# Clothing Optional Question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228 "2017-10-07T17:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/41 "2017-10-08T01:08:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Penis, boobs, and buttocks I can see, but what is someone doing that gives you an unfettered view of their anus? Bending over while reaching for a thing can do it. But more distracting are the labia piercings, especially if there’s a bunch of them. There’s this lady at a campground I go to who has what I believe is called a ladder? It’s like, I don’t know, 7 or 9 silver barbells that are long enough to go through both labia majora, all in parallel rows. I know this because when she’s setting up her tent, she has a tendency to take a wide stance with her feet about 20 inches apart, and then she bends forward at the hips. It’s very…shiny. > [@thirdname](#): > > That sounds wildly inconvenient. You have one hand always occupied by carrying a towel. I would think that people would get tired of holding towels all the time, and solve this by tieing them around their waists, thus reinventing the skirt. This is actually true. Or they put it in a shoulder bag. But my favorite has the words “Ass Towel” embroidered in tasteful letters, with a grommet at one corner and comes with a carabiner. So you can clip it to a belt or something. Because, yes, sometimes people wear nothing but a belt and hiking boots. (Usually like a jingly coin “belly dancer” belt.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/42 "2017-10-08T01:15:42Z")
Where do I put my wallet? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/43 "2017-10-08T01:22:10Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Where do I put my wallet? Shoulder bag. Right next to your ass-towel. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/44 "2017-10-08T01:23:06Z")
You clip it to that same nudist Bat-belt, pay attention. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/45 "2017-10-08T01:24:39Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > You clip it to that same nudist Bat-belt, pay attention. That way, it can cover the Bat-pole. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/46 "2017-10-08T01:31:08Z")
I’m cool with it. I’ve been to enough places around the world where fat hairy men and others who shouldn’t be seen naked are naked. Hell, I shouldn’t be seen naked. But I’ve been through enough humid NYC summers where even shorts, sandals, and a partner-beater are horrible to feel against the skin that I wouldn’t mind being able to go out for a quart of milk and a dozen eggs _au naturel._ Also too, attractive young women are FAR more attractive walking around in summer dresses or halter tops and shorts than stark naked, in my opinion. So I don’t think my eyeballs would necessarily be popping out of my head, any more than they are now. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/47 "2017-10-08T01:32:49Z")
Yeah. Shoulder bag to carry ass-towel, wallet, cell phone, a book or two, tobacco, papers and Zippo. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/48 "2017-10-08T01:35:11Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ve never quite been able to figure out how any man can jog naked. [Josef Urban](http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2017/10/04/marathon-runners-genitals-slip-out-during-final-leg-race.html) just (accidentally?) did it in Slovakia last week while finishing a marathon in 10th place. > [@Guinastasia](#): > > A naked bike ride seems like one of the most uncomfortable things in the world. > [@Wikipedia - World Naked Bike Ride article](#): > > The 2004 WNBR saw events in 28 cities, in ten countries on four continents.[1] By 2010, WNBR had expanded to stage rides in 74 cities, in 17 countries find the article yourself because of NSFW pics in it. They’re growing, worldwide. ---
**Author:** ![Cee3PeeOh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Cee3PeeOh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cee3PeeOh)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/49 "2017-10-08T01:37:36Z")
Just tell me how you would carry a concealed handgun without a bag. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/50 "2017-10-08T01:58:35Z")
Ask Sam & Max. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/51 "2017-10-08T02:23:40Z")
Even if I had the body of Dita Von Teese (I wish!), it just seems too impractical. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/52 "2017-10-08T02:26:12Z")
I’d miss the mystery. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/53 "2017-10-08T02:26:28Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ve never quite been able to figure out how any man can jog naked. The bits flop wildly, and it looks like there’s a risk of getting danglies pinched/scissored between the legs. It just looks dangerous! I’ve never been jogging naked, but I have been jogging in loose-fitting underwear before (by mistake). It’s actually not a problem; after a couple of times getting bashed, Mijin Junior retreats away, like being in a very cold room. * * * In terms of the OP, I agree with most of the posters here: I’ve seen enough naked bodies of both genders that I wouldn’t give a rat’s / human’s ass. As long as people use towels when they sit on public seating, all’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/54 "2017-10-08T04:23:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’d miss the mystery. This, Man! That frilly lace top, the “almost too short” skirt that the wind is forever tempting to catch and allow a glimpse of The Paradise, the tissue-paper thin tank that leaves damn near nothing to the imagination (except EVERYTHING!)… It would be missed. And _nobody_ wants to see my balls. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/55 "2017-10-08T04:59:47Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Once again, only fit young women should be naked. I don’t want to see anyone else without clothes on. That should be the law. I second this motion. All in favor, say aye. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > I’d miss the mystery. The mystery would be where the wallet is. (Hint: Think cocaine smuggling.) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/56 "2017-10-08T05:28:59Z")
Yeah, lets make it easier for sexually aggressive men to harass women. The moronic virtue signalling in this thread is kinda scary. Except Nava, no one has given any thought whatsoever to consequences. One of the most lib places in this country, Cal, allowed this moron to go to classes naked. [Andrew Martinez - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Martinez). Then women started to complain and it became obvious this was harassment. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/57 "2017-10-08T10:53:18Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > (snip) The moronic virtue signalling in this thread (snip) Oh, give it a rest, can’t you? The OP asked if you would be upset. Some would, some wouldn’t, and they gave their reasons. And you pop in with your gratuitous assumption that some folks are not sincere. It’s like virtue signaling about virtue signaling. And down the rabbit hole we go. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/58 "2017-10-08T12:29:47Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Yeah, lets make it easier for sexually aggressive men to harass women. The moronic virtue signalling in this thread is kinda scary. Except Nava, no one has given any thought whatsoever to consequences. > > One of the most lib places in this country, Cal, allowed this moron to go to classes naked. [Andrew Martinez - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Martinez). > > Then women started to complain and it became obvious this was harassment. Except that the other big bit of feedback we’re getting is, “ew!” and “chicks are hotter in clothes.” So maybe we can kill public erections by brazenly daring to walk around in our actual bodies and they’ll finally leave us the fuck alone. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/59 "2017-10-08T13:18:33Z")
I’ve been to some incredible beaches that were, coincidentally, swimsuit optional. It becomes normal very fast. When friends ask if there were any hot, young women I tell them yes, along with their old, obese grandfathers. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/60 "2017-10-08T13:59:38Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This, Man! > > That frilly lace top, the “almost too short” skirt that the wind is forever tempting to catch and allow a glimpse of The Paradise, the tissue-paper thin tank that leaves damn near nothing to the imagination (except EVERYTHING!)… > > It would be missed. > > And _nobody_ wants to see my balls. What makes you think that legalizing public nudity would result in no one ever wearing clothes? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228.md?page=4)