As a naturist, I’m very careful whenever I post my own photos. For one thing, I don’t like to post nude photos of myself without my face shown. That’s because I don’t want to look like one of those hypocrites who talk a lot about nudity being natural but are truly ashamed of showing their faces when they post their nude pics. I also avoid hiding the genitals. Again, it’s hypocritical to say the genitals aren’t obscene but at the same time, when pics are posted, care is taken to conceal that which is supposed to be decent and wholesome.
Those who know me or who have read my blog will know that I’m not ashamed of posting photos of frontal nudity. It’s quite obvious that I don’t treat my genitals the way 99% of humanity treats theirs – as obscene, evil and shameful anatomical organs that ought to be concealed from anyone’s view and certainly never posted online.
Despite having a most natural and balanced view of my own body, I’m however careful about one thing in all the photos that I post online (whether in this blog or elsewhere). I do not post photos that show the penis in any state of erection. Why do I do that? I would like to be rational and truthful in everything I do and I will examine my reasons here.
I have received many complimentary remarks from viewers of my blog. They usually acknowledge that I’m right not to be ashamed of my nudity. Some remark that I’m one of the few Asians who aren’t at all ashamed. As they correctly point out, most Asian nudists do not show their faces in photos. That’s the cardinal rule for most Asian nudists and the truth is there are so few Asian nudists to begin with. But quite a few people have chided me for being obviously ashamed of showing an erection.
My usual answer is simple. Naturism is all about body acceptance and the refusal to adopt the insane worldview that our genitals are obscene and must be concealed from sight. But naturism is non-sexual. Posting photos on my naturist blog that show me in a state of sexual arousal would fly in the face of the cardinal principles of naturism which is non-sexual.
But many people can see the flaw in that argument and they have expressed it in their replies to me. They point out that not all erections are sexual in nature. In fact, most erections are non-sexual. The erection every man and boy has when he’s sleeping is non-sexual. The same with the erection he experiences every morning when he wakes up. There’s a biological reason for it I’m sure but it’s certainly non-sexual. The same goes for the erection that happens from time to time when he’s awake and which can be embarrassing in nudist resorts and for which the etiquette is to conceal with a towel. Such an erection can of course be sexual in nature but it can also be perfectly non-sexual.
If my argument against the posting of erection photos is that they can be mistaken for sexually motivated erections, the same argument can be made against any nude photo – that it can be mistaken for pornography or a photo intended to arouse the viewer sexually.
Would I post a photo of myself sporting a non-sexual erection since it is perfectly natural and I shouldn’t be ashamed of my own body? I thought about it but I must confess I would feel embarrassed if I posted such a photo even if it were clearly made known that the erection was non-sexual.
But there is a valid underlying reason for such a feeling of embarrassment. While it’s true that an erection need not be sexual in nature, one can legitimately question why anybody would want to post a photo of himself with an erection. It’s wrong to assume that any activity that is non-sexual cannot elicit a feeling of embarrassment. There are many daily activities we do in the toilet that would be embarrassing if photographs of them were posted online even though there is no hint that they are sexual in nature.
This is my valid answer to the question why I do not post any pics showing an erection. What motive can one have to post such pics? Naturism, as it is, already receives much bad press and a lot of people wrongly associate it with sex. Why would I want to further that erroneous view by posting such photos? There are many better pics that I can pick.
My Life as a Naturist 