Comments on: Nudity season

By: Christina | AmiExpat.com

Christina | AmiExpat.com — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:14:00 +0000

I walked through the English Garden when I was in Munich a few weeks ago… nothing compared to the beaches on the Ostsee! I don’t think the Westies can come close to the Ossies in full FKK appreciation!

By: for Joke!

for Joke! — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:09:00 +0000

Laughing my ass off at “since they are extremely dangerous and might attack me at any moment”!!! Phffrrrrttt!!!

By: Eric T Hansen

Eric T Hansen — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:24:00 +0000

I was in Munich as a Mormon misisonary for two years. You can’t imagine what torture it was to walk through the English Garden in summer. In fact, now that I’m no longer a Mormon… it’s still torture!
Aloha, Eric

By: Lulu

Lulu — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:25:00 +0000

I have lived in Europe for the past 10 years and have worked in advertising. I do believe one’s body is beautiful in all shapes & sizes. I think how pics, shows & adverts are exposed is key…the context. We should also understand that different cultures have different views. But I don t believe that one should be ashamed. In Europe more women breast feed (I guess due to the decent maternity leave & healthy benefits to baby) so kids should not associate the breast as a shameful thing. What is disturbing is the rude sexual stuff children are exposed to. The body is a naturally beautiful object as many artists present & past have been inspired to paint, sculpt & photograph.

By: Mark Reynolds

Mark Reynolds — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:52:00 +0000

I’m still getting used to the nudity in ads here – you’d get some pretty racy ones in Montreal, where I came from, but nothing like what you get here. Favourite recent one – an art-photography black and white poster filling to the frames with a giant male butt, advertising an unguent for hemorrhoids.
Don’t see much of the real thing away from the swimming holes though and even then the men tend to keep their bottoms covered.

By: Jul

Jul — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:35:04 +0000

Berlinbound – I don’t do saunas, so I can’t really say with authority whether I have the same angst. But I can only imagine it would be somewhat more angst-inducing than, say, a locker room, given the close quarters.

Christina – too funny! Your story goes to show that comfort with nudity and sexual openness do not necessarily go hand in hand…

By: Christina | AmiExpat.com

Christina | AmiExpat.com — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:13:00 +0000

I don’t get what’s so frightening about nudity, but I guess I’m not a typical American

And I totally agree with you, freaking out about a nipple is much more harmful than seeing one.

Speaking of different cultures reactions towards nudity, my Thai mom is a total prude who would not discuss sex in any way, shape, or form (my dad had to give me “the talk” and take me to my first Gyno appointment!), but she used to walk around butt-naked all the time while we were kids. Maybe that’s the difference…

By: Berlinbound

Berlinbound — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:51:00 +0000

I must admit I have the naked-sauna angst … such is life.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:40:00 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more. The entire Superbowl “scandal” was such a joke.

By: Jul

Jul — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:11:38 +0000

I haven’t seen the naked men posters yet, but I’m sure they will catch my eye if they do appear….