Nudity and Sex, Moral Morass-Exhibit One

You have a little child, who is naturally curious about his/her body, and we, as adults, immediately begin programming the little mind with personal and cultural prejudices pertaining to sex and the nude body. It is perfectly OK to tell the child the correct names for anatomical parts, as long as certain prescribed body parts are not mentioned. If they are mentioned, we allow and encourage the child to use slang or childish names. We can’t call a vagina a vagina because it is a “who-who.” You know the routine. The child grows into an adult carrying forward an unhealthy view of life, which is personally and culturally damaging. Here is Exhibit One.

A writer to Annie’s Mailbox:

…my sister takes a shower, her son goes into the bathroom and talks to her. I am horrified by this and feel it is wrong. I know nothing sexual is going on, but still, it's inappropriate.

I then reported this behavior to Child Protective Services. My sister told the social worker that after she had surgery many months ago, her son began helping her with her showers because she couldn't do it alone. The social worker told my sister that I was causing problems and she and her son should consider moving out.

Annie’s reply:

Of course your sister should not be showering with her 13-year-old son in the room…

Sis needs to understand that it is not in her son's best interest for her to create such an intimate environment with a sexually developing boy who loves his mother.

Guessing the writer’s and Annie’s prejudice:

1. Nudity is sex
2. Nudity is intimacy
3. Nudity is psychologically damaging to a 13 year old boy
   

Previous Blogs:
American Indian Nudity Destroyed
American Indians Did It in the Nude
YMCA Doesn’t Stand for Christian or Male Anymore and You Can’t Go Nude
Spirit of Justice Returned to Her Natural State
Her Embarrassment Killed Her