atitlan
Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:14:48 -0800
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From: "Bryan" <bryanmu...@gmail.com>
To: ym...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:03:05 -0000
Subject: {SPAM 05.7} [ymna2] Re: Fwd: [wnbr-uk] nudity
documentary, BBC2 Tuesday evening
Here you go, I hope you enjoy it:
[1]http://rapidshare.com/files/
206254456/Nudity.avi.001
[2]http://rapidshare.com/files/206263474/Nudity.avi.002
[3]http://rapidshare.com/files/206271833/Nudity.avi.003
[4]http://rapidshare.com/files/206278690/Nudity.avi.004
[5]http://rapidshare.com/files/206246628/Nudity.avi.005
[6]http://rapidshare.com/files/206287885/Nudity.jpg
--- In [7]ym...@yahoogroups.com, Steve <bookie1...@...> wrote:
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> [8]http://www.ninjavideo.net/video/19658
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> --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Glenn Harrington <blisterbols...@...>
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> From: Glenn Harrington <blisterbols...@...>
> Subject: Re: [ymna2] Fwd: [wnbr-uk] nudity documentary, BBC2
Tuesday evening
> To: [9]ym...@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 8:02 AM
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> From: marco gana <marcog...@...>
> Subject: Re: [ymna2] Fwd: [wnbr-uk] nudity documentary, BBC2
Tuesday evening
> To: [10]ym...@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 9:12 AM
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> Atitlan
> thanks very muchfor this info.
> its a pitty that BBC iplayer only works in the UK,
> i will never understand this....
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> thanks for your continuous excellent work, i enjoy your
postings a lot!!
> embrace
> marco
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> For our British members, a programme to watch tomorrow evening.
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> Still from the documentary attached.
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> From: "Mike Grenville" <m...@barewitness. org>
> To: wnbr...@yahoogroups .com
> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:47:37 -0000
> Subject: [wnbr-uk] Can people unlearn their naked shame?
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> Horizon's What's the Problem With Nudity? is on BBC Two at 2100
GMT
> on Tuesday, 3 March
>
> Once we were all happy to walk around naked, now we're not. But
can
> an experiment in nudity help us understand why we are so
embarrassed
> by being seen in the buff and help shed our inhibitions?
>
> It's a classic anxiety nightmare - you're standing in front of
a room
> full of work colleagues, your boss is there, maybe even that
new
> colleague you've been trying to impress. And you're stark
naked.
> Ouch.
>
> Why are we so ashamed of being seen naked? Is there something
deep in
> human nature that finds naked skin abhorrent? Some prudishness
> inherited from our Victorian ancestors? FIND OUT MORE...
> Horizon's What's the Problem With Nudity? is on BBC Two at 2100
GMT
> on Tuesday, 3 March
> Or watch it later on the BBC iPlayer
>
> And how can you explain the rebels who shun convention to spend
their
> weekends
> hanging out with similar-minded nudists, insisting nothing
> could be more normal?
>
> Eight ordinary people - none of them nudists - were recently
brought
> together for an experiment filmed by the BBC's Horizon
programme, to
> test some of the scientific theories that explain why naked
bodies
> make us so uncomfortable.
>
> Among them were Phil, 39, from Birmingham and Kath, 40, from
Dorset.
> Kath's greatest worry was that people would laugh at her. Some
of the
> men in the group were more concerned about inappropriate
excitement.
>
> Man's nakedness
>
> Phil was first to feel the cameras burning into his skin. A
matter of
> hours after meeting the other volunteers, he found himself
before a
> full-length mirror, instructed to remove all of his clothes.
When he
> discovered the mirror was two-way and he was being watched, his
red
> face, beating heart and soaring blood pressure told a story.
>
> Performing the
> same task, Kath admitted she wanted "the floor to open
> up." When we are naked in public, most of us feel exposed. All
> around the world individuals feel great shame when they know
that
> others know that they have failed to be adequately modest
> Prof Dan Fessler
> Psychologist
>
> And of course, a naked human is just that bit more naked that
other
> primates. We have only minimal body hair, they have fur. Why?
>
> It's one of the greatest mysteries in evolution, and even
bothered
> Charles Darwin. One of the theories is that we lost our fur as
a way
> of dealing with the heat of the sun. It's controversial, as
most
> mammals use fur to protect them from the sun. But some
> anthropologists believe our ancestors' unique ability to sweat,
along
> with their upright stance, meant we could cool quicker without
fur -
> prompting the onset of human nudity.
