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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:

1.
Murder
9.84
7.
Embezzlement
8.49
12.
Bigotry
7.42
17.
Taking Drugs
6.24
25.
Greed
5.43
28.
Cutting Into Lines
3.91
32.
Overeating
4.43
36.
Idle Gossip
4.10
39.
Tattling
3.93
44.
Smoking
3.38
46.
Telling a White Lie
3.25
50.
Nude Sunbathing
2.76

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!

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