Who is allowed to see you naked?

[heathen earthling]

Poll in a moment.

[silenus]

Allowed? By who? I'm sure my wife's list is quite different from my own.

[Mrs. Cake]

More people than actually want to.

[D_Odds]

Anyone who wants to, though that list doesn't venture into positive numbers.

[Hbns]

I picked "Same-sex strangers in appropriate setting (locker room, for example)." as a locker room is the place I am most often naked away from home or the doctors. However the same-sex part doesn't apply exclusively. I play a lot of hockey and it has in the past decade or two had an influx of female participants and the facilities don't reflect this, so everyone is in the same locker room. I just figure, if YOU aren't getting naked and YOU are concerned about seeing my junk, YOU have the option of suiting up out on the bleachers.

[heathen earthling]

Originally Posted by Hbns

I picked "Same-sex strangers in appropriate setting (locker room, for example)." as a locker room is the place I am most often naked away from home or the doctors.

You can pick more than one option.

[tdn]

This poll couldn't come at a more odd time for me. I just returned from a weekend-long event that has a name, but it might as well have been called "New-age Hugging and Crying on a Commune."

EVERYONE got to see me naked. The real weirdos were the ones who kept their clothes on. Freaks.

[overlyverbose]

I never realized how many people see me naked.

I said my kids, but that now excludes my son. He's old enough (6) that he doesn't need to see that. Heck, no one needs to see that. But still...I let my daughter (2.5) see me naked, as well as my husband (who I wish saw me naked more frequently), my doctor, my pets, people in the dressing room at the Y and same-sex friends. Though at the Y and same-sex friends, I'm likely to turn toward the wall before stripping down completely.

[Dung Beetle]

Originally Posted by tdn

This poll couldn't come at a more odd time for me. I just returned from a weekend-long event that has a name, but it might as well have been called "New-age Hugging and Crying on a Commune."

EVERYONE got to see me naked.

Not everyone.

[Rodgers01]

What's does "allowed" mean here? Nudity on demand?? My best friend is "allowed" to see me naked in appropriate contexts (locker-room, etc.), but not at random times.

So yeah, context is everything. Same-sex nudity in locker rooms is no big deal; opposite sex is a little weirder, though I've been in that situation once or twice (crazy European!). Significant others - of course.

[KneadToKnow]

You left out "peeping toms/peeping tanyas."

[heathen earthling]

Originally Posted by Rodgers01

What's does "allowed" mean here? Nudity on demand?? My best friend is "allowed" to see me naked in appropriate contexts (locker-room, etc.), but not at random times.

Whenever you allow it. So appropriate contexts count, and random inappropriate contexts count too if you're the one who decided to get naked.

Originally Posted by KneadToKnow

You left out "peeping toms/peeping tanyas."

"Everyone" doesn't cover it? If peeping toms are allowed to see you naked, who isn't?

I'm surprised at how few respondents admit to having publicly accessible nudity online.

[bup]

In addition to doctors, any medical personnel should the need arise. My wife at present has a care-giver, for instance. If I ever have a care-giver, my luscious man parts are there for their jaw-dropping enjoyment.

[psychobunny]

Even my pets don't see me naked. Why traumatize their little kitty eyes?

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Dung Beetle

Not everyone.

I was available for it, but you didn't show up.

[Satchmo]

Originally Posted by bup

In addition to doctors, any medical personnel should the need arise. My wife at present has a care-giver, for instance. If I ever have a care-giver, my luscious man parts are there for their jaw-dropping enjoyment.

Not to mention the snickering and pointing. Also telling their friends later. Or maybe that's just me.


I don't have any casual sex, is that where bluejeans are allowed?
Also, never modeled or any artists, nor been to a nude beach. You gave siblings as an option, my brother can see me naked like in a locker room, my sisters only in an emergency situation. I'd have no problem with my Mom seeing me naked even though that hasn't happened in 50 years or so, she wouldn't snicker. My girls haven't seen me naked since they were about 3.

[Lanzy]

Everyone and no one. Everyone can, no one wants to.

[AndrewL]

Anyone who asks nicely.

[Ethilrist]

I balked once at going hot-tubbing with a couple of friends, and the woman trotted out the line, "Oh, don't worry, I'm a nurse, you don't have anything I haven't seen before." I pointed out that seeing naked parts changes the nature of the friendship, permanently. Maybe not much, and maybe not for the worse, but there is a difference. She got a troubled look on her face at that point, thinking about all the people she's seen naked...

[gaffa]

This is rather difficult to answer, because the list has varied quite a bit over the course of my life. When I was a child, my family had a summer cabin at a nudist camp, so the answer would have not been on the poll: Everybody at the nudist camp (though the one about the beach is closest.)

