# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/61 "2017-10-08T14:44:30Z")
Solve the teachers / teenagers situation by starting each day with a Morning Masturbation in homeroom, another Midday Mast, and an Afternoon Masstembly with occasional Special Guest Pacesetter. That should enable the kids to keep their minds more on their school work. Don’t forget to bring a towel. ---
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/62 "2017-10-08T15:21:14Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > Solve the teachers / teenagers situation by starting each day with a Morning Masturbation in homeroom, another Midday Mast… Of all the _jerky_ ideas I’ve heard… ---
**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, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/63 "2017-10-08T15:40:21Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Of all the _jerky_ ideas I’ve heard… And _circling_ the wagons starts… ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/64 "2017-10-08T17:25:14Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Of all the _jerky_ ideas I’ve heard… > [@running\_coach](#): > > And _circling_ the wagons starts… Get ahold of yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/65 "2017-10-08T20:36:24Z")
I am a bit of a germaphobe, so I’d rather people stay clothed and don’t rub their fluids on me on crowded situations. It would also make BO worse for some people for whom hygiene is not a priority. That being said, nudity is legal in Spain. About a decade ago I was with my family, strolling down Las Ramblas in Barcelona when I caught something with the corner of my eye. I turned around and this is what I saw (yeah, I always carry a camera, seriously). [[mild nudity](https://imgur.com/a/D7NiD)] I thought the guy was nuts, but later found out that he was a French scholar testing how much the authorities respected the right to go naked in Spain, and Spaniards’ attitudes towards public nudity. He walked all over Spain, and said he was not harassed neither by the police, nor by the public. The most common reaction was amusement, or eye-rolling accompanied by an occasional “¡viva España!”. So, viva España. 😃 ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/66 "2017-10-08T21:45:40Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Get ahold of yourselves. Isn’t that what **Turble** suggested? ---
**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 9, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/67 "2017-10-09T00:27:25Z")
One word: sunburn. ---
**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 9, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/68 "2017-10-09T01:51:57Z")
There are some good porn movie ideas in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/69 "2017-10-09T01:54:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > One word: sunburn. Many’s the nudist who wore nothing at all between sandals and a big floppy sun-hat. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/70 "2017-10-09T02:24:08Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > That being said, nudity is legal in Spain. About a decade ago I was with my family, strolling down Las Ramblas in Barcelona when I caught something with the corner of my eye. I turned around and this is what I saw (yeah, I always carry a camera, seriously). > > [[mild nudity](https://imgur.com/a/D7NiD)] Ewww… Socks with sandals? ---
**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 9, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/71 "2017-10-09T02:36:37Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Ewww… > > Socks with sandals? At least they’re not knee-high dark socks. With garters. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/72 "2017-10-09T10:06:11Z")
> [@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. . How does it make harassment easier? ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/73 "2017-10-09T16:29:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So a local law was passed banning public nudity and people went back to wearing clothes. Actually, not so much. They passed a temporary law banning it but then voted to not maintain the law when it expired. [Cite](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/us/23brfs-nude.html?_r=0) Pretty much the whole state is clothing optional. There is no state law about appearing nude in public and I am not aware of any municipal laws banning nudity. I know for a fact that it is legal in the capitol, Montpelier. Oddly enough though, you need to disrobe in private. You can go naked, but no disrobing in public. You want to come up and run around in your birthday suit, come on up! Though you may want to wait until next summer now. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/74 "2017-10-09T18:23:13Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Squatting or bending over to pat a dog? I don’t know, maybe I haven’t been behind enough squatting, bending, naked people 😃 “But the thing you don’t realize is that there’s good naked and bad naked. Naked hair brushing, good; naked crouching, bad.” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/75 "2017-10-09T18:52:55Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > When I was in San Fransisco a few years ago I was walking in the Dolores/Mission area and past a man nonchalantly walking down the sidewalk stark naked except for footwear. > > The friend I was staying with said it was perfectly legal to be nude in public in San Fransisco,as long and you were not sporting wood. Sadly, in 2011 my jerk of a Supervisor, Scott Weiner (now my State Assemblyman, unfortunately) successfully campaigned to make it [illegal](https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/24/the-history-of-nudity-in-san-francisco-uncovered/). Just one more on my long list of reasons why I will never vote for him. I personally would love it if the whole country was clothing optional, and think it would make women less subject to harassment, since men would be getting an eyeful all the time anyway. ---
**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 9, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228/76 "2017-10-09T22:56:16Z")
In supporting the freedom of public nudity, my motive is _not_ that I hope to see naked beautiful people that turn me on. That is not my motivation. I support it because our unclothed bodies are simply who we are and no one should be shocked or embarrassed or ashamed either to see the human body or be seen (if he or she so prefers). I want people to become accustomed to seeing all kinds of actual human body shapes and features. I believe that this would also have some effect in disarming indecent exposure as a form of sexual assault. If it’s not shocking, then it shouldn’t harm anyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-optional-question/798228.md?page=3)