What is it that sets society ablaze about the sight or even talk of genitals?
I started to contemplate this question after reading an article in the Woman's Weekly Oct 2010, about Bettina Arndt the Australian sex therapist and writer.
"I've always thought it's the most wondrous thing. The more you learn about the penis, the more you think it is extraordinary. It's this intricate mechanism. And I thought it was the most beautiful thing"
Although celebrated as part of the body beautiful in fine art, society still has this attitude that genitals should not be spoken of let alone seen?
We have read in the popular press of the claim the sight of genitals will scar children psychologically and therefore they must be protected from such a sight.
[A point of clarification here, I am of course not taking about masturbation in public or any overt sexually aroused state being displayed in an exhibitionist way.]
If this were true then like the Puritans we should not allow our children to take a bath naked nor look at their own naked form in the mirror!There is so much concern nowadays over the issue of body acceptance and yet we perpetuate the myth that parts of our body are "nasty or dirty"!
Without reference to what other bodies look like, concerns are raised about the normality and adequacy of our own genitalia.
In my generation the change-room /showers for sport or gym was a reference point to see (indirectly of course) the variations in the size and shape of penises.
Nowadays I am informed that even this communal nudity is disappearing with individual changing stalls or overt modesty.
So is it any wonder that adolescent boys grow up with concerns about the size/adequacy of their penis when their only reference are the male actors on Internet porn sites!
Hardly a representative sample of the diversity that is the norm.
Likewise I read with shock the increasing number of women that are having plastic surgery to "shape" their labia as they feel self conscious about labia that are perceived as being overly large.
Therefore again the "normal" range is expansive.
One of the many things that social nudity has to offer society is the practice of total body acceptance, not only of others but of oneself.
Sorry to put a damper in your excitement over this topic, but I have the answer. I shall tell you what it is about genitals!
ReplyDeleteIt is SEXUAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER!
It is a disorder 99%+ of the western world is sick with.
It is natural for any life form to emphasise reproduction and survival in its lifestyle..... but in the ratio of about 2-3% against 97-98% respectively.
But sadly the human race seems to have allowed sex to rull almost its entire waking life. This is un-natural .....hence it is a sickness.
It was never like this in our parents' and grandparents' years. Then love existed between 2 minds, not between 4 legs.
Big business, mass media and social enterpirises have conspired to brainwash us all into mass perversion of the laws of nature. Women and children are no longer safe, most relationships are bullt on sex only, families are destroyed (most that survive showing signs of incestuous abuse) and crime is mushrooming to cover the "living beyond our means" that mass socio-sexual obsession demands.
This was predicted by George Romero in his social allegory "Night of the Living Dead".
It all starts off with the glorification of the genitals. Hide them and they become as tempting as rare diamonds. Expose them and they are fair game in open season. You cannot win either way because you are all mindless and naive enough to fall for the brainwashers.
There is no cure for this epidemic, because the only way to stop anything is if the majotity wishes it. But sexual OCD is the mindset of the entire western culture, virtually all of you. Therefore, who is going to change it?
It is malignant and terminal. We are heading for chaos, an armageddon of our own creation. And none of you, in mainstream society or in the naturist community, have any inclination to stop it.
....because the entire western world is obsessed with genitals!
....because the entire western world is sick with sexual OCD!
http://mynaturistlifepublic.blogspot.com/p/feature-sex-and-lost-planet-of-doom.html
Thank you Will for your comment and your shared experiences on your blog.
ReplyDeleteThe preoccupation with sex backed by business interests, both mainstream media and the porn industry does feed the current obsession.
The Naturist lifestyle is an excellent anedote.