My Body is a Work of Art

I don't really get it. America's love-hate relationship with nudity and sex. On one hand, we use sex and the promise of nudity to sell everything under the planet. And, let's face it, it works. There's a reason it works. And, then there's America's abhorrence towards sex, particularly the nude body. I'll never get the nude body thing. Perhaps we're still being stifled by our Puritan heritage or our Protestant/Catholic guilt for finding nudity attractive and enticing. Whatever the cause, we've become afraid of our own bodies. Our God-given bodies, I might add. The body is a work of art. Michelangelo knew this. So did many ancient civilizations - the Romans, the Greeks, Ancient India, etc. And, of course, nudity is a staple in the arts. Yet, somehow, we've managed to denegrate the naked body into a beacon of immorality, pornography, and Godlessness. Women can't even breastfeed in public places, because of this societal phobia. Breastfeeding is a natural process. I hate to crush everyone's little fantasies, but breasts are for feeding babies primarly, NOT for sex. It angers me that parts of my body are considered unacceptable by society. That I should cower in shame. Now, don't get me wrong. I have no desire to romp around the streets naked. I just don't like feeling like a pariah for having boobs, much less the unspeakable nether region.

Much of our societal phobia is anchored in our blatant fear and denegration. Because we make such a big deal of it, then everyone thinks it's a big deal. It's kind of like the whole alcohol thing. In Europe, alcohol is not taboo and many children take a sip of wine or such when they are quite young. Thus, teenagers in Europe tend to think alcohol is not a big deal....THUS, unlike their American counterparts, they don't feel the need to down copious amounts of the liquid until it runs from the ears and the nose and forces them to curl into fetal position on a bathroom floor wallowing in their own vomit.

So take this!!!! Phobic Society!!!! Fanatical Conservatives!!

Fie..Fie..Fie..Fie...