Naked party

{{Short description|Alleged type of college party}}

A naked party, also known as nude party, is a party where the participants are required to be nude. The parties have become associated with college campuses and with college-aged people; they gained prominence after naked parties were organized at Brown University and Yale University.{{cite news |url=http://www.nysun.com/article/23347 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051204090006/http://www.nysun.com/article/23347 |archive-date=4 December 2005 |title=At Columbia, an Invitation to a Night of Nakedness |first=Jacob |last=Gershman |date=2005-11-22 |access-date=1 February 2024 |newspaper=The New York Sun}}{{cbignore}} While the roots of naked parties come from the nudism movements and campus streaking, the modern "naked party" movement appears to have its roots at Brown University in the 1980s. Attendees of naked parties often report that they stop feeling awkward after just a few minutes since everyone has disrobed before entering the party and since everyone's nudity is accepted, regardless of body type.{{cite news |url=http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?section=3&date=2006-12-01&id=5 |title=Naked parties: an expose |work=The Bowdoin Orient |location=Brunswick, Maine |publisher=Bowdoin College |date=2006-12-01 |access-date=2008-09-05 |last=Abbruzzese |first=Kelsey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007060105/http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?section=3&date=2006-12-01&id=5 |archive-date=2008-10-07 |url-status=dead }} According to reports, most naked college parties are sex-free.{{cite news|url=http://cbs3.com/specialreports/College.Party.Naked.2.307373.html |first=Angela |last=Russell |title=Naked College Parties |date=2007-02-13 |work=CBS3 |publisher=CBS Broadcasting, Inc. |access-date=2008-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822085757/http://cbs3.com/specialreports/College.Party.Naked.2.307373.html |archive-date=2008-08-22 |url-status=dead }} At Brown University, the nakedness is "more of an experiment in social interaction than a sexual experience".{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/education/edlife/07nakedparties.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807063729/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/education/edlife/07nakedparties.html?ei=5090&en=4ff3d98d49f32172&ex=1325826000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all |archive-date=7 August 2008 |title=Black Tie Optional |first=Rachel |last=Aviv |author-link=Rachel Aviv |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2007-01-07 |access-date=1 February 2024}}

The event at Yale continued; in 2016 it was observed that, having begun in the 1980s, it has become an institution because of rules that enforce its non-sexual nature.{{cite news| url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/02/19/yale-strips-down/| title=Yale Strips Down| last=Braunstein| first=Sofia |date=February 19, 2016| access-date=April 2, 2021| work=Yale Daily News}}

The spread of naked parties has sparked international controversy. Some students do not like the idea of their schools being associated with them. These concerns have been discussed in different works of literature, such as Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons and Natalie Krinsky's Chloe Does Yale.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3650614/Naked-parties...-very-odd-unnatural.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405171507/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;jsessionid=DJETPII0YSDOBQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/arts/2006/03/02/ftyale02.xml |archive-date=2006-04-05 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |title=Naked parties... very odd, unnatural |date=2006-02-03 |access-date=1 February 2024 |first=Catherine |last=Elsworth}}{{cbignore}} Religious groups have attempted to have nude parties banned in some municipalities.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2289466.stm | title=Call to ban 'naked' party | publisher=BBC News | date=1 October 2002}}{{cbignore}} An oft-cited Christianity Today column entitled "What to Say at a Naked Party" cited concerns about sexual assault and objective morality.{{cite magazine |last1=Mathewes-Green |first1=Frederica |author1-link=Frederica Mathewes-Green |title=What to Say at a Naked Party |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/002/14.48.html |magazine=Christianity Today |access-date=2021-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013125837/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/february/february/14.48.html |archive-date=13 October 2006 |date=21 January 2005 |url-status=unfit}}{{cbignore}}