Girls Change in Classroom

Sankei has discovered a "gender free" school where girls don't mind changing their clothes in classroom in front of the boys. The reporter goes on to say how shocked he was to discover this.
Would you approve of "gender free" schools which encouraged both genders to change clothes in front of each other?
If your answer is "yes" it means that you don't mind going nekkid in front of the other gender.
This just gave me a flashback. When in primary school, kids who forgot to bring in their PE shorts were made to do PE in underpants. Incredibly embarrassing. Luckily I didn't have any skid marks when it happened.
Photo of girl who doesn't mind changing in class (or having her photo taken while doing so) from Gelbooru.
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Network Admin
I wish I went to school there. Then I wouldn't have had to worry about getting in trouble for watching the girls shower..
Underdog Artist, Outcast to the Society, Tetsuya Nomura art fan
Wow! I might bleed all over the office seeing girlies change in front of the classroom! Japanese schoolboys sure are lucky this generation.....yes sir. I approve girlies change their clothes right in front of me! (-^_^-)
Remote Support Engineer
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Well, it's not that I wouldn't mind, it's that I'd be checking out the girls while I changed. Ignoring possibly embarassing predicaments from this, would I mind if they did the same to me? Not really, I work hard to look hot =P
Although it's not something I would realistically approve of.
C. Engineering Student
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I shall discover this school and become their new sensei.
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
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Damnit BA like I said this is for them changing among each other as in the students and not for the entertainment of Perverted Teachers.....tsk tsk.
Part time student, part time worker, full-time geek.
Haha I think that we all forget that Japanese girls aren't different from girls elsewhere. They aren't all the idols or (in my case atleast) the 2d girls we oogle over. And whoever first came up with the idea to draw those thigh highs with the ribbon tie needs to be awarded a medal.
Student
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I second that motion. I love almost any clothing made with ribbons or consisting of only ribbons.
But the whole "gender free" concept is interesting. At a young age it may work, but as hormones rage and they hit puberty, that may be an odd time to have community changing.
Pokemon master
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Yeah, her ribbon socks are adorable, same with her underwear! :D
Student
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Ahaha i can just imagine the boys' disappointed faces when they see regular girls again. ^^;
Student
http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/miteiru/
BTW the girl looks like she's from that ecchi game Sakuranbo Kiss.. arere...anyone? (>.~ )
Part time student, part time worker, full-time geek.
Haha yeah. I meant no offense to regular females though. The odds are just stacked horribly in favor of 2d/idol girls. They are up against an idealised version of man's fantasies. A product of meticulous planning and concious thought, there is just no competing with random gene pools and what have you.
University Student
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You have made some good points .. The 2D pic above disillusioned us lol
Btw, if i have a girlfriend in school, i will not tolerate her in changing in front of other students.. I'm sure the others will be the same too..
Student
http://lastpastry.tk
I would never allow my girlfriend to do such a thing. I second that completely.
But hey, this kind of thing would never fly anywhere else except Japan.
Musically inclined Pervert
well...in my past school here in the philippines..
we, men change to our P.E. uniforms inside the classroom; with our female classmates around hahahahaha
its fun really...and one time we dared them to do the same..
ohhh..the pleasure of high school.
Underdog Artist, Outcast to the Society, Tetsuya Nomura art fan
lucky you experienced the pleasures of highschool.
Things to do with the kitchen
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OMG!! if it happens in my country a huge mob of parents will come asking for our minister of educations head.....
But yeah i would totally dig being a student again for this. (^_^)/
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In other news: 28 yr old Otaku finds out how to turn back his biological clock and becomes a kid again with willpower alone!
T_T it's so nice to dream a little...
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
Why dream? With your determination and my...whatever it is that I have, we can make it happen. Onwards! To becoming kids again and enjoying such a school!
NEET
This reminds me of a manga I've read few months back... where the main character enters a gender free university. They even have mixed hostel rooms and mixed public bath room ^^ Interesting story + tons of ecchi. Can't remember the name of the manga.... Anyone mind helping???
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
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Don't know it, but now I want to read it. Sure you don't remember? ^^;
Mad scientist
You just assigned yourself to an important task. You have to go though your archives to figure out the name. It's not fair to talk about something that interesting and then not give out details on how to find it.
Your local Otaku Cashier.
Too bad I'm in collage, otherwise I'd enroll in that school.
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
That wouldn't stop Pedobear though. ;D
Art Student
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As a girl I think I would be far too embarrassed to do that... I find it hard to believe that those girls don't have a problem changing in front of the boys. I'm 21 and I'd still never be able to do that... guess they're brave or... something...
Student
http://lastpastry.tk
Or Japanese and crazy?
After a few days I'd get used to it.
Student
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that's it im transferring now! as soon as i can get a transfer application...
