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        %NUDITY NAKED EXPOSED VULNERABILITY CONTROL+960620
          %APPEARANCE INSECURE DEFENSIVE COVER HIDE 960620

     Nudity  and nakedness expose the insecurity of people
who  are preoccupied with issues of control.  They want to
be  in control of how they appear---through the use of the
coverings  which they can make and/or purchase.   The more
wealthy  they  are the more options they have  to  use  in
being in control of their appearances.   The wealthy  have
more  fashion  alternatives  than the poor;   and  so  the
wealthy tend to be more upset by nudity and nakedness.

     Naked people have more difficulty hiding how sexually
aroused  they are;  they cannot be so fully in control  of
their appearances.   The more taboos there are about being
open and honest about sexuality;  the more important it is
to  avoid nakedness and nudity---and so the more important
clothing opportunities are.   The two considerations  feed
each  other  in  what  is  often  a  vicious  cycle   into
repressive  patterns of behavior which are not grounded in
broad integrative considerations.   The considerations are
not  based  upon  open  and  honest  sharing  of  personal
experiences;   but  rather upon controlled appearances  of
reason  and  logic which flow from assumptions which  have
not  been  examined carefully in terms of honestly  shared
personal experiences.

     When  nakedness  and  nudity become major  issues  in
communal  concerns  it is well to examine why  people  are
embarrassed.   What all are they trying to hide?   Do they
have a compulsive need for secrecy?   Are they willing  to
be open and honest about personal experiences; or are they
trying  to hide realities behind curtains  of  abstraction
and  theory  which are not tested in the bright  light  of
personal experiences which are openly and honestly shared?

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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