# Hypothetical: being forced to let somebody see you naked **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966 "2014-07-24T20:02:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/1 "2014-07-24T20:02:46Z")
You and a few dozen other people, some of whom you know, have been captured by some tin-pot dictator or crony thereof. He’s sadistic, egotistical, etc. (Standard tin-pot conditions apply.) He summons you and says that he’ll release you on one condition–you have to let one of the other captives see you naked for 5 minutes. The good news is that you get to choose who it is. The group of captives includes at least one in each of the following categories: a relative (cousin, aunt, etc.); a good friend; a coworker; and a causal acquaintance. Plus several people that you don’t know. Who would you choose to see you naked? Personally, I think I would go with a stranger. If I choose a friend or coworker, I think that the memory would quite possibly cast a cloud over our relationship. Same with a relative. But a stranger I would probably never see again. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/2 "2014-07-24T20:07:45Z")
I’m not adverse to any of these people seeing me naked on this scenario. My first thought was “stranger,” but strangers are more of an unknown. I pick “friend.” I like my friends, and I trust them. They could handle seeing me naked without it being uncomfortable in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/3 "2014-07-24T20:09:37Z")
Probably a stranger, just because chances are we’d never see each other again. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/4 "2014-07-24T20:12:51Z")
Stranger. Who knows, I might get lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/5 "2014-07-24T20:18:39Z")
friend or a stranger probably. For the poll I’ll say stranger, I’m not shy. For relative, would depend on which one. I shared a bedroom with my brother and 2 of my cousins so it’s not like we’ve never seen each other naked before. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/6 "2014-07-24T20:18:44Z")
I am not by any measure an exhibitionist, but I think I’d probably wouldn’t care who it was to be honest as any prudish reservations I have at the prospect of being seen naked by someone for a trifling amount of time, is massively outweighed by my aversion to being under captivity of a sadist. I think I’d be so happy at being released I’d invite everyone along. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/7 "2014-07-24T20:23:07Z")
I concur with Asympotically fat. As for the poll I chose coworker as I have some hot coworkers and maybe it could turn into something once we are free. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/8 "2014-07-24T20:29:47Z")
Hot nymphomaniac lady stranger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/9 "2014-07-24T20:39:36Z")
I think you need an “I don’t care/all of the above” option. Like some others, I’m not an exhibitionist but I really don’t think I’d give a damn who sees me in my birthday suit in those circumstances. I think most people have been naked in front of plenty of strangers as well as at least some of their friends - ever gone to a gym or a swimming pool? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/10 "2014-07-24T20:41:03Z")
Are people really this body conscious? I’m in dressing rooms all the time with my friends, coworkers and/or relatives and they see most, if not all of me. I can’t see how it would make much of a difference. I picked friend just because I know none of my friends would care. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/11 "2014-07-24T21:02:05Z")
I volunteer to be a “stranger”, as long as I get to pick whose “stranger” I am. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/12 "2014-07-24T21:18:41Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Stranger. Who knows, I might get lucky. How would you kill the other 4 minutes? ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/13 "2014-07-24T21:27:03Z")
Eh, whatever. I’m not particularly bothered by being seen naked. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/14 "2014-07-24T21:28:40Z")
The stranger, out of sensitivity for the modesty or propriety of the person who has to look at me. The stranger will be relieved to know that he/she will never again have to face me or encounter me in any way. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/15 "2014-07-24T21:36:33Z")
I don’t mind/don’t care ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/16 "2014-07-24T21:52:39Z")
Honestly don’t care. I’ve almost no body modesty. I’ve been seen naked, or nearly so by all of the above a various points in my life. I didn’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/17 "2014-07-24T22:04:39Z")
Put me in the “I don’t care” category too. I wear clothes mostly because it’s the polite thing to do. Since most people have hang ups about it, I’d pick the stranger, for their sake. And, if the dictator wants to turn this into some sick sexual game (after all, who really trusts crazy dictators to let you go after five minutes?), I’d much rather go through that with a stranger than someone I know. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/18 "2014-07-24T22:05:49Z")
Friend probably, but I don’t really care. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/19 "2014-07-24T22:07:14Z")
Anybody except my coworkers. My company has this crazy policy about no nudity at work. It sucks the fun out of casual Fridays. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/20 "2014-07-24T22:09:56Z")
There needs to be another option for if you really don’t care. Maybe I wouldn’t choose coworker, but friends, relatives, acquaintances and strangers have seen me naked plenty of times. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966.md?page=2)