Hey Rainboy et al,

you posted a bit eariler on some articles and I went and read them but didn't get a chance to comment before... so here goes:

The article on guys getting stuck fixed on prepube girls because of messing with them as a teen was a bit weird. I wonder if there's any studies to back up what he was claiming? The theory sounds plausable enough on one hand... but without testing it's just that... a theory. I suspect that the dynamics of male/male pedophilia are way different to male/female pdophillia... but again... who actually knows.

I think what he said about the whole shame of being naked reinforces a child-sexers chance of keeping things secret has some merit logically... but again...who knows. Saying that child sex assualt never happens among nudists seems an extravagant claim... I wonder how true it is. I guess you could argue the other way too... that because the kid is used to nudity he doesn't say anything to his rents about his sexploration because he just assumes his parents know about it and expect it. Again... who knows.

As to the other article on Natural Nudity... I thought that was really excellent. I agree that in our culture the most common context for nudity is sex and that getting a natural view of nudity outside of sex is a good thing.
I know that for myself, I'm very curious about what other (apart from my wife) naked females look like. But the only pics I seem to have seen have been porn. I don't want that... since male/female sex is ... well... not attractive, even distressing to me. I want to be able to get comfortable with the female body in a non-sexual context.
Same with boys. I want to be able to see a naked boy and for it to not be a sexual thing.... and I'm sure it can be... I know that from caring for my own children... and it seems very healthy.
If we are around boys enough we are bound to catch some nudity and if our only context for nudity is sexual that could be a very tempting problem. However, if we can see that appreciating nudity is something we can do in a non-sexual context then the whole focus of such and encounter changes flavour. We can see some skin here and there and just say... "wow, what a marvelous creation"... rather than... "oh, no!.. I just saw a partially naked child and liked it... I must be lusting for him!"

Thanks for sharing a very thought provoking article or two
Blessings
Cat.