RE: Would You Dare To Be Bare? / 你敢裸体么？
Clothes are a protection too, remember. Both from the sun and from the cold.
It's perfectly true that England is a prudish nation, and this is embodied by our dear old Queen. QEII has lived through the permissive society of the 60's and 70's but can anyone find a picture of her in a bikini? Nah. She's always gloved and hatted and in the country when walking her dogs she will wear a head-scarf.
Some of us find this comforting. There is a lot of pressure in other countries to be exhibitionist - to flaunt your body. And with this comes minute scrutiny and body-shaming of all the flaws that we all have. It's actually nice to be in a culture which allows you to say, "you know what, I don't feel like flashing my cellulite and wrinkly bits to the general public for scrutiny!"
Very true, freedom of expression is one of the most positive things about living in London. However, I feel we as a nation are viewed by others as a little uptight about certain issues and nakedness I believe is one of them. We are just not comfortable with it. I agree that flaunting nakedness for the sake of it is one form of extremism, but jailing people for being in the nude is another.
Again, as I mentioned in my article, it is a very divisive subject, but anyhow, thanks for your input! :)
Body shaming comes from not flaunting our bodies and only seeing a naked woman's body through the eyes of the camera man and casting director.
We only ever see flawless women naked that's where body shaming comes from. The more shameless women we have the better! The rest of us could see that we are all flawed and that's normal if it weren't for our fear of exhibiting our skin and comparing ourselves to an unattainable standard.