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Au Naturel's avatar

From talking to many textile women about it, an unexpected nude male is considered a sexual threat. A nude male that exists with a normalizing context is less so. Such a context is controlled in some fashion. There needs to be an objective nonsexual reason for the nudity other than "I just felt like being nude." Everyone understands that the Bay to Breakers Run, WNBR, Spencer Tunik photo shoots, art classes, Naked Hiking Day, and so on, involve nudity.

Group nudity is more acceptable than individual nudity. Our nude male is seen as a conforming member of a group on an activity. Collections of people are not seen as a sexual threat, particularly if they are mixed gender.

A person unexpectedly encountering a nude on the street is less likely to give the nude the benefit of the doubt. If the textile believes that nudity is inherently sexual and public nudity is exhibitionistic in nature, that's where their mind goes. Very little the person can say because words of a stranger about their state of mind are meaningless. Someone who's intent was to do evil would say the same thing.

My solution is more public events with nudity. After a while, people will get used to it. Lone males in unexpected places are viewed as potential perverts or predators so that route is not productive.

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Nubianikigai's avatar

I believe there to be a deeper entrenched fundamental that is being vehicled in the images we see that goes beyond the basic idea of sex or being naked. I only just learned -a few days ago to be exact- that humans may have a far more primary need. The need to be DESIRED. It would make sense if we were to compare images of a woman being breastfeeding and one being led on a leash. DESIRE sells. A normal person not being desirable suddenly becomes ugly, looking at simple nudes is then like looking at oneself in a mirror. A woman breastfeeding is the least desirable image because it may just be the most familiar 🤔...I hope I make sense. Writing is a bit more complex...

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