Isn't the human body the greatest work of art on the planet? It's the only thing that's truly OURS in this life. Why does a breast have to be censored? A BREAST! The symbol of maternity! Why do genitals get censored? Why isn't a penis treated like any other body part e.g. the finger? What makes us so ashamed when we are nude? I just don't get it. I think it has something to do with religious beliefs that say that the body is a tool of carnal pleasure and we should cover it up as much as possible. Pah-lease!! People who claim that, i'm sorry to say, have primitive beliefs... I also think it's wrong that many peole closely associate the nude human body with perversion and pornography and find it right to censor and hide it. Censoring your body is censoring who you are.
2007-11-16 00:49:19 · 17 answers · asked by tr8or1000 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
In the United States, our opinions about nudity are founded in religious beliefs about the body. Pretty funny for a country that prides itself on separation of church and state.
The standards for decency vary across the world. Europeans frequently laugh at us because we have a lot of pornography, and yet we want people to cover up on prime time. We want to "protect" our children from nudity when all they have to do is remove their clothes and stand in front of the mirror.
Many countries in the world, and perhaps most, are much less prudish than the United States. Nudity of varying degrees is available on broadcast television, and no one even blinks. However, the ingrained religious beliefs regarding the human body run deep in the United States and until those beliefs are overcome, nudity will be considered distastefully.
2007-11-16 00:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by LonHolder 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I agree. I think it's mainly a North American thing that the human body is censored. I know in Europe and the UK it's a lot different at how they look at nudity. It's the same as violence and sex on TV. I'm sorry but if I had children I'd rather them see something natural as people have sex then see someone head be blown off.
2007-11-16 00:54:07 · answer #2 · answered by Gamergrl22 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nudity isn't indecent, it's how we present the nudity. IE, a hooker, prostitute, stripper is considered indecent, as opposed to a painting of a nude woman.
2007-11-16 00:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I completely agree that the human body is art, but it's what a few people have done with their art that has caused a backlash. Flashing little kids at bus stops is deemed inappropriate and profane. But going to art class with a live, nude model is art. There is a fine line there between profane and profound.
2007-11-16 00:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess this all depends on what your perception is of the naked human body. Many people place a direct link between sex and the naked body. Therefore it is clear why censoring is needed to protect, say children from being exposed to things too early on. Also, some people do have psychological problems e.g sex offenders and therefore censorship helps to avoid provoking certain situations in society.
2007-11-16 00:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A hundred million humans cannot be wrong.
Weather is the best answer.
Second best is human interference.
Depending on where people lived, nudity is fine until the Europeans who lived in cold areas of the planet said "Aughhh, nudity !!"
Anyway, the harm has been done and clothes are here to stay. It is too late to ask "why" now.
2007-11-16 00:56:51 · answer #6 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
People's obsession with sex makes simple nudity impossible to seperate from their own perverse desires. Porn hasn't helped. The advertising agencies play on this "duality" of human nature and use sex to sell everything...even cigarettes. The more we promote sex, the more people link the naked body to sex, and its many perversions.
It will only be when we can learn to see the naked body simply for what it is, and not a cesspool of sexual lust, that we can truly appreciate the perfection and artistry of the human form, as God created it.
It is hypocrisy at it's highest to say that what God has made good is actually evil. Can we contradict God? God made mankind in His image, and made them naked. What could be better? But the Church has deemed the human form as evil and a source of lust. But this view is in direct contradiction to the Word of God. God made mankind naked, and saw that it was good. God said that we should never call what God has made clean to be unclean, and Jesus said that when we lust in OUR hearts, then WE have sinned...being drawn into sin by OUR OWN lusts and desires. That means the sin of lust is within us, not in the naked human body of someone we see.
Interesting, isn't it? The duality has so blinded everyone, that we actually believe silly things like "clothing will protect women from rape". It didn't protect my wife when she was 16, did it? "Seeing your parents naked is sexual abuse". I never saw my parents naked, and I was molested as a child by a family friend.
Its time we re-evaluate the hypocrisy that has pervaded our society. When the statue of Michelangelo's David is considered "obscene", but we sell millions of dollars in porn in every gas station across the country, it is definitely time to set things straight.
2007-11-17 01:02:01 · answer #7 · answered by txknude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have grown accustomed to nudity being indicent and usually, people will use nudity for the wrong reasons.
2007-11-16 00:51:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they made everyone go through the airport security checks naked, flying would be safer and everyone would get over the nudity thing.
2007-11-16 00:53:20 · answer #9 · answered by Dan H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People have made the naked body perverted with porn and other indecent acts. Thats pretty much why.
2007-11-16 00:52:24 · answer #10 · answered by Ocean Soldier 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