Why is it wrong to be nude in public? ?

Question

why is it wrong to be nude in public? i mean its natural why is it illegal? animals dont wear clothes and we are animals why do people have this weird idea that its bad? i think the reasons why people hate their bodie is because they are taught to hide their bodies and not accept it. what are your opinions??

Answer 1

You should cover your excretory regions at a minimum because they tend to leave residue on the furniture. Mostly where I live it's too cold to go around without any clothes on. And without clothing where in the heck would you put your wallet, your car keys, and your cell phone? It would never work.

Answer 2

I totally agree with you. People don't really need to wear anything unless it's very cold outside. Humans lived for millions of years without clothes, and survived. Indoors, the climate is controlled and there is no need. I think you answered your question yourself, when you say that "people... are taught to hide their bodies". Wearing clothing has become a cultural norm in modern Western society, passed from one generation to the next at an early age. Like many aspects of culture, it is an accident of history, and there is no good reason for it. At other times, and in other places, public nudity was common and accepted, and nobody got upset about it.



"Why do people have this weird idea that it is bad?" It seems to me it started with two things... social class and religion. Cloth used to be expensive to make, so if you were poor you could only afford one shirt and one pair of pants, and wore them as little as possible so they would last longer. If you were wealthy you could afford more clothing. So people associated being naked with being poor, and wore clothes to show how rich they were. Over generations, people forgot why they were wearing clothes (to show off), and began to think it's a requirement for living. With enough of these clothed-minded people becoming lawmakers, who didn't know any better, going nude became illegal.

Religion also made a morality issue out of nudity. Even when clothes-wearing became almost universal, people still got naked to have sex. The two got conflated, and nudity with members of the opposite sex was frowned upon because sex might ensue. Even nudity with members of the same sex has become taboo over the past 30 years or so.

Public nudity is legal in some places. Parks in some German cities, parts of San Francisco, and the state of Vermont, for example. In Canada, nudity in public places was made illegal because the Doukhobor Sons of Freedom staged violent political protests in the nude. It wasn't nudity per se that was bad, it was an attempt to stop what a few nude people were doing, but now all Canadians suffer from a loss of freedom as a result.

Answer 3

It isn't wrong to be nude in public, but it is illegal in many societies.



Humans are just animals (despite what the religious fanatics will tell you) and the only logical reasons for wearing clothes is that man has moved from it's roots in Africa into colder climates where protection is needed from the cold.



The phobia about the human body is totally unnatural and is is one of the unfortunate aspects of modern society which helps make people ashamed of their bodies.

Answer 4

It's a cultural thing. If you were to "hang out" with, say, a tribe in New Zealand whose members were comfortable with nudity, it wouldn't be wrong. But it *is* wrong to expose yourself to anyone who would be made uncomfortable by it. So why are people uncomfortable with it here in America?



It's partly because we live in a temperate (fairly cold climate), where clothes became the norm. And we're not used to seeing "private parts" outside of a sexual context. Therefore, sudden nudity can make a platonic context seem sexual.....and that (understandably) creeps many people out.



I don't hate my body. In fact, I think it's pretty slammin'. I don't hate the bodies of some of my male friends. I think they look pretty slammin'. But I don't wanna see their equipment. A dick can be a dangerous thing and even if I'm friends with the guy, I don't wanna be looking at him and thinking, "Hmm. Better keep that away from the food. Is it getting stiffer? Does he expect me to act impressed? Will be resent me if I don't? I just want outta here!"



Likewise, if I was stark naked in public, I know I'd get more of those "I wish I were screwing her right now" looks from guys, which also happen when I'm fully clothed. Those stares tend to make me think, "Back off! You don't know me! You don't appreciate the person I am! This isn't for you---it's for someone whose earned the priviledge." I'd feel like the guy was stealing from me somehow.



Of course I want to be thought of as attractive. But I'd rather a guy's thoughts be more like, "Wow, she's pretty. If she's as good on the inside as the outside, I could see myself with a girl like that."



But if a guy has no choice but to look at a my T&A, his mind is more likely to forget about the person I really am and he'll go straight into "I wanna have sex" mode. And that just makes me feel undervalued...and possibly nervous...y'know?

Answer 5

All societies try to limit the situations, times and place where sex is permitted as a method of population control, protecting children, and keeping people from being distracted. The "nudity taboo" is one method some societies have adopted to avoid tempting people to breaking these rules and/or distract people. An unintended consequence is that if people only ever see naked peoplein sexual situations, the distracting/tempting effect of being naked in public is increased. Thus in places where nudity is not usual (such as societies where it is forbidden or parts of the world where it is too cold) nudity is even more of a distraction.

Answer 6

So do you want to become an animal in next born....? Wearing bikini.. I can say OK as its your culture..... But you are saying nude. Do you know what are you saying. No..... If you want to become an animal then tell me I'll start praying for you to God to give an animal.

Fool

Don't you know difference between Animal and human. I have to teach that.

Garbage person

Answer 7

Because the majority of people do not want to see your privates.Majority rules.

Answer 8

It's just the way we've been raised. It is viewed as being unacceptable in our society. Besides, I don't want to see your naked ***, and I know you don't wanna see mine!

Answer 9

Because most people would die laughing. And it not natural up north!

Dogbreath has it right - where would you put all your essential stuff?

Answer 10

We are not animals, we are humans.



I thought everyone knew that......................................

Answer 11

Welcome to the puritanical states of America............