Word: nudism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Many of the new words, according to the O.E.D., first appeared in TIME, including "nudism" (1929), "minicrisis" (1971) and the verb to "Jeep...
...nakedness comes, can sex be far behind? "Most forms of nudity are not sexual," maintains Boston Psychiatrist David Spiegel, who feels that in and of itself there is nothing wrong with nudism. "There is a difference between displaying genitalia and sexual behavior. Scientists who have gone to nudist colonies have repeatedly observed that when people take off their clothes, they are less sexual." In Brooklyn, N.Y., Federal Magistrate Vincent Catoggio had another opinion. "I don't know where these people get the idea they have a constitutional right to strip naked and parade in front of other people...
...attack; in Lufkin, Texas. A burly Texan first elected to Congress in 1930, Dies won approval for the creation of HUAC in 1938 to "investigate subversion and un-American propaganda." In tempestuous, headline-making public hearings, Dies attacked all manner of supposed subversives, including Communists, fascists, atheists, advocates of nudism, and New Dealers, whom he characterized as "an army of radical associates and crackpots." Dies' inquisitorial style set a pattern that the committee followed for years and that Joseph McCarthy adopted in the Senate. But Dies himself declined to run for a seventh term in 1944 because...
...Since nudism has been stripped of whatever peephole provocativeness it once had, the American Sunbathing Association is now opting for an open-door policy. Under a plan recently announced by Association President Robert G. Johnston, some 130 U.S. nudist camps are emerging from their traditional reclusion. "We've decided to come out of the woodwork and operate competitive recreational facilities rather than cults or philosophical retreats," Johnston explains. "We're inviting the public to come visit us just as they would visit Disney World...
...nudism will still be different from ogling Donald or Goofy. Johnston figures to charge $5 per family at most facilities, with no special prices for single men and women. Few camps will allow novices to keep their clothes on after several visits. Says Johnston: "Motels don't screen guests, so why should we? But we do invite the men to bring their girl friends...