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How comfortable are you about showing your skin? Do you cover up every inch? Do you wear the itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-yellow-polka-dot-bikini to the beach? How about walking down the street? Nudist?

I streaked on New years eve.

I didnt even have to (i.e not drinking game compelled).

I'll stop talking now ...

I have never been naked in public. And I hope never to be until I'm in a little bit better shape.

Normally, I wear a t-shirt and long pants. I wear regular swim trunks to the beach.

While I don't mind changing my shirt in front of people, I don't go around shirtless.

Normally, I wear a t-shirt and long pants. I wear regular swim trunks to the beach.

While I don't mind changing my shirt in front of people, I don't go around shirtless.
Ditto. At least if you mean 'trousers' by 'pants'. :p

As for me, I'm pretty comfy in shorts and an open shirt in the summer and shirtless at the beach.

Depends if it is approriate for the setting - where it is approriate like on nude beaches. I'm quite comfortable with my body.

On the beach?

I'm cool with swim shorts and no shirt.

Ditto. At least if you mean 'trousers' by 'pants'. :p

Oh right. The words mean different things here. Yes, I mean things like jeans, khakis, etc. So yes, trousers.

And here I was think that this thread would be rife with streaking stories. NS general I'm dissapointed in you.

Female - and I seem to be comfortable with showing more than the general public likes to see (myself in a swimsuit is generally enough to earn nasty comments on the beach)

I will wear as little as a short sleeved t-shirt, shorts, socks, and shoes in public. I will not take off my shirt in public for any reason - including going swimming.

Well I regularly streak on the weekends when I'm drunk. So I'm pretty comfortable with myself in public.

Segrated polls are stupid.

As for me, I'm pretty comfy in shorts and an open shirt in the summer.
That's gotta get you a lot of great looks in Osaka. ;)

As for me, I'm pretty comfy in shorts and an open shirt in the summer and shirtless at the beach.
Yep. Sums it up nicely.

Quite happy in shorts only on the beach/round the pool etc on holiday.
Even happier on a nude beach, tried it for the first time a few years ago and there is nothing at all like it.

Average day? Clothed, it's too bloody cold here to do anything else.

If I'm in a warm place then everything can come off except whatever I'm wearing around the sensitive groin area.

But living in Ireland generally necessitates covering up because it's usually cold.

Not at all. I can't recall the last time I went to the beach or anything.

Not at all. I can't recall the last time I went to the beach or anything.

Is that legal for an Aussie?

Is that legal for an Aussie?
No. I'm proudly unaustralian, and they can probably find a way to have me tried with sedition or conspiracy or something for saying so. :D

The beach is hot and wet (occasionally sticky) and involves me taking my shirt off. I don't particularly want anything to do with something hot, wet and me being naked or semi-naked if it doesn't involve me getting laid. Furthermore, the sand itches on the way home as it gets into places where it shouldn't, although i'd rather not draw comparisons with sex and itching nether regions in this thread.

Um, so yeah. The beach sucks.

I don't particularly want anything to do with something hot, wet and me being naked or semi-naked if it doesn't involve me getting laid.
Aw, you robbed me of a perfectly good punchline. But yeah, that would have been far too easy. Sigh.

Do bath houses count?

I am a lot less comfortable being "uncovered" in public than I was before I was a mom, but most of that has less to do with my body and more to do with this annoying little thing I have about "how moms should be".

I haven't been to a nude beach, but if I did go I would go in style (my birthday suit) because what would be the point of a nude beach otherwise.


I have only been naked in public 2 times, one by accident and the other under the influence, I don't think I will be going naked in "non-naked" places again any time soon.

"how comfortable are you uncovered/nude in public?"

Now I realize that because of virtually universal prejudice against "old people," some of you are going to think "eeewww," but until my recent operation, I was never reluctant to be seen naked. I kept myself fit by running and working out, and was actually quite proud of my body. Truth be known, I still am, but I'm reluctant to put my scar on display. I suspect that it will heal and begin to disappear in time, especially after I join the local YMCA and begin working out again.

Female - and I seem to be comfortable with showing more than the general public likes to see (myself in a swimsuit is generally enough to earn nasty comments on the beach)
Shame on them! Were I there, I would use my drill seargent voice on them! Mwahahaha! :D

Shame on them! Were I there, I would use my drill seargent voice on them! Mwahahaha! :D

*lol
As much as I appreciate the gesture, what would that change?