Student
i wouldnt mind changing infront of girls, however i think most guys would have the picture stuck in their head and not able to consentrate on the rest of the day..... well at least that's what might happen to me...
Student
guys and girls*
also.. there are those days when ppl might not feel like wearing underwear...
I paint F/A-18C's
No underwear Friday!
Student
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So no touch, only look? I'm used to seeing naked girls taking showers in front of me but not boys. Although i remember in middle school one day the power went off and all the guys decided to raid the girl's locker room and i never saw my gym shorts again.. >.>;;
Dirty Gentleman
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LOL! *erm* I mean... those... bad... guys.
Maybe they are on eBay.
Student
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Darn it those shorts cost me 5 dollars! >:C Did you by chance buy them? :O!
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
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Probably for a price much higher than 5 dollars. ^^;
Programmer/IT/Student
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That's erm... quite interesting. I agree with FatB, they might be on eBay. xD
Podcaster
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You wore your underwear in gym class? ...I know right away that I would do everything in my power to prevent myself from landing in that situation. As for the girls changing in front of boys...what age group are we talking here?
Student
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aw..awe..awesome.
Student
is this primary school? middle school? or high school?
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Either the parents don't care, or, like Haruhi, they view the other gender as low as potatoes.
Mr. High Res
Well if they were undergarments it'll be sexy. But what school is this? Elementary? Junior High or High school? If its elementary wouldn't that be like CP?
Video Game Tester
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It was like that in my first year of primary school. But I the time nobody cared about the other gender. Then I later moved to another school and where we had lockers. Also, I wish I could change clothes with the girl pictured above, MOE!
流浪人
I don't see a problem with it. We did the same thing in the military during field training.
Student
Cool. I think if the students have been in the school since young, they'd be used to the whole idea so it wouldn't be a big deal to them. New/exchange students might freak out a bit, though.
Soon-to-be ex-NEET
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Yes, I approve. So much so in fact, that I think this should be done all over the world from the first year of school onwards.
Why? Simple: I firmly believe that this whole attitude of "nudity is evil" is what causes things such as negative self-image and sexual... what's the word... problems? (Can't find the word I'm looking for, so let's just go with that)
Simply because adults go all hush-hush about it, kids wonder what all the fuss is about and start doing silly stuff in secret to satisfy their curiosity. I really believe that if stuff like changing in front of others is as normal as eating, and if you properly educate kids from young ages, society would be a much healthier place.
The fact that the reporter is "shocked" shows exactly what I mean. What's wrong with seeing another person's body? Will it kill them? Will it emotionally scar them for the rest of their lives? No. Unless they've been taught from a young age that it's a bad thing, which is the case for pretty much everyone in the western world these days.
I mean, really (warning: Cliche coming up): If we weren't meant to be nude in front of each other, we'd be born with clothes or fur.
Sorry for the semi-rant >.>
Programmer/IT/Student
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Thank you for typing up what I was going to, ^^ I completely agree. People with their uptight attitudes will end up ruining the world, people were meant to be naked. xD
student, doujinshi manga artist
yea, even adam and eve were nekkid
Just what i was thinking! Now i don't have to type as much..hooray
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I've wasted my youth T_T
Saber Fan/Student/Newbie Figurine Collector
/agreed T_T
Student and full-time otaku
Nice...berry nice. I'd go there ^^
In high school marching band, we (guys and girls) would often have to change on the bus into our uniforms. At the beginning there were lots of jokes and a bit of peeping (not hard when all you need to do is look over your shoulder), but by the end of the season it had simply become routine.
It's possible that a "gender free" school would encourage kids to become more accustomed to the opposite sex (and maybe less perverted due to constant exposure) so hey, it's worth a shot.
US Navy Sailor
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Me too! Girls weren't shy at all in my high school in California. It was one of my favorite memories as a teenager. My dad even caught a highschool girl changing in the parking lot. I love California. ^_^ I was in the band as well, maybe we know each other?
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
WHAT!?! What school is this!?! I've missed out on such an experience during my high school years...T_T
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somehow I am reminded of Haruhi. ^^;
Student
http://lastpastry.tk
Who isnt?
???Confused???
well i don't know about high schools, but my university (and a few others) have an undie run once a quarter where they walk/run from the apartment area to the campus library which is like 10-15 min walk...
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This happened a few times in the military while i was enlisted. Nothing wrong with it.
Mechanical Engineering student
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Ah yes, this reminds me when I was a young lad back in elementary school. Both boys and girls would change at the same time in the classroom. As usual, I enjoyed looking at the other side of the room where the girls change XD
But by high school everyone all became embarrassed. We would have shifts on who will change first in the classroom. We couldn't force ourselves to change in the comfort rooms because it's stinky and the floor is covered with mud.
