Horizon - 3rd March ...

[gaspode]

Is on Nudity and poses the idea that shame about nudity is a learned thing rather than in built ...

No shit Sherlock !!! Of course its learned - it why kids generally shed their clothes at every opportunity until there embarassed parents tell them off for it...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7915369.stm

The program does sound interesting from a naturists point of view... I have no hang ups about showing my wayyyy less than perfect body (much to many's distress ;) - you know who you are Flist :) ) and the experiment sounds like fun .. one for Tivo I think...

*ETA* You have to love the use of the term 'inapproprate excitement' in the article. Anyway - when nudity is common place - such as in camps and resorts the problem goes away.)

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Mostly I tell smallclanger to keep his clothes on because I'm fed up with a) picking up a trail of clothes from all over the house and b) his complaining that he's cold (well, duh, no clothes=no warmth).

I suspect my problems with my own (theoretical) nudity stem more from being uncomfortable than ashamed - some clothes provide necessary support. :)

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

I can accept that - so practicality can apply the use of some clothing - if fact would mandate it - its the whole nudity is wrong idea I (and in fact a growing quickly) number of others have.

To be honest no one (even naturists) expect to go naked all the time. The issue is the stigmatism and in fact law against doing so at will.

According to the article the last test for the people in the experiment was to walk down the street to their cabs naked. which they did.

All well and good and perfectly innocent and good fun.

However they could have been arrested and charged for (so called) indecent exposure.

Which is wrong - a lot of the thrill with people like ;'flashers' and 'peeping toms' (for want of better terms) is down to tabboo and removing the tabboo removes the thril.

[emmzzi.livejournal.com]

like the thrill of running nekkid round the grand canyon and scaring the americans...

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

indeed :) hmm should I link this post to that pic ... ;)

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

And they were Austrailians ...

[gaspodia.livejournal.com]

They ran so fast they left their champagne behind - fools!