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NUDITY IN PERSPECTIVE

Personal and family ablutions require nudity as do medical examinations and surgical operations, and the reasons over-ride the element of sexuality. Unfortunately of course there have been doctors who have abused their positions in this respect.

One should differentiate between the appreciation of nudity as true art and beauty, and the vulgar displays in films and advertisements which are used to titillate the viewer or draw attention to the sale of a certain product, (which often has no connection with sex anyway). In respect of the latter, complaints from the public reached a new high at offensive advertisements. There was a 24% increase.

What has happened to a society that has become so obsessed with voyeurism? C.S. Lewis in his book Mere Christianity writes, "Suppose you came to a country where you could fill a theatre by simply bringing on to the stage a covered plate, which was slowly lifted for all to see just as the lights were lowered, to reveal a mutton chop or a piece of bacon, would you not think that something had gone wrong with their appetite for food?"