My Daughter the Teenage Nudist Page #2

for the younger people.

We need younger people to come on

and replace us older people.

This is Ian - Ian's our regional

rep for the Midlands.

In the past decade,

membership of British naturism

has dropped from 18,000 to 11,000.

What does it just say, three-year

plan? Does it say we're doing?

To reverse this decline,

the elected council are in the midst

of a drastic image overhaul.

This organisation has been built

on the foundation of people

who say, "I am a naturist,

I'm gonna join British naturism. "

That's great.

Not everybody feels like that now.

People are doing nude things

and not necessarily thinking of it

as naturism - skinny dipping,

people going

on world naked bike rides.

These people need a nudge

in our direction.

I do think, though, we ought to move

a little bit quicker on this.

It's a three-year plan -

we've got 18 months left.

Unfortunately, the council won't be

moving as quickly as they hoped,

as their youth officer Daryl

is nowhere to be seen.

as their youth officer Daryl is nowhere

to be seen. Anybody know where Daryl is?

That's really strange,

isn't it, yeah?

They should have been here

at ten o'clock anyway.

They should have been here at ten o'clock

anyway. I got here a little bit late.

Why were you late?

Why were you late? It was a

bit of late night last night.

'These older ones couldn't tend

to keep up with us in the pub.

'They're all like three times

my age. '

I've only just come into this role

and I am going to complete change

the ways things have been done

for the last ten years.

'There's ten million people in this

country within our age range. '

If we could even hit 1% of them

that would...

put me over the moon.

Keen to try out more naked events,

Mollie has brought her mates

to a clothes optional day

she found online at Abbey House

gardens in Wiltshire.

Best friend Clare

has also come along,

despite her mum's reservations.

Zoe! Zoe!

We don't have that many young

people, but we had a nice lot today.

I dunno, I'll take off my shirts

and you take off your bra.

(LAUGHS)

Only a few of Mollie's friends have

ever been publicly naked before.

Come on, guys, take your tops off.

My mum knows.

She's a bit apprehensive, but...

I'd be scared of what people

thought of my body.

You can hide under your clothes.

You can hide under your clothes. Yeah, you

wouldn't be able to see their rolls of fat

or anything, and when you're naked

people are like, "Urgh!"

I've never done this before and then I've just

seen loads of naked people I was like, "Oh. "

I think it's kind of nice really

how people come to these places

and do what they want.

They can be themselves here.

Is it OK to look at that here,

do you know what I mean?

Could you sit there

and just be staring at it?

I don't know!

I don't know!

You can hear giggles and stuff.

I see people who are new

to naturism and I think

they've never been naked before,

but they're seeing other people

round them who are naked, and

I think they're tempted to try it.

It's obvious by their body language.

They feel a bit nervous about

taking their clothes off,

but I'm sure they would enjoy it

if they did try it.

One thing they're game for

is a skinny dip.

And Clare is one of the first in.

Despite an inquisitive audience,

Mollie's friends

are gaining in confidence.

What would your mum say now, Clare?

Who gives a sh*t?!

25-year-old maths student Alex

recently took part in the

Manchester naked bike ride.

Even if someone wasn't taking

part in an event

like the naked bike ride,

if they were on the street

and 200 naked people fly by of

really all different shapes and

sizes, I think that could be

quite inspiring and something that

really has a positive effect on

the way they see nudity and see

being comfortable within your body.

Alex is one of a growing

number of young people

getting naked to challenge

the domination of

perfect body images in the media.

I think it's really positive to be

comfortable with your own body,

really positive to be

comfortable naked,

and I think it's really positive

to see other people's bodies

and in a totally non-sexual context.

I think it really helps you

with self-confidence.

Every week, Alex and her friends

get together and cook naked.

Today, her mate Luke,

an engineering student,

is the last one to arrive

and slip into his birthday suit.

Shall we start

weighing out the wet ingredients?

I'm probably naked

kind of like every day

almost, like, you know,

I probably sleep naked,

get up naked, answer the door.

I've had a couple of

amused-looking takeaway people.

Along with housemate Jess,

Luke has set up a naked food blog.

They cook in the buff,

post the recipes and photos online,

and aim to celebrate normal bodies.

Got thrown out the Arndale the other

day, for not having any shoes on.

Got thrown out the Arndale the other

day, for not having any shoes on. LAUGHTER

The blog has created a stir

online, with 60,000 hits

so far and rising.

That's me and Luke.

See, these are all

the people that have

mentioned us on Twitter,

so we've got this person here saying

they think they've got a new

favourite food blog.

It's growing, isn't it, as well?

It's growing, isn't it, as well?

Yeah.

Since we started

we haven't had a day

where we haven't had

100 people looking at it.

I've told my dad.

For a fundamentalist

Christian, my dad is

relatively all right

with the project, actually.

My mum is a bit more of a worrier,

she's like, "Are you sure

that if you're

"naked on the internet,

will you get a job?"

and this sort of stuff.

You do loads of naked stuff.

Surely your parents know...

about your propensity...

Surely your parents know...

about your propensity... No.

Surely your parents know... about your

propensity... No... your keenness.

Would your parents

be shocked if they knew?

I don't think they'd approve that...

They already think I'm pretty weird.

I guess as a teenager having

almost cripplingly low self-esteem

for many, many years,

and really hating my body.

Maybe two years ago I started to

really feel like I was finding

my place in the world and

discovering my friends and

part of marking that passage

was kind of like,

not just liking myself,

but liking my body as well

and wanting to kind of be naked

in a totally de-sexualised context,

so it definitely felt like

I am liberated and celebrating

my body. I like myself.

"It's unacceptable because

they are all unattractive. "

The blog is generating a stream of

mixed responses.

"Tell her we need more pics of

"fresh ripe melons and

less pictures of cucumbers. "

"I don't know what

made me puke more,

"the food or the naked fat people. "

"They aren't very attractive

"because chicks with

armpit hair make most guys

"throw up. "

Oh, God.

I know, right?

It's a bit infectious,

it's like you're really happy

about being naked,

has kind of made me want to do it,

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