches accepted for that purpose?”
The response, nationally, was 74%
Yes (New Jersey 83% Yes)
From
The Cable News Network – 1990
A Martini & Rossi Poll:
Over 80 million Americans would bare it all on a nude beach.
The
Great American TV Poll - March 1991
One in three Americans have skinny-dipped
in mixed company.
Glamour
Magazine - August 1998
(a
poll of women readers) 74% have gone skinny-dipping.
34% have sunbathed nude.
The
Roper Organization Inc. - 2000
Do you believe that people who enjoy nude sunbathing
should be able to do so without interference from officials
as long as they do so at a beach that is accepted for that purpose?
The response nationally was 80% YES.
It's
Your Call with Lynn Doyle, Comcast Cable TV - 2001
“Should I be allowed to sunbathe naked on a public beach?”
YES: 90%
NO: 10%
Tourism
Naturism
is the fastest growing segment of tourism in the world today.
United
States Tax Dollars Promote Nudity
The U.S. Senate swimming pool in Washington,
D.C.
is and always has been - nude!
This
information is furnished by Tri State Sun Club
The largest Naturist Group in America.
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