Q:
We are parents of two daughters (7 and 12) and one son (10). Once we were on a quiet shore near Natanya and the children were not with us. We were naked in the open air, and swam in the sea. It was a wonderful experience. How we can convince our children to come with us and take their clothes of with us? Can it hurt them?

A:
Nudism cannot hurt children. Children are nudists by birth, until the adults teach them to be ashamed about their bodies. How to convince them? That depends upon your behavior toward them. Will it be the first time they will see you both naked? In this case try to practice it first at home. If there are no secrets at home, you can simply explain what you both felt when you were there and propose for them to join you the next time, but let them decide for themselves, to take their clothes of or not. Do not pressure them. They will follow your example. I know some places near Natanya were you can be alone, and later, if the children become used to being naked with you (that can even be after some minutes), you can take them to places where more people are like you. I have no doubts they will enjoy it.
Please report to us about the results.

Q:
Here in Israel the sun is very strong, is it healthy to be in the sun a long time when you are completely naked?

A:
No. It is not healthy to expose your body to the sun for a long time. If you do not attempt to tan all at once, but rather, gradually tan your skin, your skin will build its own protection against the UV radiation. This is the same as if you would be with bathing clothes that cover only 10% of your body and today even less. In Israel you must also take care to drink a lot of water.

Q:
What do you feel, as a nudist, if you see a beautiful young naked women passing your way? Will you turn your head to see her longer?

A:
Do I? Definitely I do! I like to see pretty women. In this matter there are no differences between nudists and textile fans, but in contrast to clothed people, I do not have to imagine what is behind her clothing. I see her, without erotic feeling, as she is in her full glory. It is that imagination which makes the human body erotic. nude is not erotic.

Q:
We want to try naturism, but we don't know if we will be ready become naked directly, particulary my wife will linger to take her panties of, can we join a naturist club?

A:
I cannot speek in name of other organizations or groups, the INS is very tolerant and allow people to become used with the idea, much depents on the atmospher of the group, if the atmospher is nice and open, it will be easy to become used with social nudity - some times a few seconds, but if there are under the people those with impudent aims and the atmospher will be influenced by them, people may have problems to take their clothes of.
It happend once that a person who joined us, asked a women who was still clothed: "Is it not very warm for you?", this question, which was of cours an understatement, deteriorated the whole atmospher in the group, and prevented a comfortable situation for real nudism.
Superfluous to mention that this person is not a member any more.

Q:
On the symbol of the INS is a image of a naked women, does this mean that you prefer that women will join you, or do want just attract men to your organisation?

A:
No! Not at all!, our organisation does not consider to what sex the new members belongs, families, single women and single men, all are welcome.
I asked the artist who made our symbol wy he drew a naked women only. His answere was, that for the symbol one image is preferable. He chose a women, because in the art school at model drawing they used nearly always a women as model, he remembered only one lessen with a man as model, so he is more trained in drawing women, allways when he draws a man he lose proportions.
It is very interesting, that in modeling and art modeling in particulary, the women are in the vast majority, it seems that men in this branch are more ashamed.

Q:
What about sex?

A:
What do you want to know about sex? This is not the place to ask. Sex has nothing to do with nudism.
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