  urlLink The Skinny on Nudism in the U.S. : "'Nudity is a taboo in America because we primarily equate nudity or nakedness with sexuality and we have taboos about sexuality,' said Matthew Westra, a psychology professor at Longview Community College in Missouri, in the National Geographic Channel documentary Taboo: Extreme Living. 'A lot of it has to do, I think, with the Puritan and Victorian heritage that we have, which says that any kind of temptation will lead you into hell.
' Modern strip clubs and pornography also strengthen the association between nudity and sex, a link that naturism activists are constantly trying to break. 'At nude beaches, we swim, we play volleyball, we lay in the sun. We do the same things everyone else does at the beach—we just prefer to do it without clothing,' Hoffman said. The rules: no touching, no gawking, no inappropriate behavior. 'It's a very family-friendly environment. '" 
