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I slept without wearing my pajama top last night. No big deal, really. It was comfortable (considering that it wasn't nearly as chilly as a few nights ago, when I had to close my window and pull my blanket over me in order to be warm enough... and this is the southern U.S. in the middle of summer... what gives?! but that's another topic).
This wasn't the first time I had slept topless - there was one previous time. I was curious then as to what it would feel like, as well as trying to get over a fear - something happened a few years ago which made me very nervous about the possibility of being suddenly awakened / intruded upon at night, and being unclothed in such a situation would make it even worse.
So, anyway, it was comfortable sleeping without a shirt on. And I don't think I would have any big issues with walking around my house topless either, if it weren't for other people being able to see me. And for the fact that when I look down, I don't like what I see.
But not wearing pants or underwear is a different issue. It would be... icky. Imagine having just used the toilet, and then sitting down on a chair. If you hadn't wiped your bum well enough, you could be transfering ick to the chair's surface! (Instead of confining it to your underwear.)
And if you're a female inconvenienced by the leakage of other bodily fluids... not wearing underwear seems quite ill-advised. (So, perhaps Ducker's "Ewww!" option does actually apply to me. Though I like to think that it's not due to prudishness, but rather squeamishess).
Anyway, as I was experiencing what it was like to walk around my house topless this morning, I noticed that I was very concerned about other people being able to look in the windows and see me. This made me think...
Why don't I want them to see me naked? Because of things that might go on in their head as a result of it... because they might start imagining me in sexual situations... because they might be crazy and might some day try to sexually assault me because of it...
So, basically, it's to keep other people from getting horny over me, and to protect myself. Which seems... not so different from what I've heard of moslem women who keep their whole bodies covered, in order to prevent men from having "impure" thoughts about them... Because the men can't help having those thoughts when they see uncovered skin, etc. And because exposing men to these thoughts is, if not an open invitation for them to act upon them, at least regarded as more of an invitation than when not exposing them to the thoughts in the first place.
So how much different are we in the West, from the Moslems, in regards to clothing? It seems to be just a matter of degree. Or is it just me?
andrewducker's postings on nakedness...I slept without wearing my pajama top last night. No big deal, really. It was comfortable (considering that it wasn't nearly as chilly as a few nights ago, when I had to close my window and pull my blanket over me in order to be warm enough... and this is the southern U.S. in the middle of summer... what gives?! but that's another topic).
This wasn't the first time I had slept topless - there was one previous time. I was curious then as to what it would feel like, as well as trying to get over a fear - something happened a few years ago which made me very nervous about the possibility of being suddenly awakened / intruded upon at night, and being unclothed in such a situation would make it even worse.
So, anyway, it was comfortable sleeping without a shirt on. And I don't think I would have any big issues with walking around my house topless either, if it weren't for other people being able to see me. And for the fact that when I look down, I don't like what I see.
But not wearing pants or underwear is a different issue. It would be... icky. Imagine having just used the toilet, and then sitting down on a chair. If you hadn't wiped your bum well enough, you could be transfering ick to the chair's surface! (Instead of confining it to your underwear.)
And if you're a female inconvenienced by the leakage of other bodily fluids... not wearing underwear seems quite ill-advised. (So, perhaps Ducker's "Ewww!" option does actually apply to me. Though I like to think that it's not due to prudishness, but rather squeamishess).
Anyway, as I was experiencing what it was like to walk around my house topless this morning, I noticed that I was very concerned about other people being able to look in the windows and see me. This made me think...
Why don't I want them to see me naked? Because of things that might go on in their head as a result of it... because they might start imagining me in sexual situations... because they might be crazy and might some day try to sexually assault me because of it...
So, basically, it's to keep other people from getting horny over me, and to protect myself. Which seems... not so different from what I've heard of moslem women who keep their whole bodies covered, in order to prevent men from having "impure" thoughts about them... Because the men can't help having those thoughts when they see uncovered skin, etc. And because exposing men to these thoughts is, if not an open invitation for them to act upon them, at least regarded as more of an invitation than when not exposing them to the thoughts in the first place.
So how much different are we in the West, from the Moslems, in regards to clothing? It seems to be just a matter of degree. Or is it just me?
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Date: 2003-07-25 05:03 pm (UTC)From:I have no objection to people wearing Burqas (except that I like seeing women's bodies, but that's not a very good objection).
I have lots of objections to people forcing others to wear them.
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Date: 2003-07-25 05:33 pm (UTC)From:But even here, I'm pretty sure that there are laws (ordinances, rules) against being nude in many, if not most, public areas. And if you tried to walk into a store naked, you'd have the store manager either calling the cops, or telling you to leave. So we're forcing people to wear a certain amount of clothing here too.
Is that not also the case in Scotland and Britain?
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Date: 2003-07-26 02:11 am (UTC)From:I'm against it, of course :->