Cultural attitudes toward nudity

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Anonymous wrote:Italian and Southern! quite a combination!!!

Anonymous wrote:Italian family on my father's side. Southern culture on my mother's side. I never saw them naked. They were uptight about nudity. My mother was very judgmental about women who showed too much skin when out.

I am open about nudity with my child. Now that she's 12, she is uncomfortable with nudity. I cover up, but I'm not uptight about it. Her father is the same way.

The differences in holiday events and weddings/funerals was striking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Italian and Southern! quite a combination!!!

Anonymous wrote:Italian family on my father's side. Southern culture on my mother's side. I never saw them naked. They were uptight about nudity. My mother was very judgmental about women who showed too much skin when out.

I am open about nudity with my child. Now that she's 12, she is uncomfortable with nudity. I cover up, but I'm not uptight about it. Her father is the same way.

The differences in holiday events and weddings/funerals was striking.

I can just imagine! lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Couldnt help but notice everybody who thought parents nudity in front of children was normal was white/people of european descent. Same for the main nudist city was majority white (portland).No disrepect intended.

Not sure exactly what you mean by disrespect, but it could just be that more white people have responded so far.

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Anonymous wrote:Put me in cultural uptight with kids involved.

I have 6.5 and 9 year old boys. F-ing creepy for them to see their mother naked. Dad- doesn't matter. They have the same parts.

As we approach puberty even creepier!!!!

Adult nudity and baby/toddler not a problem--but nudity in front of opposite sex kids--yucky.

+1 I'm in your camp. Also, while I may go from the bathroom to our room naked, I see no need to galavant about the house without clothes. Maybe its because we grew up in New England where people are much more conservative and its just colder. FWIW, both DH and I grew up in Irish American Catholic families.

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I'm of Mediterranean ancestry. I love being naked, but I never am when others are around. I clean the house naked in the summer time if I'm alone, and I really like to skinny dip on summer nights. I also sleep nude all year (yeah, I know that hurts to think about with a low of 9 tonight, but that's what good flannel sheets and nice heavy blankets are for!)

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So funny - there was/is no galavanting in our homes. Yes, I saw my dad naked into my teen years. It was because I would go into their bedroom sometimes as he was getting out of the shower and getting dressed for the day. It was contained to that ONE general space, as is my daughter seeing her dad naked.

It is generally to be expected that their own bathrooms and bedrooms are places someone COULD be naked a couple times a day.

But, whatever, we're the weirdos.

[Anonymous]

British. Don't potter about much naked but don't worry if my kids see me when I am out of the shower or getting changed.

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Anonymous wrote:WASP here. I sleep naked, so if the kids come into our bed at night I'll be naked. I put a robe on if I need to tend to them, and wear one on the morning while I'm getting ready, but sometimes I'm just in underpants and a bra. My kids are both girls and are young. They think nothing of seeing me naked although the toddler is quite fascinated with my breasts. Older DD (5) is in a naked phase currently so takes her clothes off at home. My only rule is that she wear underpants for hygiene purposes, but we don't make her ashamed of her body by telling her to put clothes on. DH keeps at least boxers on at all times, but DD1 isn't phased if she sees him naked either (for instance, when she barged into our room at a VERY inopportune time and just walked up to the bed and started talking as though nothing out of the ordinary was going on while DH and I frantically detangled ourselves and attempted to cover up).

My DH and I still break out in hysterical laughter remembering when our DD (she was 4 at the time) trotted in to our room at an inopportune moment and tapped DH on the bum to get his attention to ask a question.

DD was around 3, and found out she can open doors. She barged into the bathroom one day when DH was peeing and with the door swung wide open, pointed and yelled "Daddy, what's that?!?" What I heard immediately after THAT was "Get out! Honeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!" She also used to press his man nipple like a button with her finger when he happened to be shirtless, and he didn't like that either. Children have no embarrassment.

File DH in the spooked and mildly uptight category.

[Anonymous]

I saw my FIL's penis once. He was changing in our guest room and didn't lock the door. I thought he was outside and went in to get some stuff stored away in the closet. It was just...so...awful. *shudder*

He was very unperturbed, though. MIL yelled at him for not locking the door. I remember I ran around babbling like a traumatized idiot, so everyone eventually found out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Russia. I have not seen my parents naked

I'm very casual around DH, but not DS. I hold the opinion that very, very few people should be seen naked by strangers

We have family in Russia. They are probably never naked because it is so cold out there. The pictures we get of Russia looks like it is freezing except a few months a year. When they visit, they act like the weather we have now is nothing and take the kids out to play for hours. (Needless to say, we sent them long johns for Christmas).

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Anonymous wrote:British. Don't potter about much naked but don't worry if my kids see me when I am out of the shower or getting changed.

American and I feel the same way. I leave the bathroom door open when my husband is not home to hear the kids and they pop in to use the toliet but I imediately put a robe on. We do not make it a big deal but do not run around naked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw my FIL's penis once. He was changing in our guest room and didn't lock the door. I thought he was outside and went in to get some stuff stored away in the closet. It was just...so...awful. *shudder*

He was very unperturbed, though. MIL yelled at him for not locking the door. I remember I ran around babbling like a traumatized idiot, so everyone eventually found out.

I accidentally caught my FIL peeing in his bathroom. There was a series of events that led me to go into their room when I normally wouldn't, and that was the result. I got over it, but it was weird.

[Anonymous]

Seen my FIL's penis, too. And it was impressive!