Confirmation bias

When presenting a blog such as this, it is easy for detractors to make the allegation of confirmation bias, the willingness on the part of a proponent to accept supporting evidence as true or useful and counter evidence as unreliable. I am aware I may be accused of taking sides, that I have written it from a naturist’s point of view which cannot therefore be impartial. It is true I have written it from the naturist viewpoint but in mitigation, my researches have made me keenly aware of attitudes and feelings concerning nudity. I have taken the time and trouble to discuss them with family, friends and acquaintances and to research the attitudes to nudity found in many different spheres. I have also recognised the drawbacks of social nudity, those times and places where it is not appropriate and have reported some disturbing aspects in the history of naturism and will do so again. I have tried to present the subject of social nudity using evidence not simply belief. This is no project that once finished will be filed and forgotten only to move onto the next one. It is my life.