# Who is allowed to see you naked? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195 "2012-05-07T17:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/1 "2012-05-07T17:04:22Z")
Poll in a moment. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/2 "2012-05-07T17:06:56Z")
Allowed? By who? I’m sure my wife’s list is quite different from my own. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/3 "2012-05-07T17:09:57Z")
More people than actually want to. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/4 "2012-05-07T17:10:28Z")
Anyone who wants to, though that list doesn’t venture into positive numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/5 "2012-05-07T17:39:16Z")
I picked “Same-sex strangers in appropriate setting (locker room, for example).” as a locker room is the place I am most often naked away from home or the doctors. However the same-sex part doesn’t apply exclusively. I play a lot of hockey and it has in the past decade or two had an influx of female participants and the facilities don’t reflect this, so everyone is in the same locker room. I just figure, if YOU aren’t getting naked and YOU are concerned about seeing my junk, YOU have the option of suiting up out on the bleachers. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/6 "2012-05-07T17:41:45Z")
> [@Hbns](#): > > I picked “Same-sex strangers in appropriate setting (locker room, for example).” as a locker room is the place I am most often naked away from home or the doctors. You can pick more than one option. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/7 "2012-05-07T17:47:15Z")
This poll couldn’t come at a more odd time for me. I just returned from a weekend-long event that has a name, but it might as well have been called “New-age Hugging and Crying on a Commune.” EVERYONE got to see me naked. The real weirdos were the ones who kept their clothes on. Freaks. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/8 "2012-05-07T17:55:35Z")
I never realized how many people see me naked. I said my kids, but that now excludes my son. He’s old enough (6) that he doesn’t need to see that. Heck, no one needs to see that. But still…I let my daughter (2.5) see me naked, as well as my husband (who I wish saw me naked more frequently), my doctor, my pets, people in the dressing room at the Y and same-sex friends. Though at the Y and same-sex friends, I’m likely to turn toward the wall before stripping down completely. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/9 "2012-05-07T18:09:58Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > This poll couldn’t come at a more odd time for me. I just returned from a weekend-long event that has a name, but it might as well have been called “New-age Hugging and Crying on a Commune.” > > EVERYONE got to see me naked. Not _everyone_. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/10 "2012-05-07T18:11:55Z")
What’s does “allowed” mean here? Nudity on demand?? :dubious: My best friend is “allowed” to see me naked in appropriate contexts (locker-room, etc.), but not at random times. So yeah, context is everything. Same-sex nudity in locker rooms is no big deal; opposite sex is a little weirder, though I’ve been in that situation once or twice (crazy European!). Significant others - of course. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/11 "2012-05-07T18:12:31Z")
You left out “peeping toms/peeping tanyas.” ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/12 "2012-05-07T18:20:02Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > What’s does “allowed” mean here? Nudity on demand?? :dubious: My best friend is “allowed” to see me naked in appropriate contexts (locker-room, etc.), but not at random times. Whenever you allow it. So appropriate contexts count, and random inappropriate contexts count too if you’re the one who decided to get naked. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > You left out “peeping toms/peeping tanyas.” “Everyone” doesn’t cover it? If peeping toms are allowed to see you naked, who isn’t? I’m surprised at how few respondents admit to having publicly accessible nudity online. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/13 "2012-05-07T18:21:57Z")
In addition to doctors, any medical personnel should the need arise. My wife at present has a care-giver, for instance. If I ever have a care-giver, my luscious man parts are there for their jaw-dropping enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/14 "2012-05-07T18:26:13Z")
Even my pets don’t see me naked. Why traumatize their little kitty eyes? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/15 "2012-05-07T18:27:34Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Not _everyone_. :mad: I was available for it, but you didn’t show up. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/16 "2012-05-07T18:30:47Z")
> [@bup](#): > > In addition to doctors, any medical personnel should the need arise. My wife at present has a care-giver, for instance. If I ever have a care-giver, my luscious man parts are there for their jaw-dropping enjoyment. Not to mention the snickering and pointing. Also telling their friends later. Or maybe that’s just me. 🙂 I don’t have any casual sex, is that where bluejeans are allowed? Also, never modeled or any artists, nor been to a nude beach. You gave siblings as an option, my brother can see me naked like in a locker room, my sisters only in an emergency situation. I’d have no problem with my Mom seeing me naked even though that hasn’t happened in 50 years or so, she wouldn’t snicker. My girls haven’t seen me naked since they were about 3. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/17 "2012-05-07T18:32:14Z")
Everyone and no one. Everyone can, no one wants to. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/18 "2012-05-07T18:38:43Z")
Anyone who asks nicely. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/19 "2012-05-07T18:43:40Z")
I balked once at going hot-tubbing with a couple of friends, and the woman trotted out the line, “Oh, don’t worry, I’m a nurse, you don’t have anything I haven’t seen before.” I pointed out that seeing naked parts changes the nature of the friendship, permanently. Maybe not much, and maybe not for the worse, but there is a difference. She got a troubled look on her face at that point, thinking about all the people she’s seen naked… ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195/20 "2012-05-07T19:01:54Z")
This is rather difficult to answer, because the list has varied quite a bit over the course of my life. When I was a child, my family had a summer cabin at a nudist camp, so the answer would have not been on the poll: Everybody at the nudist camp (though the one about the beach is closest.) At other times, my home was nudist, and visitors shed their clothes when they visited, and nobody in my circle of friends seemed to mind. Some surprising couples resulted, including a very gay male friend and an equally gay female friend (who had a tattoo that said “If it smells like fish, eat it” - no, I am not making this up) who experimented with heterosexuality in my apartment. As I’ve gotten older, grayer and fatter the list of people who see me naked is down to my wife, doctor and the other guys in the locker room at the Y when I’m changing after a swim. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-allowed-to-see-you-naked/621195.md?page=2)