Clothes optional!

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Published On: Oct 27, 2010

Last updated on:: Oct 28, 2010

Clothes should be optional but the line "Are you decent" has thrown a money or spanner into the works. The line are you decent after reading here at CS seems counter intuitive or an oxymoron. We are all decent with or without clothes yet many maintain morals yet we don't demoralize the babes entering this world in their birthday suits so why stop there?

This line has always bugged me. Here in America it means do you have enough clothes on for people to look at you. Yes there are also laws that insist that you have clothes on in order to keep lawful, unless you’re on a nudist beach or in your own home or other places its authorized. As a heterosexual male I have always been fond of the female form and have found females in all shapes and sizes very decent. Well there I go thinking again so to be careful I looked up the “Decent” in MS Encarta

1.moral

conforming to accepted

standards of moral

behavior

2.good

above average in quality

or quantity

5.sufficiently dressed

sully dressed, as opposed

so being naked or

wearing only underwear

It’s funny I don’t remember that “decent” is a word that describes “moral behavior”. It’s the old story that one moment Adam and Eve were really decent and naked in the Garden of Eden and the next second they were looking for clothes. I am sure there are many stories that are like this but we continue to degrade people because they don’t wear enough clothes or wear to little amounts or none at all. WE do degrade people for wearing to few or no clothes and claim that they are immoral. That tickles me to those who are in their birthday suits are a threat of a nuisance to society? I am beginning to think if it is a problem that those who have a problem with it take a look at them and ask why it is such a problem? Anyone been to a lake or a beach lately during the warm weather? One I find interesting is a group of women who are protesting equality to be able to have bare chests while sunbathing like men. You know what there were a whole lot of men who supported these women; I may catch as they used to say, HE double LL for this from some fully clothed decent folks and there will be a few that will agree with me.

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Seth Rosario wrote at 03:29:11 PM on Oct 29, 2010

Ha, agree!

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Linda McPharlin wrote at 03:47:34 PM on Nov 03, 2010

Hi Dave,

I thought it was especially funny when you said that a lot of men "supported" the women who wanted to go bare-chested for sun-bathing. He he. :-)

It would be cool if we could wander around naked and nobody would think any different of us...though I think human evolution is very far from that ever happening...at least in mainstream society. Wearing clothes has so many uses beyond the obvious ones of keeping us warm in the cold or protected from the elements.

If we didn't wear clothes, we couldn't make fun of the way people dress. We couldn't guess people's income level or social status by the clothes they wear in order to place them higher or lower than us on the ladder. We couldn't ever ask "does this dress make me look fat?" :-)

Hmmm....I think it might be a good thing.

Much love,
Linda

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Jan Sheldrick wrote at 01:27:51 AM on Mar 13, 2011

If the good Lord meant us to run around with no clothes on, we'd all be born naked.
But I'm glad I don't have to.

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David Einert wrote at 12:21:29 PM on Mar 13, 2011

Its interesting that many have a preconceived idea of what those who walk around naked should look like much like the Sunday paper clothing models. Mostly they are athletic and young. Sometimes there are older models but they look distinguished and trim. Movies tend to show people like they really are all sizes, shapes and age! Have not been to a nudist function yet have heard that there are just a sampling of regular people of all ages, sizes and shapes that do everything we do but without clothes. I have read when cooking that they use aprons and that does seem prudent.
Dave

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Linda McPharlin wrote at 04:02:07 PM on Mar 13, 2011

Hey Dave!
It does seem prudent to wear an apron when cooking. Also, I can think of other activities one might want to consider wearing some type of clothing barrier for protection such as when operating power tools, welding, or using chemicals to clean. :-)

Also, I think movies are more willing to show what regular people look like, though the stars of the movie are typically in top condition physically or are deemed funny or entertaining enough that we can 'overlook' their less than perfect physical appearance. It is all very strange how we portray the human race in media when you think about it. We are very careful about showing a limited view of 'regular' people.

As I think about it, I can get just as much if not more enjoyment participating in "people watching" at the airport or the mall than I can by looking through a magazine or watching a movie. I think people are fascinating, and it is the multitude of differences in us that attracts my eye and my mind. Perhaps clothes add to this variety and help us have a glimpse of what a person's 'style' is. With or without clothes, I am all for variety. :-)

Linda

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