The strangest double standard isn’t that nudity is sexualized.
It’s that nudity is selectively sexualized.
A model in a fragrance ad can wear less than your average beachgoer,
and it’s called “art direction.”
But if you stand in your own backyard without a shirt,
you might be told you’re indecent.
It’s not the skin that changes—
it’s the context people assign to it.
When corporations profit, bare skin is aspirational.
When you do it for yourself, it’s suspicious.
This isn’t about morality.
It’s about ownership—
of your image, your body, and the story that gets told about it.
The question isn’t whether nudity is okay.
It’s why we’ve agreed that who shows it matters more than why.