Prudish Americans
Apr 20th 2008, 11:16 pm
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Prudish Americans
So, anyone else think that in general - Americans a prudes?
Nudity on TV? haven't seen ANY since I have been in the US, and when they have nudity, its blurred out.
Was speaking to a colleague at work the other week and she freaked out when I told her about the English Gardens in Munich, Germany (nude sunbathing) the 'propper' sauna's over in Europe and the fact that pretty much all beaches in the UK are fine with topless sunbathing.
Went to the public swimming pool the other week. There was no cubical's - just a male and female changing room. None of the toilets were available because people were changing in them (mmm... Nice, rather stand in pee than have someone of the same sex see some flesh) and the only other guy getting changed in the room managed to get dried and completely changed without taking his towel off.
Wife came out of the female changing room and said pretty much the same thing - made her feel so uncomfortable that she too went and changed in the toilet cubicle.
Don't get me wrong, I am not an exhibitionist or anything, but are Americans really so inhibited and self conscious?
Oh - and to go back to the TV thing, its perfectly OK to have people getting killed, blown up, hacked up and any other violence you can think off...
Nudity on TV? haven't seen ANY since I have been in the US, and when they have nudity, its blurred out.
Was speaking to a colleague at work the other week and she freaked out when I told her about the English Gardens in Munich, Germany (nude sunbathing) the 'propper' sauna's over in Europe and the fact that pretty much all beaches in the UK are fine with topless sunbathing.
Went to the public swimming pool the other week. There was no cubical's - just a male and female changing room. None of the toilets were available because people were changing in them (mmm... Nice, rather stand in pee than have someone of the same sex see some flesh) and the only other guy getting changed in the room managed to get dried and completely changed without taking his towel off.
Wife came out of the female changing room and said pretty much the same thing - made her feel so uncomfortable that she too went and changed in the toilet cubicle.
Don't get me wrong, I am not an exhibitionist or anything, but are Americans really so inhibited and self conscious?
Oh - and to go back to the TV thing, its perfectly OK to have people getting killed, blown up, hacked up and any other violence you can think off...
Apr 21st 2008, 12:26 am
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Re: Prudish Americans
Totally agree with you. It suprised me when we first came here, but I'm used to it now. Trying to get my daughter and son to be more *european* though is a struggle.
Apr 21st 2008, 12:30 am
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Re: Prudish Americans
[QUOTE=dh010447;6239830] Americans a prudes?
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yep big time ...i'd love to see this lot around me at an ann summers party
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yep big time ...i'd love to see this lot around me at an ann summers party
Apr 21st 2008, 12:31 am
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Apr 21st 2008, 12:39 am
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Re: Prudish Americans
You've peaked my interest now. What is an "Ann Summers" party?
Apr 21st 2008, 12:41 am
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Re: Prudish Americans
... and amazingly enough apparently you can't say it in this forum either ...
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Apr 21st 2008, 1:00 am
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Re: Prudish Americans
(I'm paraphrasing).
Apr 21st 2008, 2:11 am
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