# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/41 "2014-07-25T06:53:22Z")
First pick: stranger Last pick: co-worker Everyone in between: don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/42 "2014-07-25T07:07:05Z")
If the family members include someone who has seen me naked before, I pick them. Otherwise I go with a stranger. (No friend has ever seen me naked. For one thing, most of my friends are women and married.) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/43 "2014-07-25T07:44:17Z")
I piked stranger because you don’t have an all of the above - I effectively have no body modesty after being suck in hospital so damned much I just don’t give a shit any longer. You don’t like my fat 53 year old arthritis ridden body, deal with it. Don’t get me wrong - I take pains to shower frequently, keep my hair and clothing clean and neat, because there is nothing good about a fat sloppy dirty broad with stringy greasy hair and ratty clothing. [or even a skinny broad with nasty ratty hair and clothing] but appear naked in front of some random person because I was forced to? Meh. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/44 "2014-07-25T14:49:20Z")
Don’t care, not shy. But picked “Friend” because most of those have seen me naked plenty, whereas none of the other categories have (by the OP’s examples, I took “Family” to exclude my wife and kids, who see me naked all the time anyway. We’re not very prudish, _chez_ **Dibble**.) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/45 "2014-07-25T15:31:47Z")
I pick stranger not exactly out of my own modesty, but to protect the modesty of my relatives and friends. I bet my sister in law doesn’t want to see me naked, so she’s out. Strangers, while they maybe don’t want to see anyone naked, I don’t know them, so tough luck. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/46 "2014-07-25T15:37:18Z")
Most of my same-gender friends have seen me naked or close to on multiple occasions. I’m not a prude, and when we spend more than a few days together with activities that require clothing changes, we shrug, strip, and redress. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/47 "2014-07-25T16:35:27Z")
As a high school freshman, all of us (males anyway) who wanted to play sports that year were required to strip down and get a hernia exam (‘turn your head and cough’.) All of us in one big room. There were friends, strangers and even family members in some cases. So I guess all of us would have answered that we’d get naked of anyone who asks. I’d resist the tin-pot dictator for fun then give in and strip. If I must pick, I’d let a stranger to see me naked. People I like shouldn’t have to see this. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/48 "2014-07-25T16:51:54Z")
Could be any of the options – why would I care? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/49 "2014-07-25T17:03:17Z")
I picked “stranger” because that would be the most convenient - just ask one of the guys next to me in the locker room of the gym. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/50 "2014-07-25T17:08:48Z")
Another “don’t care.” Now if I here particularly hot and attractive to anyone then it may be different, but really the choice is who should suffer? I’m sure that all of my relatives / friends / acquaintances have seen naked, middle-aged bodies before. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/51 "2014-07-25T17:32:42Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. So does this mean we know which relative, which friend, etc. we’d be naked in front of? Not that it makes that big a difference. I’ve skinnydipped with wife, girlfriends, friends, acquaintances, and strangers. It’s not that big a deal to be seen naked. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/52 "2014-07-25T17:46:05Z")
“Stranger”. I would never inflict my hideousness to someone whom I cared about. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/53 "2014-07-25T17:54:09Z")
For the literal question in the OP: I don’t care. For what I think the OP really wants to know: I’ve done the clothing optional festival thing, so I’ve been naked in front of friends and (of course) my husband and kids and strangers, and it was no big thing. Although these days I mostly do so out of convenience - getting something from the car or running to the john - rather than as my outfit for the day. The year my dad came was the first year I stayed clothed. No idea why, it just felt intensely awkward and uncomfortable to be naked around him. My discomfort was both for me and for him. He’s now been to the same festivals for several years running, and the discomfort remains. Before he arrives, or if he’s on a town run, I don’t have any inhibitions about moving around unclothed as convenience dictates. But when I know he’s on the grounds, I at least throw a cloak on. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/54 "2014-07-25T18:12:08Z")
Like most everyone else - not an issue. But as long as we get to choose, I choose **Flyer** , since you’re so curious! ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/55 "2014-07-25T18:23:50Z")
Frankly, you forgot the option “whoever, I don’t care, no big deal”. It won’t taint my relations ifthey’ve seen me naked. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/56 "2014-07-25T18:32:14Z")
Frankly, you forgot the answer :" I don’t care. Whoever". I’m not accustomed to being naked around people, but it wouldn’t be a big deal for me if I had to. ---
**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/57 "2014-07-25T19:43:39Z")
I’d choose someone I didn’t like cause it is gonna put their eyes out. ---
**Author:** ![Arabella\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Arabella\_Flynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arabella_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/58 "2014-07-25T19:47:28Z")
I pose nude for artists, hang out with burlesque performers and community theater people, and work for a publisher of erotic romances. I have very little modesty left, and any of the above people would be perfectly able to look me in the eye afterwards. The only reason I’d pick “not my family” is because I’d sincerely like to never be in a room with any of my relatives ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/59 "2014-07-27T00:51:23Z")
You didn’t include an “All of the above” option. I’d make them all suffer. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966/60 "2014-07-27T02:00:40Z")
If I am being forced, who cares, it just means I was not being as aware as I should have been [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-being-forced-to-let-somebody-see-you-naked/693966.md?page=4)