You’re hiking in a relatively large state park in florida. You haven’t seen anyone all day. You round a corner to find about 20 people skinny dipping. These people are in no way modest about their lack of clothing.
would you…
A) Avert your eyes and keep walking.
B) Stare goggle eyed at all the naked flesh.
C) Strike up a conversation with them.
D) Get nekkid and join them.
I might be the only one, but I’m of the opinion that the naked form… while natural and beautiful, is also sacred and intimate and should be shared only with the one you love.
I’d try D, but I’d be afraid they’d all run away screaming–my self-esteem couldn’t take it. C might lead to D. B would make me feel stupid, but A would make me feel like I was insulting them by implying they weren’t worth looking at. So I think I’d nod to them, say hi, and walk on past while pretending I saw absolutely nothing unusual.
A. Simply put, I view the naked body as something confined only to things medical and sexual, and I don’t want my sheltered reality threatened by new information. (grin)
I would just treat them as if they were clothed. I’d strike up a conversation, and might even join them swimming (although I would most likely keep something on.) I say if you want to be naked, be naked.
I rarely appear in public wearing shorts, so there’s no way I’d do D. But I’d feel funny just talking to them, and I don’t like talking to strangers anyway, so I’d go for A. Or F: turn around before anyone sees me and find another trail to hike on.