Another place that discriminates against men

Sadly, I am now unable to support an event I have been doing for a few years and have been recommending to people.

This is BareCamp by Barewest events.

This week, my attention was drawn to a post on Facebook by one of their team. Basically, they stated that they now have a strictly enforced 60/40 male-to-female policy. Whilst I understand the reasons, ranging from practical policies to cultural stereotypes and efforts to maintain a balanced environment, these measures aim to protect the community. Still, they can feel exclusionary to single men who share the same non-sexual, body-positive values. If a place has a policy like this but says nothing, then there is no issue, as single males like myself do not take it personally, but to come out on social media stating this gives the impression that, yet again, single males like myself are being discriminated against. It had been put to me that it is to give women a safer place to be naturists, but I still don't get it, as if they are at a naturist event, then they are surrounded by fellow naturists. I go on nude walks with groups, and sometimes there may be ten men and one woman, but the women have always felt safe, even though the numbers are so unbalanced.

Being discriminated against for being a single male genuinely hurts, for most likely myself, it is not that we want to be single, but find ourselves that way from divorce or not being socially active due to being shy, both things that apply to me.

So when I find a place that comes out and says that either they don't accept single males or control how many men can be at an event, it feels like a personal attack against me for being male.

Places that have women-only events are great as they give women a place to feel totally safe, a place that, in the background, tries to get an even balance of both men and women is also good as it helps, but don't put it on social media as it then discourages people like me from recommending the event. For an example of how we single males feel, how would you feel if an event said publicly - we don't have an even amount of race to yours, or not an even amount of homosexual to heterosexual people, so you can't book? You would be rightly outraged that you are being discriminated against because an even wants to create an even balance which may not be achievable in the first place .... so to be told you can't attend as you are male is the same - it is sexual discrimination in its plainest form.

At a naturist event, as far as possible, everyone should be checked to verify they are naturists, from any source, such as social media, other clubs or events, etc. If there is clear proof that they are like me, for example, that is on social media as a naturist or has a website. They should clearly be allowed to attend before someone who has no proof of being a naturist. This is not discrimination; it is safeguarding, allowing people to attend an event regardless of all other facts, as long as they are attending for the correct reason. And yes, this may create an event where there are far more men than women. Still, when naturism itself is roughly 2:1 to 3:1 men-to-women, this is inevitable and sadly will probably always be the case due to women in public still being the centre of attention for some men's terrible behaviour towards them, until we can change the world's men's attitude, this won't stop.

So, the long and the short of this is, sadly, I can no longer support or recommend BareCamp or Barewest events due to publicly sharing their sexual discrimination on social media.