Aw, you robbed me of a perfectly good punchline. But yeah, that would have been far too easy. Sigh.

Heh. Too bad.

*lol
As much as I appreciate the gesture, what would that change?
Um ... have you heard my uber drill seargent voice? Stong men faint dead away! :D

I am perfectly fine going around topless wearing not much, I always wear at least underwear or some swimshorts, but in Britain exposing your genitals to the weather is usually a damn silly idea.

I'm too relaxed about skin.
Once got a police-complaint about indecent exposure in my own home, in my own effin livingroom, which isn't even VISIBLE from the street.
( some neighbours are just fanatic prudes! )

I'm too relaxed about skin.
Once got a police-complaint about indecent exposure in my own home, in my own effin livingroom, which isn't even VISIBLE from the street.
( some neighbours are just fanatic prudes! )

Ughh. I'd tell them to suck it down. On hot days i'm happy to walk around in my birthday suit. (well, provided nobody else is home)

*lol
As much as I appreciate the gesture, what would that change?
hey, I have heard Eut's drill sergant voice and believe me it could make a grown man piss his pants.

see? then you could make fun of them "I may not be perfect, but at least I don't piss my pants"

fixes everything.

(not really, but at least you would have some more ammo, and the jerks would have wet pants.)

Ughh. I'd tell them to suck it down. On hot days i'm happy to walk around in my birthday suit. (well, provided nobody else is home)

I can't blame 'em for their upbringing nor their religion, can I?
It's just the way they are.

Mine are a lot more relaxed about certain things than theirs.

However, I did show 'em the birdie in retaliation, so to speak...

I can't blame 'em for their upbringing nor their religion, can I?
It's just the way they are.

Mine are a lot more relaxed about certain things than theirs.

However, I did show 'em the birdie in retaliation, so to speak...

No, you can't, but you can certainly blame them for looking intently into your living room, which is a breach of your privacy, and I believe it consitutes a legal misdemeanor in some places.

Do bath houses count?
Ah, sounds like we forgot about the Scandinavian element.

hey, I have heard Eut's drill sergant voice and believe me it could make a grown man piss his pants.

see? then you could make fun of them "I may not be perfect, but at least I don't piss my pants"

fixes everything.

(not really, but at least you would have some more ammo, and the jerks would have wet pants.)
Mwahahahaha!

Uber Drill Seargent Rant (http://www.gimehost.com/dxOZMrcImHKqHJolWPAR)

Well, no shirt at the beach or the pool or on a hot day, yesh sure

but none of that nudist crap, that should be left to hot, young women :p

Ah, sounds like we forgot about the Scandinavian element.The are bath houses here, too, though most of them have been shut down.

Showing some of "myself" is fine with me, but anything less than a short-sleeved shirt and shorts just wouldn't work.

I am, however, perfectly fine with others being nude, even if they are 300 pounds and extremely ugly. It's their choice, and if I don't wanna look, I don't have to.

There's only one way to tan when not in sight of anti-B-Day suit police or fundies: in the buff.
I'm rather comfortable. Thank God for my near sightedness or I might have a problem when in the company of the opposite sex.

How comfortable are you about showing your skin? Do you cover up every inch? Do you wear the itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-yellow-polka-dot-bikini to the beach? How about walking down the street? Nudist?
I go around shirtless a lot in summer. And I'm not self-conscious when nude in the locker rooms, for example. I'm very comfortable with my body, and not ashamed of it in the least.

Nothng makes me happier than finding an unexpected moment to get stark raving naked. :)

I don't think it's a matter of whether or not I'M comfortable. Were it me nude, I might be more concerned about the relative comfort of those who'd see me. Really, they shouldn't be subjected to that.

Well, no shirt at the beach or the pool or on a hot day, yesh sure

but none of that nudist crap, that should be left to hot, young women :p
Women aren't about being eye candy.

Female - and I seem to be comfortable with showing more than the general public likes to see (myself in a swimsuit is generally enough to earn nasty comments on the beach)
:confused:

I don't object to being shirtless and in shorts at the beach or swimming, but anywhere else, I stay in t-shirt and jeans

I don't think it's a matter of whether or not I'M comfortable. Were it me nude, I might be more concerned about the relative comfort of those who'd see me. Really, they shouldn't be subjected to that.
They don't have to stare at you and fantasize on your body if they don't want to.

But I really enjoy being glanced at. I guess that's the narcissist in me. It also helps remind me that even though I'm celibate, it's not because I'm too ugly to be attractive to someone.

