It's Time for Naturist Clubs to Change Their Policies on Genital Jewelry

There is an issue in the nudist world that has long been bothering us as an organization that bases our values on recognition. It's the dilemma of nudist clubs and naturist resorts that bar entry to individuals with body and genital jewelry.
FKK Addresses Body Jewelry & Piercings at Nudist Clubs
A few years ago, we discussed the problem of nipple piercings. Now nipple piercings are enabled.
As we pointed out in discussing nipple piercings, even Susan Weaver, who was then president of AANR, had her nipples pierced. Despite this, AANR has not taken a stance against clubs that would bar entrance based on nipple or body jewelry. Even if a club is a 100% AANR club, they are able to have a policy that would technically exclude an AANR president from seeing (though to my knowledge, no club ever told Susan that she couldn't visit, even if they had a rule against nipple jewelry).
I'ven't come across any club or resort that still has a policy prohibiting nipple jewelry. ( in case you know of one please share in the comments.) But the dilemma of body jewelry policies doesn't stop at nipples. Rock Lodge, along with several other naturist clubs, still has a rule against genital jewelry. This troubles us, for precisely the same reasons as the nipple piercings.
Those who are against genital adornment assert that individuals are making naturism sexual by having their genitalia pierced, and that they are doing something wrong by drawing attention to that body part.
Let us clarify why this makes no sense. The main tenet of naturism is that the body can be sexual or not, based on the context. When people are naked together in a naturist setting, the genitals are no more sexual, "dirty" or shameful compared to the belly or elbow.

People are sexual beings, and of course, being naked does not prevent anyone from believing sexual thoughts about others. Consequently, it becomes quite clear that your largest sex organ is truly one that you can't see your BRAIN.
When it comes to the human body and sexuality, it is about context.
So it would go that genital jewelry can only be just as innocent as pierced ears or a pierced belly button. Or on the flip side, earrings are just like sexual as genital jewelry. Unless one is treating their jewelry like a sex toy in public, there's really no reason why they should not be permitted to join a naturist setting.
As for how it attracts focus to the wrong place, nicely 1. 2. I am able to say from experience that unless someone has decorated their crotch like a Christmas tree, nobody seems to have any trouble with staring. You look or you glance at it, just like you'll at a necklace, then you return to looking at the person's face.
The primary function of female breasts / nipples will be to feed babies. Some folks, of all sexes, do get sexual pleasure from their nipples in a sexual context. Just like some folks get sexual pleasure from their ears, but we do not forbid piercings on them.
The other argument against piercings has to do with the idea which they're inappropriate in family settings where children are found. But the dilemma here always falls on the shoulders of those parents who are often scared to deal with their children' innocent questions. (As a side rant to parents, please don't lie to your children or deny them advice about their bodies. There's such a thing as age-appropriate responses. We've got the Internet now. If you're not sure the way to answer a question, Google it or e-mail someone who might have the info you seek.)
If your child points at a penis ring and says, What Is that? The reply is straightforward: It's a piercing." If the follow up question is, "Why does he have it?" then the reply should be something like, "because he thinks it is pretty.
The dilemma of genital jewelry also came up in the context of San Francisco's nudity ban. Some of the male nudists were wearing cock rings in public. As we noted in this post, a cock ring is generally worn on the base of the penis and is used for maintaining erections, but can also simply be worn for ornamentation. In that same post we also ran a survey on whether cock rings were too sexual to be worn in public, even if merely worn as decoration.
Some 300 folks took the poll, and these were the results under. Nearly 70% said cock rings should be acceptable in public if they are simply worn as a piece of ornamental jewelry. A small percent said they believed it shouldn't be worn around kids.
Cock Ring FKK survey results
In the nudist world, opinions on body jewelry have undoubtedly shifted in recent years. Like it or not, increasingly more individuals have nipple and / or genital jewelry, especially young adults. https:/s3.amazonaws.com/viva-naturist/nudist-family-pics.html have altered their policies out of importance, as more visitors or members have showed up with body jewelry. beauty nudism , however, are holding onto their policies that appear increasingly dated for 2015.
I wouldn't assert that a body piercing is crucial to a person's identity or an aspect of themselves that they can't change - like race or sexual orientation. Piercings are removable to some extent but they are a form of self expression. We see this problem as a dent in the naturist philosophy. At least as far as accepting an individual as they are, in addition to understanding that nudity doesn't have to be sexual.
In the northeast, I've located just 2* naturist clubs that still prohibit genital jewelry: Berkshire Vista (MA) and Rock Lodge Club (NJ). (I have also found that many nudist clubs in the U.S. don't address piercings on their sites at all. https://s3.amazonaws.com/ola-naturist/beach-femdom.html 'ven't inquired with every club, but the ones I did contact said they were allowed.)
For clubs that do permit jewelry, many establish that it must be discrete or inconspicuous. I think this is acceptable. Nobody needs to walk around with big chains and bells on their genitalia.
We have been talking to them about this policy for a number of years, so that as a coop it took time to get enough votes to support it.
Not everyone was on board with their new policy, however. On a recent excursion to Solair, we met one member who said he thought it went against family values. Sadly he was not able to articulate how exactly.
In 2015, I think the naturist community is ready to become more inclusive when it comes to body jewelry. It's time to better practice what we preach.
(*In fact there are 3 clubs that bar entry to people with genital jewelry if we count Cedar Waters Village in New Hampshire. Cedar Waters is a personal resort for heterosexual couples ONLY who do not need to hang out with gay folks. They don't allow nipple or genital piercings or same-sex couples. You read that rightthey openly discriminate against gay people. In 2015.)
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