Posted on 07/11/2005 11:28:14 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance
ROME (Reuters) - Most Italians think nude sunbathing is perfectly natural and don't mind crossing paths with bottomless beach-goers -- even when those bottoms are unsightly, survey results released Sunday said.
While topless sunbathing is widely practiced in Italy, bottoms are usually required and nudists can face fines of more than 500 euros ($595) on some beaches, the Italian Naturalist Federation said.
But the federation said a poll it commissioned from a mainstream media outlet found nearly 70 percent of those surveyed said they would sunbath nude if everyone else did it. More than 80 percent said nudism was not erotic, but natural.
Women were more frequently bothered by nude sunbathing than men. Just over 40 percent of women said they did not like seeing other naked females on the beach, while just 5 percent of men shared their opinion about nude women.
The survey found nearly two-thirds of men said they weren't bothered by nude male sunbathers.
When it came to unattractive or "brutto" sunbathers, most of those surveyed in the country that champions physical beauty said they didn't object to seeing them naked either.
Only about 16 percent said they were vexed by unattractive women nudists and 9.7 percent objected to unsightly men.
The Federation said the survey would bolster their hopes of getting more beaches set aside for nude sunbathing.
Ditto. In fact I take objection to some of the banana slings men insist on wearing ...usually those in poor shape and often hirsute.
Come to think of it, I have seen more than a few women at the beach in thongs who are also in poor shape in hirsute.
Please folks, cover those saggy bums and hairy backs.
I've got no problem with women who want to go around starkers. However, it should be linked to their BMI. In other words, Jessica Alba can strut around all she wants. If Rosie ODonnell takes her clothes off, she should be shot with a tranquilizer dart, and returned to the sea.
Sounds as if you've seen the Lesbian Avengers take their shirts off before. Whole lotta "bad naked" going on there.
Actually, this fits in with a line from "When Harry Met Sally" as spoken by Billy Crystal:
Sally Albright: So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?
Harry Burns: No. You pretty much want to nail them too.
I click on this thread with great trepidation... and great expectation.
I would hate to see Hillary! The effect would likely be similar to viewing the Medusa...i.e. being changed to stone. Add Ted Kennedy to that and you would have a new definition of 'natural disaster'.
This could be the understatement of the year.
The other 91.3% have never seen fat Teddy Kennedy.
She came over last night...
Shave those pits, doll, the sixties were over forty years ago.
There goes my lunch!
Exactly.
The trifecta of fugly.
She looked pretty damn tried when she left my place, but what ever floats your boat.
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