Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Semi-philosophical question: Is nudity inherently sexual?

I'm gonna go with yes. There's definitely a biological imperative that pairs genitals with sex. Animals see exposed genitalia as sexual excitement, it's just that most of the time even though they're naked, their genitals aren't really exposed. Since we don't have fur, we need clothes. That said, I think nudity can be desexualized among groups of people who are comfortable with each other.

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1 comment:

Joe said...

There is definitely the cultural element in there, but considering how clothing of some type to cover the genitals appears to have developed independently in many different places, may it is like you said: genitals being visible is inherently sexual. What do you think about places or communities where nudity is normal and is not considered to be sexual in nature. Would that be a group of people who have (consciously or not) suppressed this 'natural' desire?