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I think womans bodies are the most beautiful thing on Earth. I believe that what men have is taken for granted. You can't be mad at videos though. I just get mad at society. You have to think. The guy is giving a girl money to sell her soul to the general population and what does she have to show for it? That she's a slut. You are right. Clothes help the image. It shows that they have personality. Builds character. I also think that it should not be on TV. I think people should just grow a pair and go out instead of sitting on the edge of there chari waiting for MTV to come on.

I think that bodies look more appealing when they have some clothes on them. To me a fully naked body looks somewhat awkward unless it is posed in a special way or something.

That being said... It bothers me that nudity is so taboo in the first place. A woman that is comfortable with showing her nude body--something completely natural--is a slut?

A have a coworker that was telling me about how he HATES strippers and thinks that what they do is completely detestable. I feel that he is being very narrow-minded. He doesn't have to go to a strip club. More power to you if you can get people to throw money at you just because you're hot. I don't understand it when people think that nudity is ruining the world's morality or something.

I can understand his points. Its not like strippers are posing naked for art, they are using their sexuality to get money. The same can go for girls who are somewhat fully clothed, in a rather revealing way.

And...yes I can agree with what you are saying with nudity ruining the world's morality.

Ever seen Totoro? The bath scene? While i was away at this thing called Club Getaway for my summer camp (years ago I had to be 15), Totoro was playing. No one really paid no mind to it. Then the bath scene came on, and everyone freaked out. I guess it has to do with cultural differences more than anything...but bathing with others naked is such a norm in Japan, while in America its seen as being risque.
For the record, I'd only bathe with my boyfriend, or be naked with others unless its skinny dipping and I had too much to drink lol But I do see your points.

I don't think nudity automatically means sex or anything sexual. There are many places in the world where people wear very little clothing and where women are completely topless. I do not think those people are walking around with sex always on their mind because of it. And I don't think they think "OMG BEWBZ!!1!" all the time either.

I think we just have sexual thoughts when we see nudity basically because we have become uptight. We moved to colder places that required more clothes. We got used to being covered up. We got used to only seeing nudity in sexual situations. So now we see nudity, and we think sex. But that's just our society. It's sort of the way we taught ourselves to see nudity, not the way nudity truly is.

And in many ways, it's hurting us. There are so many people who really need to see a doctor but they don't. Not because of money, not because they're afraid of needles. Because they don't want to be seen naked. There are many women who are afraid to breastfeed in public, so they bottle feed (which is not as good for the baby) instead.

So nudity does not necessarily mean sex. It can mean sex. But it can also mean birth, a doctor's visit, breastfeeding, a way to cool off, just plain being natural, etc. And I really think we should push to desexualize it a bit. It's absurd that people are afraid to have a doctor see them or that breastfeeding mothers have to hide in a bathroom or wear a poncho.