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
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THIS
THIS IS WHAT TRULY MAKES JAPAN AWESOME
*drooling*
Programmer/IT/Student
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I definitely think this is a great thing. On top of getting rid of uptight people who think nudity is wrong, I think it would help to satiate children's natural curiosity of the other sex; something that Freud formed part of his theories on; along with possibly allowing children to grow up into more confident and free individuals (if someone wants to debate that, I'm open to.)
http://iron2000.blogspot.com
"encouraged both genders to change clothes in front of each other"
Sounds wrong to me... especially "encouraged".
I remember back in primary and secondary school days on days we have PE, most of us will just wear the PE attire under the uniform. When its PE time just take off uniform in class then go.
After PE some would just wear the uniform over the PE attire and others will go to the toilet to take off the PE attire and put on the uniform.
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lol. since I cam from an all-girls school it sounds wrong and very interesting at the same time haha ;)
but it'll be a lot uncomfortable especially on days when girls just dont feel like showing anything at all :/ I guess we shall have haruhi-sama to teach us to do that @_@
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Ah....
I don't feel comfortable over that.
Wait..but can the boys change in front of girls?
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It´s all in the mind isn´t it?
Undergraduate
totally reminds me of:
Toto-chan
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
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muahahahahahh! ^^
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Hell yes! :D
student
Yes i dont mind though^^; i still have my shorts on so nothing to be embarrassing about.
Student
i defitenly agreed to this kind of school... So happening!
大学生
I think the reporter was more of disappointed than shocked!
COMPENG/SWENG Student
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At first it would be weird... But I am sure you would grow accustomed to it. Probably would help promote better cooperations with the opposite sex.
Taking over the world
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i'v done mixed changing before when i did a ton of theater work and everyone getting changed in the green room after a few days it becomes no big deal
Med student
i'm all for it! lucky boys!
Hikikomori in the making
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Remember guys, no touchy just looky...
I won't mind but the temptation... LOL J/k...
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I would deeply enjoy being in such a school. In fact, I'll look forward to it everyday.
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
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I agree, eventually the students will get used to it, lol. Shock wears off. ^_^;
P.S. Note to self, the girl is Kotone Kusuhara from the eroge "Hoshiful".
Student
http://www.desangel.blogspot.com
I definitely approve to a school like this ^.^ although if i ever have a daughter i would not let her attend to that school =.=
Mad scientist
I don't think it's a good idea. Today some kids at age 10 are better informed at pornographic terms than me and even clothed people can be considered indecent (by those kids). Both genders can act like that today and it's just plain wrong. Because some kids have this unnatural view of the human body then we need to protect the decent children from this.
There is something really wrong with a world where 10 year olds know more about obscene indecent acts than grownups.
鬼
That's nothing new. Boys of every generation knew more about such things at age ten than their elders ever did. Sometimes girls did too; it was always the "nice girls", too.
Mad scientist
Maybe you are out of touch with schools today or maybe the schools in California are different. I'm talking about childrem groping each other and talking about unmentionable stuff involving torture, animals and so on like it's normal. Not only that but it's like they can't spend time on anything else.
Soon-to-be ex-NEET
http://www.virtualinfusion.net/index.php
And where do you think these unnatural views come from?
Exactly, from paranoid parents, teachers and other people in power that tell these kids that nudity is wrong, for whatever reason (moral, religious, whatever) even though it's a completely natural thing.
If we'd properly educate them on the human body, both genders, the kind of issues you mention would be a thing of the past.
Mad scientist
Those unnatural views comes from the porn industry, some teachers and some parents. I don't think it comes from paranoid grownups, it's more like the teacher, who all of a sudden decided to encourage an 11 year old boy to get a homosexual encounter (this really happened!). How is a boy of that age supposed to handle that?
I'm in favour of proper education about the human body but with teachers telling stuff like that and/or declaring that they should figure it out on their own on the internet, then I will say that part of the problem is lack of education.
Soon-to-be ex-NEET
http://www.virtualinfusion.net/index.php
No, the porn industry (and that teacher you mentioned) is a result of the paranoid suppression of natural behavior, not the other way around.
Educate children on sexuality from a young age, and they would have no need to experiment or look stuff up on the internet, which will inevitably end up with them finding porn, causing even more distorted views.
Mad scientist
I think you missed my point. It's not wise to have children of both genders change in the same room because some children acts like this. Getting those children to have a natural view on the human body is a different issue that can't be solved by changing cloth.
And about browsing the internet for information. Schools really do go like "now you have to learn about X. Search google for this and write a report that you should hand in". It's like the teachers try to make google give the education rather than doing themselves, but that's a completely different issue.
鬼
There's no way I'm going to change or undress in front of boys of any age. It's just plain wrong.
Soon-to-be ex-NEET
http://www.virtualinfusion.net/index.php
Wrong, how?
