Are you comfortable being seen naked?

[Bullgrit]

Something that has intrigued me for a long time is how some people can be completely comfortable being seen naked. It amazes me that some people are perfectly comfortable skinny dipping, changing clothes, modeling, and otherwise getting naked in front of other people.

I've seen interviews with supermodels who state that they aren't comfortable with, and don't do, complete nudity. They'll do the skimpiest of bikinis or underwear, but they won't do full nudity on camera. And then there are folks who are far from supermodel "perfection" who don't mind at all being seen and even photographed fully naked.

(And then there are the professional and amatuer porn performers. Talk about being comfortable with showing yourself!)

How about you? Are you comfortable being naked in public view? If not, do you envy or shake your head at those who are?

Bullgrit

 

[Radiating Gnome]

It's not that I mind, it's cleaning up the vomit afterwards that's a drag.

 

[Dioltach]

No. Sorry.

Actually, even when I was in the best shape of my life I didn't like the thought of anyone seeing me naked. Now I'm forty, fat and fuzzy around the edges. The only person I don't mind being naked around is my wife. (A while ago we had a couple's massage session where we had to get naked for a body wrap while we were rubbed with some goo -- not very relaxing.)

 

[Hand of Evil]

I not comfortable fully clothed.

 

[billd91]

I've seen interviews with supermodels who state that they aren't comfortable with, and don't do, complete nudity. They'll do the skimpiest of bikinis or underwear, but they won't do full nudity on camera. And then there are folks who are far from supermodel "perfection" who don't mind at all being seen and even photographed fully naked.

I once had a conversation with a stripper who usually worked a regular topless club but occasionally worked a sister full nude club and even she found it a bit weird to do full nude. I guess everybody has limits of comfort even if they seem arbitrary to us.

 

[jonesy]

 

[Kramodlog]

It depends how mch you were shamed about your body when you were a kid.

 

[Bullgrit]

It depends how mch you were shamed about your body when you were a kid.

I don't think so. I don't remember being shamed or feeling any shame put upon me about nudity when I was a kid. And I have two boys, ages 8 and 12. The younger has always been shy about being naked (outside of his mother and me), but the older is only now showing reservations (even in front of his mother and me) as he is coming up on his teens. We've never shamed either of them in any way about their bodies.

I even disagree that shame has anything to do with discomfort being naked in public. I am terribly uncomfortable with any direct attention -- public speaking is a terror -- but I don't feel at all ashamed about myself.

Bullgrit

 

[Bullgrit]

I once had a conversation with a stripper who usually worked a regular topless club but occasionally worked a sister full nude club and even she found it a bit weird to do full nude. I guess everybody has limits of comfort even if they seem arbitrary to us.

That's very interesting. Funny how only a few square inches of fabric can make any difference.

Bullgrit

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

Yes, in context.