What is so morally gratuitous about human nudity?

Question

P.S. - I am not a pervert.

I did not misuse the word gratuitous. Look at the dictionary link below, my brother.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/g/g0238200.html

I mean, for some people, ok, we dont' want to see them naked, but we all know what's underneath each other's clothes. What's the big deal, why do we as a species feel the need to hide our goodies?

Answer 1

Nothing but repressed minds who were taught the private parts are no-no's.

Answer 2

Nothing. Nudity is not "morally gratuitous". It is "morally gratuitious" to wear clothing in public. To do some research on the orign of clothing might be an interesting pursuit for you. Clothing, I believe, began as a necessity against the elements of nature. Later it also served to keep people from getting sexually molested... and clothing still has done yet other things for society. Nudity is anti-societal behavior in adults - and only gratuitous to those who embrace it in places like nudist colonies - people who rebel against the requirements of society and churches to wear clothes. In children, nudity it is innocent fun - and it is only later in life they must learn societal rules.

Answer 3

We have been asked to dress modestly in the Bible.

I initially thought the same way, until I read the Bible and gained a greater understanding of God's Word.

1 Timothy 2:8-10
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=61&chapter=2&verse=8&end_verse=10&version=31&context=context

1 Corinthians 12:21-25
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2012:21-25;&version=31;

May God Bless you and keep you in His Mercy. In the Name of Jesus Christ, My Lord, I pray.

Marianne

Answer 4

You may not be a pervert, but you stilled misused the word 'gratuitous'. It makes no sense in the context of your question.
Perhaps you meant 'objectionable'?

Answer 5

Nothing. Many cultures in the world walk around naked all the time and think nothing of it. Those of us who cover ourselves only do so because the society we grew up in programmed us to think it's wrong to be naked.

Answer 6

What is so gratuitous about sunlight if you've been trapped in a cave for a week?


Same thing.
Basically.

Answer 7

There is nothing morally gratuitous about nudity .....IN ITS PLACE!
Would you expect to see a frog when your friend opens his mouth?
If you did, would that make frogs bad / wrong?
No.
Its just not their place.
Nudity has a place, but its not in the general public.

Answer 8

nothing.

it is actually a safety concern.

see at the time these ideas came about, we were just getting used to the idea of doors.

in order to prevent a man from bieng arounsed by all the hot nubile women running around naked and then get his equipment slammed in a door somewhere, they came out with the social norm of clothing.

of course back then they didn't have as many obese women as we do today.

Answer 9

It depends on the human. Some people should not be seen naked.

Edit: Of course you're a pervert. Who isn't?

Answer 10

It comes down to basic psychology...tell a child that they can't see something and look what happens. They will drive themselves nuts trying to see what it is that you are hiding and even invent fantastic fantasies about it.

Answer 11

Of course nudity is gratuitous... otherwise you'd be paying for soft porn.