I show only a minimum of skin. In public the lowest I'll go is trousers and a t-shirt, and the only difference at home is that I'll wear shorts. I don't often go to the beach, and when I do I wear swim shorts and a rash vest. I avoid swimming pools at all costs.

One thing this poll does prove...there are WAY more guys who play nationstates than women.

The least I'll wear in public is a bikini. And that I'll only wear at the beech (although if I'm coming from the beech and walking in the same town, I can see just putting shorts on on the bottom and walking around with my bikini top assuming it's not too cold...)

Ah, sounds like we forgot about the Scandinavian element.

That's OK. We prefer for you to forget.

In the summer it gets damn hot where I live, so I wear the least amount of clothing possible without being indecent. Usually this amounts to short shorts and a halter top or tank top. If I'm at the beach/pool/lake I'm quite comfortable in an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny (but not yellow polka dot) bikini. Never been to a nude beach, but if I were to go, I would be nude (otherwise what would be the point?).

Male: 16% nudists
Female: 6% nudists

Male: 20% topless
Female: 11% topless

Male: 33% some skin's OK
Female: 50% some skin's OK

Male: 17% I cover alot
Female: 33% I cover alot

Male: 14% cover up everything always
Female: 0% cover up everything always

It appears that the female posters are slightly more prudish.

One thing this poll does prove...there are WAY more guys who play nationstates than women.
Yeah, this forum is ~75% male, which is the opposite of the university where I study.

:cool:

Some skin is ok, but I wouldn't get naked in public. Now, if it was for a shitload of money like a dare I would. Other than that, I'd only get naked if I was drunk hanging out with my friends at somebodys place lol. *ahhh...drunken lapdance moments* :p haha

How comfortable are you about showing your skin? Do you cover up every inch? Do you wear the itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-yellow-polka-dot-bikini to the beach? How about walking down the street? Nudist?

This is unrelated to your question, but once I had the audacity to venture near a nude beach, and let me tell you, the place was a sausage factory. Not a woman in sight. The images still haunt me at night...

*rocks back and forth, looking googly-eyed*

I (as a guy) wear my friend's itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-yellow-polka-dot-bikini. Oh baby oh baby oh baby.

I generally wear as little as possible, because it's really hot where I live. Never been nude in public though, and I doubt I ever will. I don't mind being shirtless when it's appropriate, like on a beach or if I'm working outside.

Shorts and tshirts/muscleshirts ftw!

I (as a guy) wear my friend's itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-yellow-polka-dot-bikini. Oh baby oh baby oh baby.

I do hope this is sarcasm:rolleyes:

Very uncomfortable.

Male: 16% nudists
Female: 6% nudists

Male: 20% topless
Female: 11% topless

Male: 33% some skin's OK
Female: 50% some skin's OK

Male: 17% I cover alot
Female: 33% I cover alot

Male: 14% cover up everything always
Female: 0% cover up everything always

It appears that the female posters are slightly more prudish.
Except that 14% of men are likely to cover up everything, always while no women are. There's a difference between men going topless and women going topless...

Very uncomfortable.Dangit. >.>

:D

Except that 14% of men are likely to cover up everything, always while no women are. There's a difference between men going topless and women going topless...
No there isn't. NS Men are about 2.5x likely to be nudist and 2x likely to be topless as NS Women, who are 2x more likely to cover "a lot".

Dangit. >.>

:D
:p

Well... you know it's a fine line between when you're wearing togs and when you're wearing undies ;)


(Probably only a New Zealander would get that...)

I'm too relaxed about skin.
Once got a police-complaint about indecent exposure in my own home, in my own effin livingroom, which isn't even VISIBLE from the street.
( some neighbours are just fanatic prudes! )


There was a police case a few years ago about an old lady who complained about a male neighbour sunbathing naked in his garden.

The police came round and said we cant see anything and the little old lady said you can if you stand at the top of these stepladders and use my binoculas

Anyways..... think a still prefer my ex-g/friend in her purple one piece swimsuit when out in public...... mm yeah. <goes for a cold shower>

I'm very comfortable being naked. In fact I'm naked right now; Do you want to see? ;)

It depends on where I am. Ambient temperature is a significant factor. Here in Brazil, the less clothes the better under nearly all circumstances. This means naked a lot of the time when at home. However when I lived in the UK (Yorkshire for a large part of the time) clothes were essential for comfort.

So am I comfortable with my own skin - yes. Does this mean I expose it a lot - not always.

