Nudity
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:30 am
No doubt, some bodies are amazing. No doubt, some people can't handle it - and act criminally if they can't have what they see. No doubt, we need clothes for many reasons - some times just to get work done, without distraction.
No doubt some religions have swung the pendulum far the other way and forbid any visible skin, or even eye balls. No doubt, some religions shame people's nudity, sexuality, or even suggestive clothing.
Sculptures of nude bodies were quite common, but many religious people have found them objectionable.
I'm curious what people think about the issue. Say, see-through dresses? Topless beaches? Nude beaches? Nude camps? Nude sculptures - completely nude, or with fig leaves? What about nude bike rides (see Philadelphia)?
Are people who go nude inviting rape or assault, or is this victim blaming? (I went to a nude party and one of the people I was with (a guy) was asked by another guy. "Oh, wow, can I touch it?" (He said, "yes" and it was a respectful touch... Not my bag, but we can see how people deal with nudity differently.)
(Also, I was at a party where a woman was showing another woman her nipple piercings and let her touch her breasts. I talked to her, and she said she also got her labia pierced. She asked if I wanted to see, so i said "yes" - and it was, in fact pierced.)
In many places in Europe, topless beaches are the norm (as are "banana hammocks" for men) - there is a greater comfort with nudity, or at least, suggestiveness.
Meanwhile, India is know to be both very conservative AND one of the rape capitals of the world.
Then, there's this - is it basically nudity, or is it sculpture? (image of woman wearing a cast of her own torso as a shirt):
https://edition.cnn.com/style/lupita-ny ... tonys-lotw
I think much of this is like Morality: it's subjective based on the society you've been raised in. In France, or Portugal, you'd think nothing of your women friends going topless at the beach with you. In America, you'd be shocked to see it. In Morocco, you'd be arrested. In Iran, stoned.
No doubt some religions have swung the pendulum far the other way and forbid any visible skin, or even eye balls. No doubt, some religions shame people's nudity, sexuality, or even suggestive clothing.
Sculptures of nude bodies were quite common, but many religious people have found them objectionable.
I'm curious what people think about the issue. Say, see-through dresses? Topless beaches? Nude beaches? Nude camps? Nude sculptures - completely nude, or with fig leaves? What about nude bike rides (see Philadelphia)?
Are people who go nude inviting rape or assault, or is this victim blaming? (I went to a nude party and one of the people I was with (a guy) was asked by another guy. "Oh, wow, can I touch it?" (He said, "yes" and it was a respectful touch... Not my bag, but we can see how people deal with nudity differently.)
(Also, I was at a party where a woman was showing another woman her nipple piercings and let her touch her breasts. I talked to her, and she said she also got her labia pierced. She asked if I wanted to see, so i said "yes" - and it was, in fact pierced.)
In many places in Europe, topless beaches are the norm (as are "banana hammocks" for men) - there is a greater comfort with nudity, or at least, suggestiveness.
Meanwhile, India is know to be both very conservative AND one of the rape capitals of the world.
Then, there's this - is it basically nudity, or is it sculpture? (image of woman wearing a cast of her own torso as a shirt):
https://edition.cnn.com/style/lupita-ny ... tonys-lotw
I think much of this is like Morality: it's subjective based on the society you've been raised in. In France, or Portugal, you'd think nothing of your women friends going topless at the beach with you. In America, you'd be shocked to see it. In Morocco, you'd be arrested. In Iran, stoned.