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Subject: Re: The Double Standard


Author:
Trent
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Date Posted: 15:30:52 11/03/25 Mon
Author Host/IP: 76.195.201.31
In reply to: tim99 's message, "Re: The Double Standard" on 06:26:01 11/03/25 Mon

I had those experiences as Tim did too being thrown into being naked sometimes. I can not say it upset me any really though accounts from others here, show it did upset them.

I was simply in a backyard with a pool one day with a girl my age and I was told to swim at about 7 and we both swam naked. I enjoyed day and was invited back to play often. It was the standard that I play in pool naked after that always, except that after swimming I stayed naked too, while girl put on tshirt and shorts when done swimming. To my surprise my mom encouraged it for me. This house was very nearby and when I was told to get ready to go over there is meant to get naked in summer. It was just the way life was.

I was sort of the naked boy a lot. On a beach trip with them, we stopped at one of those tacky beach shops for supplies and I was told to pick out a beach toy while girl picked out a swim suit. It did not dawn on me that I was to go without . I can not say I cared even and enjoyed freedom. Best I perceived at that age and time was that naked boys on beach under 9 or so were just cute and accepted. Just like the backyard pool, when I went naked on beach first time, then I always went naked on beach. Even if I got a bit toasted I went under umbrella and stayed bare ass. We were regulars at that same spot and played with the other kids. Now I know we are on topic of double standard but some girls did play naked and some with bottoms, but most were clothed after a certain age. Now when I got older I learned the beach we went to was adjacent to a clothing optional beach so no one cared about being 100 meters past the edge of a nature area, so my beach experience might not be the norm. I really do not know for sure. I think I stopped at 15 not because I cared but because I had other things to do like jobs and sports. Even then with sportssome nudity was involved but that is enough from me.

The question was more the cut off age though for boys. I do know at some public pools it is quite young, say under 8 when it stops. For me though I did not have to stop at backyard pool or beach as it was clothing optional way back then. It may have been unoffical spot.

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tim99
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Date Posted: 04:17:27 11/04/25 Tue
Author Host/IP: 172.83.159.140

Yes, Trent,I agree with your last paragraph. Although there are strict restrictions on nudity in official areas, many naked children, mostly boys, still exist in unofficial areas.

Girls are far more likely to see naked boys than boys are to see naked girls when they are young. Many girls have the chance to see naked boys by chance when they are young, but this is not the case for boys. I only saw naked girls when I learned to use internet search engines. Before I had a girlfriend in college, I had never seen a naked girl in real life.

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Nathalie
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Date Posted: 07:03:36 11/04/25 Tue
Author Host/IP: 203.190.14.168

Haha, you are right. All my nieces have seen my nephews naked, along with my son. Countless girls have seen my son naked in the shower rooms, bathrooms, beaches etc. till he was about l0 or 11. But on the other hand, I think the oldest girl my son ever saw naked was only about 3 (excluding any girlfriend of course). I just can't help but laugh thinking how some of his cousins who are closer to his age has seen him naked countless times but he has never seen them naked. It is what it is I guess.

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tim99
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Date Posted: 04:38:54 11/05/25 Wed
Author Host/IP: 172.83.159.140

It is what it is. You are right, Nathalie ,That is the reality. Before puberty, we boys often expose ourselves naked to girls our own age, giving girls a lot of education about male anatomy. Girls' genitals, on the other hand, are always firmly covered by their clothes. This is undoubtedly a double standard. Some say girls may use this advantage to tease boys (although I didn't encounter many such girls growing up). Have you encountered this situation while raising your son? You say countless girls have seen you son naked in different area. Your son might not react much because he's not at the age where male modesty is expected. But what about the girl who saw him naked? And if a girl sees your son naked multiple times, how will her reaction differ from the first time?

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