A Natural Fashion Statement?

Fashion over the years has many common factors, one of which is that it is meant to build fascination in people about what lies beneath the clothes. In many ways it is this necessity to cover up — to adhere to the taboos of western society — that I feel has led to a high percentage of the crimes that come under the category of being sexually motivated. So what is the answer? Punishment for the crime clearly doesn't deter people from committing it — if it did, the crime itself would not exist. To me it seems that it is the act of finding out what is hidden that acts as part of the motivation. The logical solution, therefore, is not to hide it. In the 1930s it was made legal for men to venture into public places topless — a scene that is now commonplace and not seen as offensive or obscene. Nearly 100 years later, women are still having to fight for the right to do just the same. And yet, unlike the male nipple, the female nipple actually has a use. Why is it still seen as a sexual thing in western society? Why do we hide a maternal part of the body that juvenile animals of all species can relate to? In some parts of the world classed as "third world," toplessness is a way of everyday life, and those women do not suffer the same harassment that women in the "first world" endure. But why stop there? If toplessness could potentially reduce the number of crimes of a sexual nature, then surely de-sexualising the body would almost eradicate sexual crimes completely — wouldn't it? It doesn't matter if you are religious or not — there is no denying that we are all born naked. I have yet to hear of a person being born in a suit that is not their birthday suit. Children have no inhibitions about their body and are quite willing to run around as nature intended until society tells them it is wrong. But why is it wrong? What makes it wrong to be nude in society? The answer is that it should not be wrong to be yourself — to be the person nature made us, to show the body nature has given you. There is nothing wrong with that body, no matter the colour, size or shape. It's the only one you are going to have for the rest of your life, so be proud of it and let the world know you are proud of it. I have recently turned 40, and they say life begins at 40. I hope to see the time when the world will accept me the way nature intended — not the way society expects me to be.