We have clothes for a reason you know...

No there isn't. NS Men are about 2.5x likely to be nudist and 2x likely to be topless as NS Women, who are 2x more likely to cover "a lot".
Men are also 14% more likely to cover up everything than women, who are 0% likely to cover up everything.

And there is a difference between men going topless and women going topless, seeing as women have some secondary sex characteristics up top while men do not.

And there is a difference between men going topless and women going topless, seeing as women have some secondary sex characteristics up top while men do not.

Well, some men do...

Well, some men do...
Being fat isn't the same as having secondary sex characteristics.

Being fat isn't the same as having secondary sex characteristics.

But a hairy chest is.

As I live in a cold climate, public nudity is simply not an option. (And no, unlike the Norwegians, I don't go skin diving in 30 below.)

In the summer I'll get down to shorts and a t-shirt. I generally refuse to go down to anything less as I don't want people to panic and start yelling that a bear has gotten lose.

Strangely enough though, since moving to Japan I have had no qualms about stripping down to nothing and taking baths with a bunch of other naked people (some of the opposet sex). Hell, I don't even blink when the cleaning lady wanders by while I'm busy soaking in hot water.

I'm a male and I don't really care about being nude in public but I don't run around naked everywhere either.

I'm happy to walk around naked in the privacy of my apartment, my husband's used to it and does it too sometimes, but in public, on the hottest days, I'll wear a sleeveless top and capris, never midriff - stretchmarks and scars from surgery and now pregnancy are way too gross. Oh, and rarely, almost never show thighs, a little too heavy and I'm sensitive to that...

But a hairy chest is.
No it's not. I have a hairy chest and don't mind going shirtless, even when I'm not shaved/waxed there.

Body hair is in no way comparable to having boobs.

That's gotta get you a lot of great looks in Osaka. ;)

I'm not always dressed like that, but only when appropriate (or sometimes just over the line.)

No it's not. I have a hairy chest and don't mind going shirtless, even when I'm not shaved/waxed there.

Body hair is in no way comparable to having boobs.

I did not say that it has the same cultural associations as boobs do. It is, however, a secondary sexual characteristic, in the same way as a deeper voice, and a protruding larynx are. (Not erotic in any way, but linked to having a Y chromosone rather than two Xs.)

I did not say that it has the same cultural associations as boobs do. It is, however, a secondary sexual characteristic, in the same way as a deeper voice, and a protruding larynx are. (Not erotic in any way, but linked to having a Y chromosone rather than two Xs.)
*shrugs*

Some women have chest hair.

*shudders*

Pretty prudish myself, as I practically shower in a three-piece suit. I don't know if that's because of some problem, or simply because I've traditionally lived in a cold clime and want to keep my jimmy from contracting into my abdominal cavity.

Although it isn't always the case, people who show a lot of skin tend to be the ones that I would prefer not to show a lot of skin.

This is unrelated to your question, but once I had the audacity to venture near a nude beach, and let me tell you, the place was a sausage factory. Not a woman in sight. The images still haunt me at night...

*rocks back and forth, looking googly-eyed*Was the nude beach strictly for gays?

We have clothes for a reason you know...So Joan Rivers has a job?

I've been naked several times in front of people I didn't know or barely knew, including members of the opposite sex. Always after consuming excessive quantities of alcohol. I haven't done it recently, though.

I can't say I'm particularly proud of my body, what with its skinnyness and disheartning lack of chest hair. But I'm not going to stay covered up because of it. There are times when stripping off is strangely liberating.

I can't say I'm particularly proud of my body, what with its skinnyness and disheartning lack of chest hair. While there are exceptions, a large amount of chest hair is typically frowned upon here. Is it different in France?

While there are exceptions, a large amount of chest hair is typically frowned upon here. Is it different in France?

Hmmm... I've just always wished I had more. Not that I'm obsessed about it; it would just be nice to have.

I know a guy who has masses of chest hair, to the point that we all call him "Nounours" ("Teddy Bear"). He was rather uncomfortable with it, until he met a girl who fell for him because of his hair chest...

Hmmm... I've just always wished I had more. Not that I'm obsessed about it; it would just be nice to have.

I know a guy who has masses of chest hair, to the point that we all call him "Nounours" ("Teddy Bear"). He was rather uncomfortable with it, until he met a girl who fell for him because of his hair chest...Ah, I get it. That does happen here too, but it's usually the opposite. (Not that people break up over too much chest hair or anything.)