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Reply #109: Exactly. Nudity is not shameful in many parts of Europe. The reactions of some in this thread is [View All]

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stevenleser

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Thu May-12-11 11:24 PM
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109. Exactly. Nudity is not shameful in many parts of Europe. The reactions of some in this thread is

Edited on Thu May-12-11 11:24 PM by stevenleser

laughable. "Oh my god, nudity, sex! If our children see with either, they will be damaged!" or the equally laughable, "If men see women naked and enjoy it, that's bad!!!"

On the first point, it is the shame and repression that damages the children, not the nudity. On the second, we have gone so far down the road of being/having a sex negative culture that it has pervades a large segment of the feminism movement. Fortunately, there is a segment of feminism that is shedding that. I'm hoping the third wavers help fix this part of American culture.

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