Make Public Nudity Exempt From Penal/Criminal Law

Make Public Nudity Exempt From Penal/Criminal Law

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August 12, 2020
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Started by Jordan Hill

In most places in the U.S.A. it is illegal to walk around in public naked. There is no good reason for this either. Being naked is totally natural and many people honestly feel more comfortable when naked. It allows people to feel more comfortable with their body as well. I think it's time that all people who practice nudism in private should be allowed to do so in their daily lives without fear of arrest or prejudice. Everyone deserves the right to feel comfortable with their own body, everyone deserves to be happy.

In many parts of The United States of America public nudity will get you either fined or jailed for public indecency as well as potentially put on a sex offender registry. But this is wrong and unjust. There is nothing indecent about the naked human form. We were all born naked. We all have those body parts and as long as we're not doing anything sexual with them there isn't anything indecent about it. Nobody has ever been harmed by simply just seeing someone naked in a public area. So why is it against the law to just go for a morning or afternoon jog naked, or go skinny dipping in a public lake, or even just grab a pretzel at a gas station in the nude. If simply seeing someone naked doesn't hurt anyone or do any harm, then why is it illegal? What exactly makes it so wrong? The most damage it'll do is it would make people mildly uncomfortable but as it becomes common place that discomfort would go away entirely.

Even in the states that have few laws against public nudity you still can't just go shopping at the mall naked, go out to eat like that, attend your college classes like that, hang out with friends nude, or even just go for a bike ride or catch a movie sans clothing.  It's unfair as there is nothing wrong about nudity. Plus simply being naked does not make it sexual either. Nudity by itself isn't a sexual thing. Even with states that have a lot of nudist resorts and beaches many states barely have any if they have any at all. Plus you still feel confined and like you have to hide this whole aspect of your life from the world. It's as if you lead a double life because some people just aren't all that accepting. If it was made fully legal nobody would have to hide it, and everyone could just be themselves 100% of thr time. Nobody would be forced to be naked, but if it was known you had an option it would become more common and slowly eliminate the negative attitude against nudism.

I think I need to dispel some common worries about this sort of thing while I'm at it. Some people are against public nudity because it would lead to rape. Fortunately this isn't true, most people who practice nudism are just ordinary individuals like you or me. They have control over their hormones and don't feel the need to jump every naked body they see. Nudity doesn't cause rape at all. The amount of rape will always remain at the same amount regardless. 

Some people are opposed to public nudity because they claim it's unsanitary, however it's easy to ensure that things are sanitary. You could make a law requesting people bring a towel if they are going to be naked for them to sit on. Plus if either the rape or sanitary issue were a problem you could require if it was absolutely necessary that you sign up on a registry that records any issues that you can be taken off of not allowing you to be naked anymore.

Lastly some people just don't want to see someone's jiggly bits or worry about bullying. In all fairness there are plenty of things that are really gross or hard to look at that people do in public that I don't want to see yet I can't call the cops because it's legal. But any discomfort will go away with time anyway. As for the bullying the modern generation has way too high expectations of what a body should look like. If they see more naked bodies and get a good idea of what a body actually should look like rather than what their shown in porn and in magazines then eventually over time bullying will stop and people can just be themselves. Plus bullying is still a modern day issue as it is. The best part about making nudism legal is that it's optional. You don't have to participate in the public nudity so if you don't like your body then nobody has to see it.

It's time that we get over this dumb societal norm that demands that we wear clothes. It's time we move past the false belief that all nudity is sexual. Do the right thing and please sign this petition. I'm begging you, it's really important to me and many others that this happens. I have faith in america. Especially after this pandemic, I'm sure plenty of you have hung around the house naked and quite enjoyed it and wanted to be naked more. Please sign the petition.

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