Nudity vs. Clothing

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What's your view on public nudity? Is it artistic? Is it grotesque? Is it just... weird?
What do you think?

Under all of those clothes: you are nude. Why adorn/cover/paint the default model if you prefer the default model in some way to adorning/covering/painting the default model?

I think it is silly for a society to 'cover up' the body because they seem ashamed or embarrassed by it (or the like).

I believe it would be disturbing to get an erection and then you notice that you're walkin' 'round naked. o3o

An erection is embarrassing now? Call me unabashed... but I am undisturbed. I am disturbed by presenting my non-censored body currently (for different reasons than many, i should think)... but I would hope my actions will enable the agitation to cease sometime in the future

I've just been on a lovely holiday to Croatia and saw way too many nudist on the islands. I was left mentally unstable after witnessing a hairy 80+ nudist, severely obese and lobster red, bending over to pick up his beer...

And I find that entirely non-scarring.

I guess, in the end, there really is no reason other than protection from the elements on why we could not just walk around naked when we want.

This is mostly correct... although one can walk around naked in the 'elements'. I would certainly not recommend it... but it is usually possible.

Personally, I think that it is just embedded into us as a child that naked people are "nasty." I think I would also be horrible to see the lobster red old guy bending over, but, I think that is my(our) perspective b/c we were raised with clothes on, and we were told that it was "nasty." Although, I think it does feel much better to have clothes on at any time due to the contact with all of the things in our world.

Yes, it is entirely cultural and learned so far as the 'disgust' goes. I disagree that people find nudity (in itself) nasty, however... thus the porn industry, finding sexual appeal in nudity, nude art, etc (most of this disagreement is lodged in with sex).

Kids are used to seeing nudity in statues and in movies etc.. It's not a big deal unless you make it one, which silly prudish parents do (& that's counter productive). 'Protection' enters into it if there is anything strange going on. Honest sex is fine IMO.

Couldn't agree more Well, i actually could... so I will: /agree more. If my viewpoint isn't yet clear...