QUOTES 7/23/2019

“I was naked this morning because I realized I didn’t want to feel like my nakedness was something I needed to hide.  I wanted to not be ashamed to be as God made me.  And I felt like, as long as I was in my room behind a closed door, I was.  It was like my body was a candle whose light I had covered with my hands.  And now the heat and hot wax was burning my fingers and palms.  The candle was telling me ‘Let my light shine.’” - https://timothyach.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/being-naked-outside/

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“It is okay to have photos of naked women whom have change their bodies through surgeries hanging up in public.  It is totally okay to allow big companies to encourage women to change their bodies.  It is totally okay to spam the Internet and magazines with photos of big porn stars and top models whom have had their photos manipulated with, their body changed through strict diets or extreme workouts.  BUT: It is not okay to have women breastfeeding in public?  It is not okay for a woman to take off her top on the beach – or in any other situation where a man would do?  It is not okay to just have: A normal natural naked woman body?” - https://najayana.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/yes-this-is-my-female-body-no-i-am-not-ashamed/

“My main enjoyment is the freedom from clothes and the relaxing feeling of not having their restrictions.” – NakedWalkers, https://www.truenudists.com/group/nude-parties/1/105180/3/

“. . . these two extremes represent different sides of the same coin.  While popular culture tends to disempower women by telling them they must dress to get men to look at them, the modesty culture tends to disempower women by telling them they must dress to keep men from looking at them.  In both cases, the impetus is placed on the woman to accommodate her clothing or her body to the (varied and culturally relative) expectations of men.  In both cases, it becomes the woman’s job to manage the sexual desires of men, and thus it is seen as her fault if a man ignores her on the one hand or objectifies her on the other.  Often, these two cultures combine to send out a pulse of confusing messages: ‘Look cute … but not too cute!  Be modest … but not frumpy!  Make yourself attractive … but not too attractive!”  Women are left feeling ashamed of their bodies as they try desperately to contort around a bunch of vague, ever-changing ideals.  It’s exhausting, really, dressing for other people.” - Rachel Held Evans, http://qideas.org/articles/modesty-i-dont-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means/