At other times, my home was nudist, and visitors shed their clothes when they visited, and nobody in my circle of friends seemed to mind. Some surprising couples resulted, including a very gay male friend and an equally gay female friend (who had a tattoo that said "If it smells like fish, eat it" - no, I am not making this up) who experimented with heterosexuality in my apartment.

As I've gotten older, grayer and fatter the list of people who see me naked is down to my wife, doctor and the other guys in the locker room at the Y when I'm changing after a swim.

[The Great Sun Jester]

ALL Y'ALL!!


* runs through thread nekkid *

[KneadToKnow]

Originally Posted by heathen earthling

"Everyone" doesn't cover it? If peeping toms are allowed to see you naked, who isn't?

Those are people who are willing to risk getting caught by sneaking up to my house or training a high-powered optical device on the cracks between my shades and the window frames. The point is that I'm not going to not walk around my own domicile in my altogether because I'm afraid someone might be peeping in.

"Everyone" implies that I'm willing to go to the grocery store in my birthday suit, which ain't gonna happen.

Originally Posted by heathen earthling

I'm surprised at how few respondents admit to having publicly accessible nudity online.

I'm more surprised that there are 2 (to date) who apparently don't even allow their doctors to see them nude.

[iftheresaway]

I may have thrown off your results a bit. I answered, essentially, for who's allowed to see me topless or in nothing but a pair of underdrawers. Only my husband and my doctors get to see my lady parts, but boobs are, if not exactly out for public display, at least likely to become so with relatively little concern.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Inigo Montoya

* runs through thread nekkid *

Woo hoo!

[Dr. Woo]

I didn't vote for doctor because I don't think I've ever had a doctor see all of me naked. Parts, for sure, but not the whole enchilada. So to speak.

So that just leaves my husband and the dogs.

[ZipperJJ]

I checked "parent(s)" (among others) but I really mean "same-sex parent."

I really don't need to be getting naked in front of my dad. But my mom? No prob.

[corkboard]

In the right context, everyone. I have no qualms about my body, and would happily vacation at a nude resort, for instance (but my wife is a bit more modest, so we don't). My daughters still walk into our room when we're changing, and don't seem fazed (ages 8 & 10). Same-sex locker rooms, whatever, it's a locker room. I'm changing. So on and so forth.

On the other hand, my openness about nudity doesn't mean I want to strip for the TSA- it's not the nudity, it's the indignity. I'm a traveler, not here so you can feel you're playing your part in "safety theatre". Nor do I want my in laws to know that much about me, or vice-versa.

Plus, I may be comfortable naked but I'm sure the authorities wouldn't want me to expose myself to schoolchildren, for instance. Neither would I, just for the record.

And I don't know for a fact that I'm naked online, but I wouldn't be that surprised to find out that I am. There are some things out there.

[TriPolar]

Anybody that wants to can look at me naked. I don't get a lot of requests.

[~Olive~]

The older I get the less I am seen naked. I am not all that particular when it comes to nudity.

I was absolutely stunned when my sister-in-law told me her husband has never seen her nude. They have been married 40 years and have 4 children.

[dngnb8]

Originally Posted by TriPolar

Anybody that wants to can look at me naked. I don't get a lot of requests.

LOL

[Kozmik]

The mirror.

[Acid Lamp]

Everyone. Just because I don't walk around naked all the time doesn't mean that I would care if anyone saw me.

[Tom Tildrum]

Anyone with $50!

[elfkin477]

Snap. I didn't see pets on the list until after I voted.

[11811]

You forgot: the undertaker and my tattooist.

[Trinopus]

Family medical emergency; person lying on floor having trouble breathing.

Me, in next room, sleeping. Naked.

I hear the sounds of the emergency, rush to look, run out into the living room, and shout for help.

Buck naked.

My sister, my other sister, my sister's boyfriend, my papa... Everybody got a real good look...

Didn't seem important at the moment...

[vix]

I voted for doctor, significant other, same-sex stranger in locker room, parents (just my mom), kids (usually just the younger one), and siblings (I have two sisters, and if we're all staying at my parents' house and sharing a bathroom, one of us might shower while another is doing makeup or whatever).

Back in the day, I probably would have said "any or most of my friends." In college, I played co-ed naked Twister at a naked party.

[Shagnasty]

Anyone for a price but it is more than $50. Other than that, I have never been especially modest. I don't flaunt anything but I don't really care if people close to me see me naked or even strangers for that matter as long as it is context appropriate.

