Paul L Dineen Some perverts say it's natural but nudity is wrong, wrong, wrong and we all know it. If nudity was what God intended why'd he create M&S? Apparently there are some people who don't just keep nudity to the colony, or specific part of the beach. No, brace yourself and hold on to your nipples because the Daily Mail recently uncovered a disturbing occurrence. Uncovered being the operative word. It could be happening in your neighbourhood. Right this minute a grown woman mother might be standing naked before her opposite sex SON. No, not just standing "Parading" naked in front of her own son.
Nudity is a funny thing. We don't usually see the naked body in its entirety, but portions of it. A buttock, breasts, maybe a stomach. But not all together, and certainly never genitals, that would be unseemly. Considering we must see our own naked body about twice a day (unless you live in a onesie or something) you would think we would be used to nudity now, but it's still only really thought reasonable to be nude if you are in the shower. Possibly sex if you really don't have any complicated underwear to hand. Or if the script requires it and you can totally keep your integrity as an actress...even if it means Seth Macfarlane will have seen your boobs.
You would think I'd include sex without a disclaimer in that short list but I am not sure if, as it is usually presented, it does. In the second series of The Mindy Project Mindy explains to her colleagues (to set the scene it's a very sharing office) that she's never been naked with a partner. How has she ever managed to get away with this? Probably because we know the truth: a hint of nudity is more titillating than parading about naked.
You would think I'd include sex without a disclaimer in that short list but I am not sure if, as it is usually presented, it does. In the second series of The Mindy Project Mindy explains to her colleagues (to set the scene it's a very sharing office) that she's never been naked with a partner. How has she ever managed to get away with this? Probably because we know the truth: a hint of nudity is more titillating than parading about naked.
| Which is why a mother's full frontal nudity is far from perverted or sexual. Jules Pomerance, mother of three, is often naked and as she lives with her children she is often naked in front of them. | it gives permission for her children to be comfortable with other people's bodies |
Jules said: "Nudity has nothing whatever to do with sex as far as I'm concerned, and as our son has already reached puberty it's not going to make any difference now. If anything, I think that "normalising" nudity is the best way of countering the over-sexualisation of our children."
If her son asked her to cover up then Jules says she would. However it's important to her to show her children that you can be comfortable with your body whatever its shape and size. Not only that but it gives permission for her children to be comfortable with other people's bodies and that there is no Officially Acceptable Body type. It also means that nudity isn't seen as some form of sexual invitation.
Does that seem mentally scarring to you? The Daily Mail cites two unnamed opposing studies, one found that "exposure to parental nakedness for those aged six or under had benefits when it came to their capacity for affection and intimacy as adults. But another found that boys who saw their parents in the nude from the ages of six to 11 were more likely to have permissive attitudes towards sexuality and more sexual partners." Which...doesn't sound so bad.
Squeamish Kate
If her son asked her to cover up then Jules says she would. However it's important to her to show her children that you can be comfortable with your body whatever its shape and size. Not only that but it gives permission for her children to be comfortable with other people's bodies and that there is no Officially Acceptable Body type. It also means that nudity isn't seen as some form of sexual invitation.
Does that seem mentally scarring to you? The Daily Mail cites two unnamed opposing studies, one found that "exposure to parental nakedness for those aged six or under had benefits when it came to their capacity for affection and intimacy as adults. But another found that boys who saw their parents in the nude from the ages of six to 11 were more likely to have permissive attitudes towards sexuality and more sexual partners." Which...doesn't sound so bad.
Squeamish Kate
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