Children in Movie Nude Scenes

[Frater Sisyphus]

And nudity itself has no objective meaning, it's literally what a/we human being(s) looks like. (as silly as that statement probably sounds)

 

[Ingledsva]

One of my favorite childhood movies featured a nude adult and two children. It was My Neighbor Totoro, and it was a parent having a bath with their kids. Something that is completely normal and healthy. There was nothing sexual or sexualized about the scene. If people are bringing that kind of baggage to a scene then that should be called out. But being silent, making it non-existent, only makes it this taboo and shameful thing that helps perpetuate the resistance of natural nudity in real life.

Not showing something does not make it shameful or taboo, unless it actually is.

My problem with nudity in films today, is that 99+ percent of the nudity is added for the male viewing pleasure, - which does continue the idea of the female body as being a sexual object.

Films of the past had all the same subjects that those of today have, - rape - infidelity - hookers, sadistic murder, etc., yet they managed to make them without the nudity.

I'm obviously all for a future where nudity is fine, however, I think a societal change is necessary in the US first, - before it will actually be "natural" nudity in our films.

This skinny-dipper hopes they get there sooner rather than later.

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[Skwim]

Not showing something does not make it shameful or taboo, unless it actually is.

My problem with nudity in films today, is that 99+ percent of the nudity is added for the male viewing pleasure,

This is bad because? Would women like more male nudity in films? How about the violence put in movies for male viewing pleasure? Should this be eliminated?

Just what does appeal to women in movies? What would women like to see more of?

Films of the past had all the same subjects that those of today have, - rape - infidelity - hookers, sadistic murder, etc., yet they managed to make them without the nudity.

Yup, the silly laws in our country prevented it. but is this what you'd prefer; no more nudity whatsoever in movies? .

I'm obviously all for a future where nudity is fine, however, I think a societal change is necessary in the US first, - before it will actually be "natural" nudity in our films.

Ah, just what is this " 'natural' nudity" you speak of?

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[bobhikes]

June Fairchild in a scene from Drive, He Said, a movie directed by Jack Nicholson.

Summary of the movie (from imdb.com)
Hector is a star basketball player for the College basketball team he plays for, the Leopards. His girlfriend, Olive, doesn't know whether to stay with him or leave him. And his friend, Gabriel, who may have dropped out from school and become a protestor, wants desperately not to get drafted for Vietnam.


Question: Is it alright or not alright that a young child this age act in such a scene?

Why?

No child nudity for the sake of money should be considered Pedophilia and criminally charged. This includes showing nude babies online or in movies. The children for the most part can not consent and aren't legally allowed to consent.

I know it irritates me that my mother loves to show people my nude baby picture. When I tell her I wish she would stop she laughs at me and tells me everyone does it. She always laughs about how uncomfortable I am when she does it. She never shows nude baby photos of herself though.

 

[YmirGF]

For me, it depends on circumstances. Is the nudity necessary to the story, or gratuitous? Does it sexualize the child? And so forth.

B I N G O!

 

[Skwim]

No child nudity for the sake of money should be considered Pedophilia and criminally charged. This includes showing nude babies online or in movies. The children for the most part can not consent and aren't legally allowed to consent.

Just so we're clear here, the nudity isn't child nudity, but nude adult(s) that child actors on set can see.

I know it irritates me that my mother loves to show people my nude baby picture. When I tell her I wish she would stop she laughs at me and tells me everyone does it. She always laughs about how uncomfortable I am when she does it. She never shows nude baby photos of herself though.

Ah ha! So that's the story behind your negative attitude toward nudity. Thanks for sharing.

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[HonestJoe]

Question: Is it alright or not alright that a child this young act in such a scene?

Since you used such and obscure example, I think you should have been clearer that it is an adult actress who is nude, the child just happens to also be in the scene.

Edit: OK, you did while I was busy double checking.

 

[Curious George]

I can see nothing harmful with a child seeing nudity. While some posters have gone the "it depends route," they have done so by adding more to the question. By itself, nothing is wrong with a child being exposed to nudity.

