Issues in social nudity

Urban skinny dipping in India
Two women of the Zo'é tribe of Pará State, Brazil in the Amazon basin

Social nudity is the practice of being nude in public settings not restricted by gender. This can occur in both in public spaces and on commercial property, such as at a naturist resort.

Some indigenous communities[where?] still practice social nudity. Male nude swimming in public used to be commonplace in Western culture.[citation needed] Modern European-style naturism[clarification needed] began around the turn of the 20th century in British India[1][2] and Northern Germany, and was brought to the United States by German immigrants in the 1930s.[3]

  1. ^ Kulkarni, Vishwas (25 April 2010). "World's first nudist colony was in Thane (and this man proved it)". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. ^ Farrar, Michael (9 November 2005). "The Fellowship of the Naked Trust". British Naturism. ISSN 0264-0406. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ Marcus, Madison. "Subcultures and Sociology: Nudism". Grinnell University. Retrieved 17 November 2019.