The beach is the only place where complete strangers exist in comfort in either a semi-naked or naked state with others<\/p>\n
In most other environments this behaviour would be seen as strange but on a beach this is accepted as the norm<\/p>\n
We are attracted by sand which in essence is ground down debris and the sea and the breezes to be found in coastal regions<\/p>\n
What are you writing Tush? <\/i><\/p>\n
Nothing in particular <\/i><\/p>\n
Just about beaches <\/i><\/p>\n
Martha was walking around the apartment naked as she always did in the mornings<\/p>\n
She was a very large woman who was not far from twenty stone in weight<\/p>\n
But she did not care<\/p>\n
Neither did Tush who was wearing a tee shirt and jeans<\/p>\n
The difference between the friends was quite startling<\/p>\n
Tush was slim and quite boyish and had cropped her hair which added to the androgynous image she welcomed<\/p>\n
Martha was the complete opposite<\/p>\n
The apartment they shared was not far from the beach<\/p>\n
Quite often the friends visited the beach<\/p>\n
But here was the difference<\/p>\n
Whereas Martha thought nothing of undressing completely Tush would sit in the shadows of the trees wearing her jeans and a tee shirt<\/p>\n
Even on the hottest of days<\/p>\n
I first thought that this reticence was due to shyness but her behaviours when in the apartment did not indicate shyness or a lack of confidence<\/p>\n
She thought nothing of nudity<\/p>\n
We are all the same just flesh and hair <\/i><\/p>\n
Shyness is a wasted emotion <\/i><\/p>\n
If it is an emotion at all <\/i><\/p>\n
She was writing a short story which she had called Naked Living so close to the sea gave her plenty of opportunity to observe beach behaviours<\/p>\n Which she recorded in her small notebook<\/p>\n Her relationship with Martha whilst not sexual was very close but certain things remained unsaid<\/p>\n Martha was a little confused by her friend who whilst quite liberal in her attitude to nudity refused to undress on the beach<\/p>\n Was she doing this for her friend?<\/p>\n But her size had never bothered Martha<\/p>\n It was a problem for other people<\/p>\n She was aware that people sometimes looked at her with disgust<\/p>\n But she had always been fat<\/p>\n Quite often she would encourage Tush to swim naked<\/p>\n But her friend always refused<\/p>\n Indeed the friends used to sunbathe together on the flat roof of the apartments and if they were interrupted Tush showed no signs of embarrassment<\/p>\n It did not bother Martha but she was intrigued<\/p>\n During the first week of each month Tush would visit her parents who lived about three hours away<\/p>\n Sometimes she would return on the same day but she usually stayed with her family<\/p>\n Her friend had been gone for a few hours<\/p>\n Martha looked at Tush\u2019s laptop which she had left open on the dining table<\/p>\n She knew her friends password<\/p>\n Should I read her beach story? Would she be cross with me if she found out?<\/i><\/p>\n I value our friendship <\/i><\/p>\n But Martha’s curiosity won<\/p>\n She opened the file and read extracts<\/p>\n The beach is the only place where complete strangers exist in comfort in either a semi-naked or naked state with others<\/p>\n In most other environments this behaviour would be seen as strange but on a beach this is accepted as the norm<\/p>\n We are attracted by sand which in essence is ground down debris and the sea and the breezes to be found in coastal regions<\/p>\n If the postman comes and I am in the shower then I will cover myself with a towel if I answer the door to him<\/p>\n Whereas if I am naked on the beach I would make no effort to cover myself if I met him there<\/p>\n Why?<\/p>\n Even in a hot country such as Spain with its liberal attitudes behaviours such as this are normal<\/p>\n Why?<\/p>\n Even where the church is strong<\/p>\n Why?<\/p>\n But the patterns are there and easily seen<\/p>\n Woman who think themselves as attractive tend to display themselves such as peacocks would<\/p>\n Whereas the plainer or larger women tend not to undress as much as they are ashamed of their bodies.<\/p>\n This said this is a generalisation<\/p>\n I have a friend who is rather large and she always undresses on the local beaches<\/p>\n She is comfortable with her body and does not listen to criticism if it arrives<\/p>\n This is where my experiment comes in<\/p>\n I quite often visit a clothes optional\u00a0 beach with my friend<\/p>\n There are normally a number of men on this beach<\/p>\n I am an attractive if a somewhat androgynous woman<\/p>\n I have cropped my hair to sustain this image<\/p>\n But I am dark as my father as Maltese<\/p>\n My skin is olive<\/p>\n I am desirable<\/p>\n And men find me attractive<\/p>\n But this is where I challenge these men<\/p>\n When I arrive at the beach with my friend she undresses quite quickly and goes for a swim<\/p>\n My friend does not conform to their ideal of beauty as she is large<\/p>\n These men are disappointed at her appearance<\/p>\n They are waiting for me to undress<\/p>\n I am an attractive girl<\/p>\n They expect me to undress<\/p>\n But I do not<\/p>\n I wear what I was wearing on the street that day<\/p>\n Jeans and a tee shirt or jeans and a vest<\/p>\n I have challenged them<\/p>\n I feel their disappointment<\/p>\n Soon I am ignored when another attractive woman comes in to view<\/p>\n Some question my sexuality<\/p>\n I know this<\/p>\n I am liberated and would think nothing of removing my clothes on the beach<\/p>\n But this would ruin the experiment<\/p>\n A few weeks ago my friend and I were interrupted when we were sunbathing naked on the flat roof of our apartment block<\/p>\n The caretaker did not know that we were there and had come up on to the roof to repair some cabling<\/p>\n He showed signs of extreme embarrassment as he had not expected to find us there<\/p>\n But we were in his environment<\/p>\n He made his excuses and left as if he was the invader<\/p>\n But this very same caretaker uses the town beach with his family<\/p>\n I often go topless on the town beach with other friends and the caretaker quite happily will wish us the time of day a chat for a while<\/p>\n Quite why the man was so shocked on that roof is open to question<\/p>\n With the exception of a small amount of body hair my appearance was the same as on the town beach (The caretaker does not use the clothes optional beach)<\/i><\/p>\n The answer is ——————————————-<\/p>\n Tush had stopped there<\/p>\n Martha looked into some of the other files but there were no further additions<\/p>\n But she had an answer to her question<\/p>\n It was all an experiment<\/p>\n Tush was attractive and she was expected to undress on the clothes optional beach<\/p>\n But she did not<\/p>\n Martha knew that she was fat and men considered her unattractive<\/p>\n A lot of the larger women on the beaches that surrounded the town remained dressed or semi-dressed<\/p>\n That was accepted<\/p>\n She challenged this<\/p>\n But did not do so deliberately<\/p>\n She preferred the freedom<\/p>\n It was not an experiment<\/p>\n It was all about freedom<\/p>\n A week later Tush and Martha went to the beach<\/p>\n But Martha did not undress<\/p>\n Her friend questioned her decision as it was unusual<\/p>\n Martha noted that she had read the short story<\/p>\n Upon hearing this Tush undressed fully and remained naked for the rest of the day<\/p>\n Martha remained clothed<\/p>\n The following day they switched roles<\/p>\n Martha undressed<\/p>\n Tush remained clothed<\/p>\n They did this for six weeks<\/p>\n They would have continued for many more weeks but the weather became cooler and the beach became less attractive<\/p>\n There were fewer people on the beach<\/p>\n The experiment was concluded<\/p>\n In the December of that year Tush published her story online<\/p>\n 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