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This. What is wrong with nudity? What is wrong if a child sees a dick or a titty? Why are ashamed? Why is nudity such an awful thing?
by throwaway415415 8y ago
This. What is wrong with nudity? What is wrong if a child sees a dick or a titty? Why are ashamed? Why is nudity such an awful thing?
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- taurath 8y agoIt’s a religion thing primarily.
- faissaloo 8y agoPeople use this explanation as a copout, have you considered why a religion would have such an attitude?
- scarejunba 8y agoIt's superstitious nonsense. Presumably it's historical and a means to control people.
- faissaloo 8y agoLets assume so, why specifically would these these rules be useful in controlling people?
- scarejunba 8y agoI don't know if you're trying some Socratic method thing here. Mind just telling me what your favoured hypothesis is, if that's the case? It's obvious that religious beliefs have poor epistemological backing and (to me) idiotic to hold. But I'm curious if you've got some novel hypothesis for their existence.
- faissaloo 8y agoI'm religious, but speaking within the materialist framework I'd say that the uncovering of oneself is part of a mating ritual, and that by giving such a signal one without the need one is in some way being dishonest, abusive (i.e: to harass or take advantage of) or even enroaching on the relationship of another. If a person were to be exposed in front of a child it would point towards that person having certain desires for that child. As for why uncovering oneself is a reasonable mating ritual, I believe it is similar to how in the same way that if you have a gun and are going to shoot someone you would indicate as such to ward them off by pulling your gun out of its holster.
- scarejunba 8y agoI see. Thank you for sharing your ideas with me.
- faissaloo 8y agoNo worries, good discussion.
- enedil 8y agoCould you expand?
- rpiguy 8y agoIt is not. China, India, and most of Asia have similar or more restrictive attitudes toward nudity as the US and there is no God decreeing that you can’t have sex or be sexual. The lack of real analysis demonstrated in this topic, the western centric thinking (US vs. Europe), and broad generalizations are just disappointing for a forum full of supposedly smart people.
- taurath 8y agoThanks for the implication that I’m not smart - I’m sorry to have disappointed you. More nuanced version of my post - cultural memory is frequently anti sex in many situations almost anywhere you go. Confucianism has tons of taboos around sex. Hindis have fewer but Indian society still has a lot of leftover laws from when the Protestant UK was determining social policy. The places you see sex positivity and a lack of taboos over nudity are much more secular on measure.