 

[Sunstone]

Just so we're clear here, the nudity isn't child nudity, but nude adult(s) that child actors on set can see.

Is that all we've been discussing? Jeebers, Skwim!

 

[Woberts]

Would women like more male nudity in films?
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[Trackdayguy]

I chose it is NOT alright, - because this is a movie, - not real life, and there is absolutely no reason to CREATE a scene where a child actor is with a nude adult actor. The movie could be made without that scene.

And just so you know, - I'm all for natural nudity in naturally appropriate places such as your own property, the beach, moms nursing in public, etc.

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I would agree, many of these film makers had other options rather than nudity.

 

[Skwim]

Is that all we've been discussing? Jeebers, Skwim!

Guess I should have included a big red arrow pointing at the SPOILER. Next time, perhaps.

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[Sunstone]

Guess I should have included a big red arrow pointing at the SPOILER. Next time, perhaps.

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Guess you should have written more clearly -- or is that beyond you now. Come on, Skwim, you can't tell from your photo how old the girl is or whether you're referring to her or to the even younger child. Other people can write clear OPs. I know you too could if you wanted to.

 

[YmirGF]

Guess I should have included a big red arrow pointing at the SPOILER. Next time, perhaps.

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I'm pretty far from being a prude and agree with @Ingledsva
Nudity is not a bad thing, as it were, and kids enjoy their bodies as much as adults.
The thing is when it is a totally unnecessary scene in a movie and is only featured for titillation. *snort*

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Is it worse to see my hands than my thighs? Which parts of the human body are "naughty" and which parts which not? And why?

The problem is not what's being shown -- the problem is who is looking. "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars but in ourselves" (Julius Caesar). "There's nothing either good or bad but that we think it so." (Hamlet)

Children are born naked -- we all were. Children (until they are shamed otherwise) are perfectly happy to be naked in front of God and everybody -- and why not?

We adults should not mistake our own lechery for wrong in a child's innocent expression, or in a child's innocent, and perfectly natural, body, for something wrong in what the child is doing. Nor even, I think, for depictions of that innocence -- unless it is done for patent and obvious prurient reasons.

Hell, I'm gay, and I'm sorry, but show me a penis and I'll yawn. I've seen penises. Many of them. Nothing special to see here, unless I (see? it all comes back to me) decide there is.

 

[Skwim]

I would agree, many of these film makers had other options rather than nudity.

Which I assume you feel they should have taken because nudity is what, icky? Nasty? Loathsome? Repellent? Vile? Appalling? Dirty? Repulsive? Yucky? Obscene? Raunchy? Or just plain Embarrassing?

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[Skwim]

Guess you should have written more clearly -- or is that beyond you now. Come on, Skwim, you can't tell from your photo how old the girl is or whether you're referring to her or to the even younger child. .

I apologize. I figured it was quite clear the female was well past puberty and had well developed "womanly parts," particularly when I had blacked out her boob and vulva areas. But what the heck, if a fellow RF member needs help who am I to deny it to them. After this


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[Skwim]

I'm pretty far from being a prude and agree with @Ingledsva
Nudity is not a bad thing, as it were, and kids enjoy their bodies as much as adults.
The thing is when it is a totally unnecessary scene in a movie and is only featured for titillation. *snort*

Or just interest. I, for one, wasn't titillated by the picture, or a lot of other depictions of nudity in movies.

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[Sunstone]

I apologize. I figured it was quite clear the female was well past puberty and had well developed "womanly parts," particularly when I had blacked out her boob and vulva areas. But what the heck, if a fellow RF member needs help who am I to deny it to them. After this

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That would be so kind of you to SPELL IT OUT FOR ME. And not just for me, Skwim, but for nearly everyone in this thread who interpreted your crystal clear post exactly as I did up until you spelled it out in post #26. Seems you had just about everyone fooled.

 

[SomeRandom]

Pretty sure every single child alive has already seen a breast. No need to think quite so filthily. Kids won't be scared by human anatomy, they have that themselves. People should get their mind out of the gutter, because by making it a big deal you teach the child far more detrimental habits.