Why male nudity and penises are more taboo than females?

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Why do you think male nudity and penises are so much more taboo than female nudity?

- Felicity

Posted by Felicity on Oct 25, 2012 in Nudist Culture | 4 comments

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Male nudity is censored way more often than full-frontal female nudity in film, television and even in the art world. Why do you think this is? Why are people so much more afraid of penises?
To quote a kid on the Tv show Shameless: “Half the world have penises. Why does everyone get so upset about seeing them?”

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10-25-12

unpocodecafe says:

This question cannot be answered because it is based on a false premise.

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10-25-12

Felicity says:

Which is…

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11-5-12

TexNolan says:

@unpocodecafe
are you saying you see male private parts more then females?

and to answer the question: (that does not state, where its facts are from, which makes it a general question) the male penis will show arousal where a vagina is not as noticeable.

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11-12-12

Strider1 says:

I think one of the main reasons why the penis is considered unappealing or more shameful than female nudity is because, as Tex stated, the penis is more noticeable than the vagina, but also there are high rates of sexual crimes that even if it should not be generalized, it often is generalized that the chances of being a predator if a male is nude is high to them, although there tends to be no difference. If someone is a predator, being nude or not isn’t going to make a difference, but it does seem to play a role in how people think about the predator.

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