Why is America so up-tight about nudity?

[sundaymorning6am]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:18am

I got into a discussion with my parents today, and somehow the topic of the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake "scandal" came up and I STILL find it laughable how up-in-arms the US became over a pasty. Considering you can see more skin in ANY one of those Super Bowl commercials. Europe was having a great time laughing at us.

Comments about anything else?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:20am

Personally I encourage people to be naked whenever possible and advocate that particularly good-looking persons not be allowed to wear any clothing at all.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:23am

Amen, Margo.

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:25am

because the human body is a filthy disgusting sinful thing, designed by a sick & perverted mind.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:28am

Personally, I love naked men. If my boyfriend would let me, I'd move us to an all (hot) male nudist colony.

I actually love scantilly clad women too. Lacey Chabert looks smokin' in the new Maxim magazine.

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:32am

it's been nice knowing you, FW

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:35am

no nudity! but it's ok to show people's heads being blown off.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:38am

I was born naked, and I'm gonna die naked, and I'll live the majority of my days naked.

Anyone gotta problem with that?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:39am

I'd personally pitch in to move Fiction Writer to an all (hot) male nudist colony provided it does not now nor will it ever have internet access. Who would need it with all that (hot) male nudity?

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:45am

i was banned for 3 days for posting a couple of bare-chested porn stars. i wonder what punishment FW will receive??

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:48am

Were they female porn stars, cturtle?

[erikaamato]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:48am

Wow! I'm all for naked, but not THAT naked. (Meaning, I like my men less...well-groomed...)

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 1:52am

female porn stars?? i should say not!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 2:00am

Well, you said "bare-chested porn stars," so I just assumed they were female. I mean, who the hell gets riled up by a naked male torso in this day and age?

BTW: I think FW should be banished to the moon, where he'll eat nothing but green cheese every day.

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[cturtle]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 2:02am

jose

need i say more?

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 4:26am

I don't know.... there's something hot about the skin that's exposed when someone bends over while wearing a t-shirt, or when the shirt rides up during a stretch. A little mystery can be a good thing.

[dramaparoxysm23]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 4:33am

Perhaps the real question is: Why is Europe so unruffled by nudity? (No, it's not the question. I'm just being a smartass.)

I honestly don't know, but it's pissed me off for years. Living in Germany for the past (almost) five years has made me see how laid-back Europeans are and I wonder why Americans are so uneasy with nudity.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 4:42am

Americans are scared by their temptations.
When most people see a nude body, their first thought is "porn".
What I've posted here is art. I wasn't aroused by any of it. I think the naked men are beautiful.

Ignorant Americans just don't understand.

[actor]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 4:42am

FW, I'm counting the seconds until you are banned...

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 4:49am

5...4...3...2...

When I was a freshman in high school, some of the juniors through a huge fit when they had to read Snow Falling on Cedars. They felt that the sex scenes were pornography.

Of course I disagreed. I asked one of them if reading the few pages gave him an erection. He didn't answer the question...

If he had said no, I would've asked him what the fuss was about.

What am I doing wrong? It's a nude picture of a hot guy. Some people need to get over themselves. If someone doesn't like it, they can click the little X box, or read another thread. And then, after that, they can stick their foot up their ass.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
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[actor]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 4:59am

To be honest, I don't either. Hopefully the BWW moderators will spare you.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:03am

I have more important things to do than BWW anyway. A ban will force me to do something else.

The Europeans are surrounded by naked bodies every day. It's nothing new to them.

When I see or hear someone talk about how they don't like nudity, my first thoughts are, "So what do you do when you're naked?"

Speaking of which, it's time for me to go get naked and jump in bed. Night, night!

[Pinguin]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 5:11am

Oh, it's totally an issue of self-loathing...heck, I don't like seeing naked bodies 'cause it reminds me of everything I hate about mine :0)

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 9:42am

You had to post a woman??

Gross!

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 9:59am

Nice, Papa. Nice.

Why is America so uptight about nudity, you ask? Maybe it's because most of America is uptight conservative baby boomers who think that the reason there's so much cussing in Spaceballs is because they're watching the director's cut. Which they're not!!!!!!!!