(submitted by gekkogecko)
Mon Jul 11, 9:15 AM ET

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.
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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.

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Doesn't bother me a bit to see naked people! ROFL

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Hey they dont like it all they gotta do is look the other way. It dont bother me though.

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I'm sure this will come as a complete shock to everyone here...but I do mind seeing naked women. Mrs. WI in particular. Now before you jump down my throat about what an a**hole husband I am, chew on this: Mrs. WI does not wear clothes at night. Any clothes at all. When the kids go to bed, she strips naked. My problem is not that I don't find her attractive and sexy, in fact it's the polar opposite. I think she's beautiful and I get turned on when I see her nude body. We talk, and it's always a battle trying not to look at her naked chest, her curvy hips, and her cute little patch of hair...um...down there. She escalates things by absently playing with her pubics. Then she thinks I'm a pig because I wanna pounce her. She doesn't understand how difficult it is to see her nude ALL the time, and not get excited.

But to put this in the same context...I'd love to see her naked on the beach! Surrounded by other nudies, male & female! Woot! I'm sure I'd pay the price for it in sexual frustration later though.

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And a criminal record for spooluting the beach!