Hoedowns, for example, just sound better in boots than in bare feet. An occasional Rebel yell punctuates the fiddle music. I've come to visit this place, on condition that I not mention its name or whereabouts. The resort owner said I didn't have to take my clothes off, but the revelers were just so hospitable, I decided to get naked simply out of politeness. City folk might be incredulous that Baptist deacons and hillbilly lawmen permit four nudist communities to thrive in the mountains of north Georgia.
Outsiders tend to underestimate Appalachian laisser faire.
Growing up on a farm takes much of the embarrassment out of biology. Another aspect of Southern nudism, I am reminded, is its tendency toward evangelism. Nudists, like preachers, tend to grow zealous when they discuss their conversion experiences. Body acceptance was their redemption and becomes consequently their mission. However, in a region where traditional sex roles often can approach caricature, social nudism adds a new wrinkle, of sorts, to the male-female dynamic.