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  • I believe it is because we have been taught to be that way by society.
  • Its all eves fault!
  • It's just the way most of us have been raised.
  • Personally, it dont bother me. But I dont go around flaunting myself nude and I keep covered at home since I have a 5 year old.
  • Lol! I do not understand people who are! I would totally join a nudist colony! :)
  • with me its because of my past.if im comfortable with the person though im quite happy to be seen nude.
  • I love being naked, but around someone else I do get shy.
  • Because you just don't like to parade around naked when you look like this;)
    • Thinker
      We were all made beautiful, to say otherwise is saying God made junk. God didn't make any junk!
  • because everyone has to look the same or we get picked on for being different, so we cover up abnormalities for society to accept us.
  • Because I have LOTS of imperfections is why.
    • Thinker
      Who told you that? Imperfections are only in your eyes, not the Lord God's eyes.
    • notyouraveragedummy
      And the mirror....How much disfiguring surgery have you had, Thinker? Covering up and going about normal activities is close to never having been disfigured.
  • Well, for the christians: Remember that Eve and Adam ate the fruit of good and evil (or something like that) and therefore knew that being naked was evil (I still don't know who catigorized all the things good and evil, and I kinda think that we should be able to change it). When Jesus came, they hid themselves because they didn't want Jesus to see them naked, once again because they ate the fruit. For Athiests: We were always clothed, whether in skins or plants.
    • Thinker
      God never said being naked was evil. Adam and Eve after they had eaten the forbidden fruit had their eyes opened to the ugliness of the world and they felt vulnerable.
    • Creamcrackered
      The Hebrew word of “naked” is ‘arom. While it often describes nudity, in the Genesis account it has a much deeper meaning. The word itself is derived from the verb, ‘ur, “to be exposed.”
  • we are taught that it is wrong....we look wrong, it is wrong and we should be ashamed, embarrassed and afraid.
  • because in our soceity, not only is it thought to be private, but it's also a vulnerability (or made to be intimate as in sex) and so we go by what society tells us
  • I don't know about others, but there is a little-used word called "modesty" that is rarely used these days. I am modest and I have never been an exhibitionist. There are many people who are nudists and have no problem letting it all hang out so to speak..I have no quarrel with them..for some reason they find nudity enjoyable. I find it enjoyable beyind closed doors, with no peeping Toms or Janes viewing me. Even if I had a great body, I would feel this way. One is either modest about such things or one is not. I am not aware that ashamed, afraid or embarrassed plays any part in being modest..I could be wrong, of course! :)
    • Thinker
      Since when was being nude immodest? A person can be covered head to toe and still be immodest. Gnosticism is usually behind anything considered or called immodest.
    • Linda Joy
      I agree with Rosie. Flaunting your body is immodest and invites sin.
  • We are afraid of ridicule, ashamed of not being perfect and embarrassed because we don't think we live up to the standard.
  • I think it is because people in today's society have no qualms about loudly vocalizing rude comments about others. Due to that knowledge, we hide behind closed doors so we don't have people making us ashamed of our own bodies. Society puts forth such a strong image of what is deemed 'perfection' that anyone differing from the norm is at fault, themselves, for not having that 'perfect' body. I wonder how many countries that do NOT hold thin as the thing to strive for have problems with eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia?
  • From personal experience, I was always told that it is shameful. However, after meeting my present boyfriend, I find that the reverse it true. If you meet someone who is comfortable with his or her nakedness, then perhaps that will transfer onto you.
  • Social conditioning. The human body is natural & nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed by.
  • Why do you assume those are the only reasons to be clothed? What about protecting our bodies and reserving their beauty for only one special person in the world? Its not really all that special if you're going to put it on display for the whole world to see.

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