tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post2443193949240777523..comments2024-02-29T04:03:29.347+00:00Comments on fickle, funny, flawed, gorgeous: A bee in my bonnet 7ammanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09002764562048409240noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-68972788943132168142007-11-28T20:00:00.000+00:002007-11-28T20:00:00.000+00:00ChoiceChoiceSathishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214388032664684681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-30696118451478651722007-11-19T11:05:00.000+00:002007-11-19T11:05:00.000+00:00Don't know whether this is an Indian women thing. ...Don't know whether this is an Indian women thing. Maybe most western women would be comfortable wearing lesser clothes but being completely naked in a public shower room?? I don't think so. It feels slightly weird, not embarassing.Harinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814067819385652254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-75744423082024369782007-11-19T04:41:00.000+00:002007-11-19T04:41:00.000+00:00Well, according to me, it is just that Indian wome...Well, according to me, it is just that Indian women are not taught to be comfortable in/ about their respective bodies. We need to cover it up. Even a really fat woman in the west is extremely comfortable with the nudity.. <BR/><BR/>In fact we push it to such an extent that we dont even feel comfortable to sleep naked even when alone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-11430973425056870042007-11-18T17:59:00.000+00:002007-11-18T17:59:00.000+00:00Don't know why you are making it an Indian Women t...Don't know why you are making it an Indian Women things.<BR/><BR/>It is just you .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-58070117624963201962007-11-18T16:25:00.000+00:002007-11-18T16:25:00.000+00:00Folkss..if everyone out there is gng to blame the ...Folkss..<BR/>if everyone out there is gng to blame the culture and the elders who installed this thought in us.. then pls think over again. i've seen old grand ma's and aunts changing in front of me without even an iota of embarassment(shame), well on those moments am the one having so much of apprehensions. <BR/><BR/>Though i myself dont know the answer to this pondering,i can be sure this is not from our culture or elders .. <BR/>Do u accept ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-54882523299788670312007-11-17T12:53:00.000+00:002007-11-17T12:53:00.000+00:00Have been through the exact same moments ...and al...Have been through the exact same moments ...<BR/><BR/>and also dreams of nudity?! rather nightmares! Any day I ignore my wavering guilt, I am sure walking naked in my dream that night. Usually the story line is that I am not aware that something is missing, and ... voila,... <BR/><BR/>NOPE, NEVER it ended with any sexy note, damn my nude dreams! :) .... They provide pure embarrassment and nothing else.<BR/><BR/>I usually wake up in the morning and wonder what the hell was I ashamed of yesterday?<BR/><BR/>But in the day time, I talk as if I am so open and have made peace with nudity and even believe so! I wonder which kind of hypocrite I am when it comes to nudity! :) ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-74810770702500283422007-11-17T08:05:00.000+00:002007-11-17T08:05:00.000+00:00Most of it, as you've pointed out, is due to socia...Most of it, as you've pointed out, is due to social conditioning that begins at an age when we begin to perceive the difference between nudity and non-nudity. I suppose that's why many aborigines in many countries don't consider nudity as a problem. <BR/><BR/>I guess it's also got to do with the <I>perceived</I> "Indian culture" thingy too - that sex is bad, and nudity has obvious sexual overtones.The Practical Idealisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296407818953442071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-80902504170497615412007-11-17T07:46:00.000+00:002007-11-17T07:46:00.000+00:00Well, i think it's just a little gross to look at ...Well, i think it's just a little gross to look at naked people of the same sex (in my case, men). Especially when they're not all that nice to look at anyway.<BR/><BR/>Same goes for exposing myself too. Not even at the urinals.<BR/><BR/>BYE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-35646784387636390512007-11-17T06:59:00.000+00:002007-11-17T06:59:00.000+00:00I think its the sexual overtone that nudity is ass...I think its the sexual overtone that nudity is associated with in our culture. <BR/>Children can run about naked caz they have no sexual desires. Unfortunately sexuality is nothing less than a crime here, sometimes we make sound like a sin even for married couple. I guess thus the "shame shame". We are raising puppets....yezdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16461854874168154608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-63733582669575536712007-11-16T21:55:00.000+00:002007-11-16T21:55:00.000+00:00Isn't it quite the opposite in western culture? Th...Isn't it quite the opposite in western culture? They never run around naked as kids unlike us yet feel comfortable with nudity as adults again unlike us. Which one is right and which one, wrong?D LordLabakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567991716400728460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-18069362752915515442007-11-16T18:45:00.000+00:002007-11-16T18:45:00.000+00:00"Don't expose your skin! No tight tops! No mini sk..."Don't expose your skin! No tight tops! No mini skirts!<BR/>Sit properly! Don't cross your legs!"<BR/><BR/>And suddenly, it's OK to strip in a public shower? So what if they are all women? I am sorry, I cannot bring myself to do this. Can you give me a cubicle with 4 concrete walls? Maybe there, I will be comfortable in my one-piece.. no, no, I still cannot strip, not in public, you see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-30564567088175884552007-11-16T16:36:00.000+00:002007-11-16T16:36:00.000+00:00OV Vijayan says that our great grandmothers in Ke...OV Vijayan says that our great grandmothers in Kerala swam naked in the periyar. Clearly, it was an open shower room with no cubicles. Elephants named Kunjumol were trained to squirt water over their hair and breasts while the periyar caressed their hips. Now we go to shower rooms in one-piece. What happened?<BR/><BR/>North Indians. And Hindi. I rest my case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-78043971339228220682007-11-16T16:14:00.000+00:002007-11-16T16:14:00.000+00:00This one is just begging for a Chockalingam Tantex...This one is just begging for a Chockalingam Tantex jetti-banian masterpiece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712958.post-71254903075578380282007-11-16T15:37:00.000+00:002007-11-16T15:37:00.000+00:00AmmaniI think it is not just limited to Indian wom...Ammani<BR/><BR/>I think it is not just limited to Indian women - I am an Indian man and I have *exactly* the same feelings you express.<BR/><BR/>Even though I like to blame it on our culture and upbringing that teaches us nudity is bad, I think we as individuals also matter.anandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834359164614504859noreply@blogger.com