Aug 11 2009
X-Rated Beauty
The above backyard flower is beautiful. Though the protruding, color-blushed tissue around its “private part” (its ground zero for sexual activity, be it via a kinky insect-intermediary) . . . and the inner yellow rim and darkness beyond . . . someone throw a bathrobe on that plant! It’s indecent.
Just kidding. Why are we not equally free to enjoy the beauty of human nakedness? Maybe because signs of sexuality are potent human stimuli and can motivate many types of behavior. Following or simultaneous to arousal arise a slew of potential social issues.
So while I would certainly advocate for less Puritanical attitudes about human nakedness in virtually all media, I’m not convinced the walking and talking variety of full nakedness would an element of an enlightened society. A groovy society, maybe. Would a garment-free society be high-functioning in most regards? I doubt it. Beyond protecting us from the elements, clothes are a good idea. No, not all in all regards. But at least some. I think.