[brainstall]

These days, it seems that only my pets and my doctor have seen me naked. And perhaps my neighbours when I have been less than diligent about closing the curtains when I wander naked from the shower to the bedroom or run downstairs to grab something without bothering to put anything on.

In my impetuous youth, I was pretty comfortable being naked if the circumstances were appropriate - skinny-dipped with family and friends, went to Toronto Island's nude beach (they allowed dogs and I had the mutts with me that day), so stripped down to go for a swim, posed naked for an artist friend, played nude scrabble with my housemates and the neighbours, showered with male and female friends ... all in good fun and no big deal. I've gotten older and fatter and more body conscious, but I am still ok with being naked, just not so many opportunities these days.

[polar bear]

Your options don't seem to be focused just in who, but also when. Whenever I'm naked in a setting where nudity is 'normal' (sauna, nude beach, locker room, etc), everyone is allowed to see me naked. If I'm alone at home in my shower, not really (although I'd be pretty meh about it).

[Living Well Is Best Revenge]

I'm not an exhibitionist and I'm not a prude either. Obviously significant others have seen the goods. Most friends have seen me naked when I've changed clothes or something like that. Doctor, of course.

[tdn]

Originally Posted by Tom Tildrum

Anyone with $50!

I've got a nice shiny $5 bill in my pocket right now. Take it or leave it.

[Loach]

Originally Posted by Dr. Woo

I didn't vote for doctor because I don't think I've ever had a doctor see all of me naked. Parts, for sure, but not the whole enchilada. So to speak.

So that just leaves my husband and the dogs.

If the doctor has seen your enchilada then he/she has seen you naked.

I said my significant other (often), my doctor and locker room. Up until a year ago when I entered an exclusive relationship it would have been casual sexual partners too.

As for the doctor, I don't remember the last time a doctor has seen me in a state of undress but it has happened and I'm sure it will happen again. In a locker room I will change my clothes but I do it modestly. I am not embarrassed but there is no reason to walk around naked in front of everyone. Or to stand at the mirror and use the gym provided hair dryer to dry your balls.

[TriPolar]

Originally Posted by Tom Tildrum

Anyone with $50!

I'll give you $100 to keep your clothes on.

[Little Nemo]

The poll left out some options:

( ) Anyone who was in the crowd during Mardi Gras/Spring Break/Burning Man
( ) Anyone who bought a ticket to or rented the movie where I did a nude scene
( ) Anyone who's been to the club where I dance

None apply to me personally but they are venues where some people get seen naked.

[Silver Tyger]

I think the list of people who aren't allowed to see me naked would be shorter: people, including friends, outside of a RenFaire or kink context, and family except for my mom and sister.

One of the RenFaires I went to had what turned out into a communal shower, in that it had had curtains dividing the stalls, but they opened, broke, etc. It was not sexy.

Some of my camp friends have probably seen me changing clothes, but I wasn't flaunting it and they weren't watching.

It's just skin, who cares?

[corkboard]

( ) Anyone who bought a ticket to or rented the movie where I did a nude scene

I went to a screening of a small independent film about 15 years ago which my company was considering distributing. Before it began I was standing outside the screening room with about a dozen other people, one of whom happened to be a tall, stunning blonde. She was with a grungy slob, who I later learned was a male model. Supposedly.

Anyhoo, we get seated and I realize I'm sitting right behind The Beauty and The Beast, and then I realize The Beauty is playing the 2nd female lead in the film. Cool! About half way through the film, she is in an extended scene in which she gets out of bed naked, and she and a male character have a long conversation, during which the camera is on her from navel to the top of her head for most of it. (I don't know if they were real, but they were spectacular).

After the film there was a Q&A, and the cast milled around the lobby for a while. I just found it really interesting to think how she must have been feeling and what she must have been thinking sitting there, watching herself onscreen, while the the room full of people were also enjoying her nudity while she sat, clothed, among them. Obviously she was OK with it, but I guess you really have to be more comfortable than most to see yourself naked while surrounded by people who are also watching you naked.

[wheresmymind]

Pretty much anyone who isn't a relative.

[AndrewL]

Actually, under normal conditions the only one who sees me naked is my wife. I do however sometimes go to events and parties where nudity occurs, in which case the answer is 'any friends and random strangers who are in the right place at the right time'. I'm actually going to be at a party this weekend where if all goes well many of the partygoers will end up nude.

[Living Well Is Best Revenge]

Originally Posted by AndrewL

Actually, under normal conditions the only one who sees me naked is my wife. I do however sometimes go to events and parties where nudity occurs, in which case the answer is 'any friends and random strangers who are in the right place at the right time'. I'm actually going to be at a party this weekend where if all goes well many of the partygoers will end up nude.

Are you a swinger? What sort of parties are these?