
There are many other elements to the topic of female nudity, beyond the scope of body issues, for example all the unhealthy and dangerous mindsets that trying to "control" nudity conjure up.
I was raised in a very conservative manner, mostly because my Dad is of a conservative disposition. My mum's different in the sense that we often discuss matters that I wouldn't dream of discussing with my Dad (regarding sex/nudity etc) but mostly we adhere to Dad's ideals of "respectability" because shit is just awkward otherwise.
I have always resented the fact that my Dad can't just look at me and accept me as I am, rather he looks at me and examines the way I'm dressed (even if I am fully covered), I can see his eyes scanning me and it's so god damn uncomfortable. I know he's a product of the society he was raised in so I don't tend to fault him too much for making myself and my sisters feel awkward, but the hypersexualising of the female body is disturbing to say the least. The fact I can't even feel comfortable in my own home is a testament to that. People can harp on about western society and "over sexualising" young girls, which I often agree with, but the uber-conservative attitudes to nudity and sexuality are just as damaging and degrading. Expecting young girls to "cover up" and hide any part of them that makes them look remotely female is a real problem. It's this judgemental attitude that fosters such an obsession with nudity, making girls feel insecure or ashamed of their bodies and making boys think that every square inch of the female body exists solely for their pleasure. It's this attitude from which horrific crimes such as FGM stem, and nobody bats an eyelid because in those cultures people are taught that "this is how women should be/dress/behave". It's this attitude that harbours such an obsession with virginity to the extent that virgin females are trafficked around the world because women are seen as little more than a hymen ready to be torn apart.
The hysteria surrounding female nudity usually is about controlling women and putting them "in their place" to ensure that the fragile foundation of the masculinity crisis doesn't come crumbling down. All of this is just more reason to alter our approaches to nudity because currently the taboo of nudity makes being female almost a damnation.
I was raised in a very conservative manner, mostly because my Dad is of a conservative disposition. My mum's different in the sense that we often discuss matters that I wouldn't dream of discussing with my Dad (regarding sex/nudity etc) but mostly we adhere to Dad's ideals of "respectability" because shit is just awkward otherwise.
I have always resented the fact that my Dad can't just look at me and accept me as I am, rather he looks at me and examines the way I'm dressed (even if I am fully covered), I can see his eyes scanning me and it's so god damn uncomfortable. I know he's a product of the society he was raised in so I don't tend to fault him too much for making myself and my sisters feel awkward, but the hypersexualising of the female body is disturbing to say the least. The fact I can't even feel comfortable in my own home is a testament to that. People can harp on about western society and "over sexualising" young girls, which I often agree with, but the uber-conservative attitudes to nudity and sexuality are just as damaging and degrading. Expecting young girls to "cover up" and hide any part of them that makes them look remotely female is a real problem. It's this judgemental attitude that fosters such an obsession with nudity, making girls feel insecure or ashamed of their bodies and making boys think that every square inch of the female body exists solely for their pleasure. It's this attitude from which horrific crimes such as FGM stem, and nobody bats an eyelid because in those cultures people are taught that "this is how women should be/dress/behave". It's this attitude that harbours such an obsession with virginity to the extent that virgin females are trafficked around the world because women are seen as little more than a hymen ready to be torn apart.
The hysteria surrounding female nudity usually is about controlling women and putting them "in their place" to ensure that the fragile foundation of the masculinity crisis doesn't come crumbling down. All of this is just more reason to alter our approaches to nudity because currently the taboo of nudity makes being female almost a damnation.