Nudity & why it is a negative thing in US society

In the US (and on A2K), representations of sex and nudity are feared much more than those of violence. You can write here that you want to nuke millions of people, and nothing will happen to your post. But show one single nipple, and your post will be tagged NSFW and removed from sight, as happened to one of my recent posts showing a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, "girl defending herself against Eros".

funcouple wrote:

nudity and being naked is seen as a negative thing.

The history of Puritanism in America; the American Taliban AKA the conservative US Evangelical population; and many other socially conservative reasons....

The fact that this thread was marked NSFW despite nothing in this thread displays anyone visually naked and nothing explicitly sexual has yet to be posted? That's kind of telling.

Ironically, Feminists have become the new Puritans. It is feminists who are regulating sexual expression and railing against depictions of sexuality in public.

Nudity is seen as negative in societies that repress sex quite a lot, e.g. in most Muslim countries. Of course, all societies regulate sex one way or the other, but some more than others.

In the US (and on A2K), representations of sex and nudity are feared much more than those of violence. You can write here that you want to nuke millions of people, and nothing will happen to your post. But show one single nipple, and your post will be tagged NSFW and removed from sight, as happened to one of my recent posts showing a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, "girl defending herself against Eros".

To be fair it sported two nipples. That was really pushing it...

I think the NSFW is used so those that would be offended have a choice not to open it (also can save you if you are looking at this at work) - not sure it is so much "fear".

But I do think there should be something similar in regard to violence because something violent can be offensive as well

My husband and I are going to share this profile and we are wondering why nudity and being naked is seen as a negative thing.

Because of children. You need to think of the children...

Another reason why Japanese are accustomed to being naked is Japan’s love of bathing. It is common for children to bathe with parents in the home. Moreover, everyone gets naked at an onsen or hot spring. Although most etiquette books recommend a small towel to cover the necessities, anyone that has really been to an onsen knows that this rarely happens. Men let it hang out as if it was a competition while older women in their separate adjacent hot spring are giving the younger crowd a clear view of what they have to look forward to when they age. Bathing and walking from bath to bath is done with little shame.

funcouple wrote:

My husband and I are going to share this profile and we are wondering why nudity and being naked is seen as a negative thing.

Because of children. You need to think of the children...

Potential for injuries on those parts that hang

I probably can come up with other stuff but that is just off the top of head.

McGentrix wrote:

funcouple wrote:

My husband and I are going to share this profile and we are wondering why nudity and being naked is seen as a negative thing.

Because of children. You need to think of the children...

You joking correct?

WASHINGTON, DC—As the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of the Super Bowl XXXVIII tragedy, an FCC study shows that millions of U.S. children were severely traumatized by the exposure to a partially nude female breast during the Feb. 1, 2004 halftime show.

“No one who lived through that day is likely to forget the horror,” said noted child therapist Dr. Eli Wasserbaum. “But it was especially hard on the children.”

The tragic wardrobe malfunction occurred approximately 360 days ago, during Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake’s performance of “Rock Your Body,” when Timberlake tore Jackson’s costume, accidentally revealing her right breast.

Heaven forbid a child should see a boob.

Have you forgotten this incident?

In late 19th century Germany, the idea of taking off clothes in order to liberate oneself was revolutionary.[2] German naturism was part of the Lebensreform movement and the Wandervogel youth movement of 1896, from Steglitz, Berlin which promoted ideas of fitness and vigour. At the same time doctors of the Natural Healing Movement were using heliotherapy, treating diseases such as TB, rheumatism and scrofula with exposure to sunlight.[3]

At the start of the twentieth century the German naturism movement looked to Scandinavia as a model.[2] The term Nacktkultur refers to a network of over 200 private clubs in Germany which promote nudism as a way of connecting the individual to nature. The term was coined in 1902 by Heinrich Pudor, who published a 3-volume treatise in 1906 connecting nudism, vegetarianism and social reform. However, its roots might go back as far as the 1870s.[4] Its major promoters were Adolf Koch and Hans Suren. Germany published the first journal of nudism between 1902 and 1932.[5] The German naturism movement was careful to de-eroticise the naked body, which was not regarded as sexually provocative in itself. Instead it was believed that civilisation had taught us to look upon nudity as sexual.[2]