Re:The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill
by DrStalker on Friday August 09, 2013 @09:00AM
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If you want an idea of what the imagination can fill in when someone is in a swimming costume look up "bubbling"; the examples here will show you how it works:
http://gizmodo.com/5627807/bubbling-tricks-your-mind-to-make...
Link is technically safe for work but looks NSFW (that being the entire point of the illusion)
Re:The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill
by sunglasses on Friday August 09, 2013 @07:57AM
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"swimming costumes"... are you British? :)
But yes, this apprehension of nudity is something I've always found so bizarre. Why is seeing skin of our species such a big deal? At what point of our social evolution did it evolve that way (because the idea of clothing is pretty universal to humans).
Re:The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill
by Symmetry on Friday August 09, 2013 @10:27AM
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The idea of clothing isn't quite universal, but nearly so. Still, we're something of an outlier in how serious our nudity taboo is. As far as I can tell most cultures are ok with women going around topless and most think that it's ok for men and women to see each other naked when bathing, though I guess Hollywood is changing that.
If you think about it, we're just animals. It's really crazy that we can't just walk around in our natural state freely because we tend to feel really weird about looking at other members of our own species.
What if I've got it backwards and other animals are just as prudish? When a dog is barking at another dog, maybe he's really saying, "hey, check out this weirdo - he's naked! Get the hell out of here, you pervert!"