Elle Beau ❇︎
1 min readJul 22, 2023

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In Europe, co-ed toplessness and even nudity is commonplace and unremarkable. Believing that female bodies are inherently sexual is a function of living in a misogynistic culture that has taught you to think that way. I've spent a fair amount of time in topless and clothing optional spaces, and no - it's only when women are judged/oversexualized that they do not tend to take advantage of the feelings of freedom and body autonomy that are second nature to men.

According to Dr. Conrad Manning in his paper Virtues of Nakedness: Physical & Psychological Health, “Sociological studies of ethnic groups in which nudity is common have demonstrated that there is no cause and effect relationship between being naked and immorality. Social nudists also exhibit this lack of association. Still, it is clear that many people perceive an association between nudity and overt sexuality. From the standpoint of scientific psychology it can be demonstrated that this connotation of nudity is no more than a learned sexual fetish. It is not an innate [human] characteristic.”

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

Written by Elle Beau ❇︎

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between.

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