>
> They reckon that evolutionary step towards nudity had huge
>
> implications for the human race. With a souped-up cooling
system, our
> ancestors could afford to develop ever-bigger brains - leading
to
> culture, tools, fire, and language.
>
> Red for 'no-go'
>
> "Really, without losing hair, without our sweatiness, we
wouldn't
> have been able to evolve the big brains that characterise us
today,"
> says anthropologist Professor Nina Jablonski of Penn State
> University. "Essentially, being hairless was the key to much of
human
> evolution."
>
> So there's reason to believe our nudity arose out of practical
need,
> but that doesn't answer why we're so ashamed by it.
> Attitudes towards nakedness may be the result of the need for
long-
> term pair bonding
>
> But it seems this shame can be unlearned - witness, for
example, the
> work of artist Spencer Tunnick, who frequently corrals hundreds
of
> volunteers to strip off en mass in public places for his
photographs.
>
>
> After a series of experiments, Phil and Kath, who had been so
self-
> conscious at the start, each came face-to-face with a newly
stripped
> fellow volunteer. They were invited to paint the body in front
of
> them, colour coding every patch of skin to show how
uncomfortable
> they felt touching that part of the body - red for no-go;
yellow for
> squirming and green for fine.
>
> Phil drew the line at colouring his subject's genitals, but
Kath had
> lost all her inhibitions. Within moments she'd painted her
subject
> completely green. Every inch.
>
> Learned shame
>
> It was an example of how flexible our attitudes to nudity are.
And it
> explains how nudists can carry on as normal when they're
surrounded
> by naked people. Over a couple of days, the volunteers had
unlearned
> many of the social conventions that normally govern their life,
and
> reached a new consensus that permitted them to be naked in each
>
> other's company.
>
> It chimes with the psychologists' theory that we are not born
with a
> shame of nudity. Instead we learn it, as an important
behavioural
> code that allows us to operate in human society.
> Some people may even find this image uncomfortable to view
>
> With the long immature period of a young human, mum and dad
need to
> form a stable pair bond to do the looking after. But humans are
more
> social than any other primate, living and moving in large
social
> groups.
>
> Psychologist Professor Dan Fessler, of the University of
California,
> Los Angeles, says our gregariousness "poses a challenge...
because
> those groups of course provide a source of temptation.
Potentially
> both sexes can benefit by cheating on their partners."
>
> That's where our shame of nudity comes in. Over thousands of
> generations, we've learned that showing off a naked body sends
out
> sexual signals that threaten the
> security of mating pairs. And we've
> chosen to agree that that is a bad thing.
>
> Shame is the ideal emotion to enforce that code of conduct.
Because
> it feels unpleasant, we avoid it at all costs. And because it's
such
> a visible emotion, everyone around gets a clear message that
you know
> you've messed up.
>
> Social contract
>
> "All around the world individuals feel great shame when they
know
> that others know that they have failed to be adequately
modest," Prof
> Fessler says. "Essentially, they're signalling to those around
them
> 'I understand what the social norm is and I understand that you
know
> that I have failed in this regard, so please don't hurt me.'
>
> "Nudity is a threat to the basic social contract. They have
exposed
> their body and their sexual selves in a way that presents an
> opportunity for sexual behaviour outside of the principal
union."
>
> But as this code of conduct is
> something we learn, rather than are
> born with, we can re-learn it, if common consensus allows. As
Phil
> reflected: "One thing I think I'll take away is how easy it was
to
> bond with complete strangers in what should really be an
artificial
> environment and one that by all society's standards we should
feel
> uncomfortable with."
>
> Would all this knowledge prepare Phil and Kath to push the
boundaries
> of acceptable behaviour back in the real world? As the weekend
drew
> to a close, they were presented their final, surprise
challenge.
>
> They are invited to walk naked in the street to waiting taxis,
which
> they do. They have overcome a significant bit of socialisation.
>
> Article link
> [11]http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 1/hi/magazine/ 7915369.stm
>
> Programme link
> [12]http://www.bbc. co.uk/programmes /b00j0hnm
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1. http://rapidshare.com/files/206254456/Nudity.avi.001
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3. http://rapidshare.com/files/206271833/Nudity.avi.003
4. http://rapidshare.com/files/206278690/Nudity.avi.004
5. http://rapidshare.com/files/206246628/Nudity.avi.005
6. http://rapidshare.com/files/206287885/Nudity.jpg
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