Blue Train and Bob, I'm gonna weigh in and at least dance about.
There is the question that we might be the most social species.
The world is populated by herds, packs, prides, gangs, etc. of various social structures of animals and they are all naked. Their social interaction seems to be more focused on the essential ball. The a sense of larger, or more attractive is evident for procreation, and survival. Animals have naturally occurring features.
We humans are starved by our obsession with clothing and it perverts our natural sense of self, assuming that natural is naked like the rest of the creation. When people interact naked, they will tend to be more natural, that is less reliant on clothing. The complexity of social order dictated by clothing is gone. My experience with social nudity, what I have read psychologically, and anecdotal consensus among naturist and organized nudists is that taking off the drapes makes one more open. Vulnerability creates natural spontaneous function.
So, we are certainly social beings, we are complex and we use clothing for attraction and dominance, or survival. Instead of many species, we have many tribes. we have tribes of two, of four, of larger proportions. So, I don't know if we are more social, but we are and we manufacture attractions like other species. But, we can have creative choices and it would seem that clothing gaming is a natural behavior in humans.
When a clothed game is played, it is threatening for those involved to have the support of their artificial game removed. They will build a whole structure, support and power around clothing. Naked is a whole new game and a challenge to them. When power structure is gone and more vulnerability ensues, there is much less of a cooperative game, or society. Even in social nudity, some individual will want more advantage and find a way to upset the equality cart that nudity gives.
If we don’t generate a clothing game, then we will have body style games, or other attempts to display and have advantages. Stronger, faster, more wealthy, more pleasurable interactions, or a million other games will be created.
So, there are two ends of the spectrum of human context, a cooperative, more egalitarian, more naked and helpful and then a more competitive game. We will be attracted to both. We need to recognize both within ourselves.
I notice that when I refuse to play an established game, the stakeholders get threatened and even freak out. This is what is happening when I bump into the resistance to my nude body. I’m a game changer to them, not just a guy with a lack of dress.
There is also the normal and abnormal question.
It is all normal. There is resistance to change in our nature and change in our nature. When getting uncomfortable it is a reaction to a threat. To declare something abnormal can only be a statement of statistic, after that it is a display of threat to the control of the norm and identity.
Before the complication of life and the greater numbers of us in less space and resource, we had a more ecological existence for many millennia. I have learned that our bodies adapted to this in extremely complex way. Something has been lost after being overcome by the simplistic notions of a humanity, we are not that intelligent, who falls into the same control threat syndrome and loses balancing.” Ivory towers” has been an example. Trusting the body, trusting yourself, is an example of the other end.
Body acceptance is the antithesis of body shame. Shame sucks, taking advantage of shame is not being a cooperative being. Again balance.
One needs to accept the scars of life as medals or a matter of fact. Stretchmarks are examples of motherhood, something to be proud of, to respect, appreciate, to love. Some scars are reminders that a person is a warrior in so challenge in life.
Saggy boobs are standards of age, but also can be statements of poor health and lifestyle.
If I have a couch potatoes body, then I need to accept that I am a couch potato and be seen that way, or change, but it is my choice to make, not something to hide or disguise. Clothing enhances “letting a body go.” To me, there is wonderful diversity and the most beautiful, or attractive, is that which is healthier.
It has occurred to me that being less judgmental is a virtue and that is acceptance. It is positional and positional behavior gets us trapped into a corner. It is unhealthy, or unwise. It exhibits the desire for control and then conflict. When I judge my body, or others bodies, I am doing both. Being naked in my “flaws” I can freely change and be in reality without conflicts. Conflict can strengthen, but it is also a trap and a burden to others.
All of this gets me down to simply being naked, accepting, peace and positive. Armored, in conflict judgmental, controlling, eh, not so much. All of this and it can hinge so much on the simple act of disrobing.
Harrassment:
My nude body ain't no harassment. It is what it is. If it can't be seen as simply that, then it is the perception of someone else. It is their problem, their hangup, and they are making imposition on me. Yeh Bob, that kind of thing insults me and ticks me off. too. Keep your judgmental hands off of my body. I have a right to experience life and my humanity as it is.
Jbee
