Saturday, September 20, 2014

Body of Sin

The Utopia show is my new guilty pleasure. I hate that the show is set up for maximum unresolveable conflict, but something Hex said the other day truly struck me though. She asked when did her body become so sinful.
In the context people were offended at the nudity of the females on the show.
This caused me to really consider my views on the whole situation. For some context of myself, my wife had our baby a few months ago and is breastfeeding. Before then I was uncomfortable with the idea of women in public with bare breasts. Why? I couldnt say exactly at the time and over time I have become accustomed to not only the idea but of seeing it constantly from her or any mother.
So why should it be a problem to be completely nude? And why was I uncomfortable before?
I think ive figured it out. It all comes back to ego and sex.
As a lover of art ive seen thousands of nude forms in paint and sculpture and never did I feel uncomfortable with them. Obviously its not the form that creates that awkward feeling, it's the flesh.
I think the real problem is that I think its safe to say that for most of the time when a nude form is viewed, whether in life or on a screen, it's for sexual pleasure. So when someone sees a nude form thier thoughts go to sex with them, and thats what becomes uncomfortable.
I honestly think its unfair to ask a person to cover up when their form isnt violating you, its your own thoughts violating you. Even worse is when those thoughts spill out and violate others.
I applaud women who are comfotable enough to be nude whether alone or in any other setting because its refreshing to see that women can still be confident in the skin they've been blessed with. Not for any sort of sexual gratification, but because I truly believe the form is beautiful.

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