Nudity In France

I had no idea that nudity was so widely accepted in France. Saw a French commercial showing topless women taking a shower. Makes us Americans look even more prudish than we already were. Me personally, a little nudity never hurt anyone, but most folks here act like it's death. If America was more like France we would have less sex crimes. I fully believe one of the reason sex crimes in America is so high is because from the moment we're born we get covered up and folks flip out about the tiniest bit of skin showing anywhere. Folks don't know how to handle seeing a nude body in this country. Women are grossly shamed for breast feeding in public even though that's the only reason breasts exist. Why is it such a crime in this country to see a woman's breasts? Why is that such a big deal? It's just skin, flesh. It shouldn't be a big deal. In France it's not. There's topless women all over the place. People are used to it and they don't flip out about it. They don't have to deal with the voyeurs like we deal with here either. Idiots here act like they've never seen a woman's breasts before and go bat shit over them (good or bad). Why? What's the big deal? Yes, I love looking at them but dang, if I saw them all the time then it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Seeing them doesn't cause me to lose my manners and common sense and turn into an animal. I've just never figured out why it's such a crime to folks. They're just breasts. Big whoopied doo. Learn some self respect and respect others. I say free the beasts!! Stop being a prude!

I'll tell you this, I am very self conscious about my body, especially my equipment. I'm so worried about how I look and measure up down there that I sometimes get stage freight just using a public bathroom with another guy in there. have never seen another guy naked in person before. I'm so afraid of them seeing me and making fun of me. It hurts my confidence when dealing with women as well. I have such low confidence dealing with women and a big part of it is because I'm worried about them seeing me and making fun that I'm not big enough. But I tell you if I had grown up in the kind of environment where nudity was accepted and I saw my peers naked and realized we pretty much all look the same, I would have a much healthier respect for my body and much more confidence.

Body shame is one of the leading causes of teen suicide in America. The reason for that is all we ever seen are porn models. No one ever sees real people naked. Real, normal, everyday people. So many folks (kids, teens, adults) have this unhealthy attitude about the way they look without actually knowing that their body is normal and beautiful. If America was like France where public nudity was widely accepted then the cases of kids hurting themselves because of body shame would be almost wiped out. There's always exceptions, but we'd be in a lot better shape. I hate seeing beautiful young women that think they're fat. That just pains me because they're not fat. They're beautiful. They're normal. It's normal to have a little body fat. God gave you body fat for a reason. It's to protect your inner organs and to keep you warm because when God created humans he made them naked!! Our bodies and skin are made to be able to keep us warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Wearing clothes screws that up to a degree because your body's natural abilities are being screwed up. Yes clothes do protect in the harshest of weather. But most times clothes are unnecessary. Plus clothes puts even more body shame into us because of the different styles and such that some people can't afford. That builds up more negative body imagery.

Overall my point is pretty clear, there are a lot of issues in America that could be solved if nudity was accepted instead of shamed. So many issues. Folks would have much more self respect for their bodies and that ensuing confidence would spread to other areas of their lives. If you don't take anything else from this thread, take that lesson that I mean what I say in good will.

 

America is the most prudish country that I can think of. It's awful. It wasn't until the 2000s that they allowed a woman's bare breasts to be displayed in a TV show and even then it gets a ton of outrage when it happens. Commercials and such showing a woman's bare breasts like you see in France are not allowed here. Nude beaches are few and far between. You never see a topless woman at home on her own property.

If I had to guess, I'd say America has the highest rate of teen suicide and so much of it is driven by a lack of body image, especially from girls because they think they're fat and ugly. The reason they think that is because all they ever see is fake women in porn and in advertisements. They never see normal women naked so they don't realize how beautiful they really are. Like I said, I've never seen another guy naked in person. The whole thing about showering in school after gym class stopped in the 80s and early 90s in America. We don't even have open showers in health clubs and public swimming pools and places like that.

Everyone is prudish. They think that a young child seeing his mother or father naked is the worst thing in the world. If I'm ever lucky enough to get married and have children then I hope my wife is more open to nudity and letting the children see both of us naked that way they grow up feeling comfortable in their own skin with no body shame. I sure wish I would have had the opportunity to grow up like that. It would have helped me out tremendously. So many of my body image issues could have been avoided.

 

This is exactly what I'm talking about Science has proven that this is false. There is research out there from people that grew up in environments where nudity was accepted and they have more self confidence and respect than those that grew up in environments being completely shielded against all nudity. There is no proof whatsoever about what you claim, none.

 

Here's a lot of articles talking about the links between teen suicide and body shaming being one of the causes.

http://www.cfah.org/hbns/2013/body-image-tied-to-suicidal-thoughts-in-young-teens

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/body-image-issues-and-teen-suicide/

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/parenting/1152

https://www.revelist.com/us-news/teenager-committed-suicide-after-cyberbullying/6103

https://paradigmmalibu.com/body-shaming-needs-end/

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrit...t-commits-suicide-in-front-of-family-w453464/

https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/teen-suicide-attempts/

https://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/body-image-pushing-girls-to-attempt-suicide-1.431796

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-...theres-a-serious-problem-with-britains-girls/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060606224541.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520064349.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/health/suicide-adolescents-traffic-deaths.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kesha-attempted-suicide-over-dr-lukes-body-shaming

There's more than enough evidence to back up my claim about body shame being one of the leading causes of teen suicide. Now as part about the God part, that's a matter of person beliefs and I believe there is a God and that he created humans. If you disagree with that then it's fine. I've got no problems with that, but that's not the point of the thread. So let's don't get off track of the point of the thread.

 

Wow. That is nowhere near what I said. Congratulations for completely missing the point.

 

Exactly. But what I'm saying is that nudity shouldn't equal sex. When that happens you get the crap we deal with here in America.

 

USA.

 

Thank you. This is exactly what I'm talking about with this thread. I wish I had grown up in that kind of environment. I know for sure I would have a whole lot more self confidence and that would have helped in my relationships with women.

 

That is a good point. But I think it would have still helped me to grow up in an environment where nudity among my peers was common.