What damage could seeing some skin possibly do? It won't kill you. It won't damage your eyes. It won't hurt you mentally... I mean, do you get sick from watching your own body in the mirror?
The only possible way for anyone to find nudity wrong, is if they were told it is wrong by someone they look up to for advice growing up: A parent or teacher for example.
Mad scientist
You sound like a nudist defending your way of life.
It's actually completely natural to be shy about showing certain parts of your body to other people. The "private parts" aren't called that by random. It's actually because it's natural to keep it private.
Soon-to-be ex-NEET
http://www.virtualinfusion.net/index.php
If it is completely natural to be shy about certain parts of your body, why aren't babies and young kids covering it up at all times? They don't care, so why should we? Not to mention animals don't give a damn either.
It's all socially taught, not natural.
Student/Prospective Anime Maker
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What CAN babies do, huh?
Babies have very interactive minds, but they lack the ability to do much other than cry. That statement's a no go.
Regarding young kids, they are indeed not covering it up, but that's merely because they're out of any self-awareness stage. Without the aid of media, parental guideance, or otherwise, the young child will not bother to cover up because of one reason: he/she is not aware of the social effects of not doing so.
However, if you're pulling the natural card, it's not natural to sit on the toilet and go do your business there. It's all socially taught as well. The mere status as "natural" doesn't depict anything other than "natural". You seem to be lending credence and bias to "natural", while attacking those that hold to the exact opposite.
Soon-to-be ex-NEET
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The difference here is that being taught to sit on the toilet to relieve yourself doesn't cause all kinds of psychological problems.
Being taught to think of your body as something sinful and dirty is a bad thing for you, mentally. It causes shyness at best and severe depression and illnesses such as bolemia and anorexia at worst, even leading to suicide in some cases.
Now, don't get me wrong: I'm not trying to say here that people should walk around naked all the time. Clothes serve a purpose and personally, I love to see nice clothes on a nice girl. The point I'm trying to make here is that your body isn't something you should be ashamed of, and that things such as separate changing rooms for male/female is quite ridiculous if you think about it.
I mean, why is it that those are accepted, while most Weserners look at Burqas with disgust, even though it's basically the same idea (just taken a bit further)?
Mad scientist
Babies have to figure out their own body first. If we talk about natural behaviour of grownups, then I guess the best we can do is to look at how "uncivilized" tribes behaved when the white man first arrived. In Amazonas it's really warm and humid. This means that cloth isn't very nice to wear, specially not if you pass through the jungle where cloth can be caught in the plants. The Indians were dressed at the groin area (both in front and back) as the only clothing. It could be culture, but it's the same in Africa, Southern Asia and Australia. Before the white man started travelling between continents, I don't think there could be a culture spread that would tell all people that the groin region should be concealed.
student, doujinshi manga artist
yea, and although im a christian (im not devout, so i wouldnt think that gender free schools are wrong) some people freak out like "OMG, the devil's making you think unpure thoughts." However, if you look in the bible, ADAM and EVE were n3kkid. So i wouldn't think this is wrong
My body doesnt disgust me, and I dont think you should be disgusted by seeing a woman (although if its Michael Jackson or Kim Jong Il, RUN AWAY!!! RUN AWAY!!) Ive had a girl change iin front of me, and it wasnt a big deal for me.
IT Expert / System, Network, Security Administrator
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I don't mind at all, but they (females only) needs to be cute too. :P
Kendo Kid / 大学生
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I don't think many American institutions would approve unfortunately
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too bad i graduated T_T i would love to be there ^^ i agree yes girls and boys together changing i agree yes this is the best ^^ start out young till your last years there ^^ that would be awesome ^^
employee
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No for gender free school. But if they don't mind changing their clothes in front of me or w/ the opposite sex, then there's nothing I can do but to watch,uhm,I mean accept it. LOL
university student & Otaku
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I can't easily accept it. we must look for the detail why she do that.
Student
do want.
Student/ Anime Club Leader at St. Joseph Secondary
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*nosebleed*
"Anyone gots tissue?!"
btw, i do want too ^0^
studying comp studies, planning to look for part time job
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I'm gonna say NO in gender free why the girls don't use the changing room given by the school? even when I was back in secondary school, the girls use the changing room.
*sigh* still can't read Japanese texts T_T
Mad scientist
Many years ago some hippies convinced the minister of education that the free spirited people as we are should ensure that the genders are treated equally. As a result of this the schoolkids should use the same changing room at PE. It didn't last long because the result was that nearly nobody would use the showers since it meant removing the underwear. I changed together with girls at PE when I was 6 or 7, but at that age I didn't care at all. In fact I noticed so little that the only thing I can remember is when one guy decided to shower with all his cloth on. He was a strange kid and was removed from his parents half a year later because the police caught him red handed for burglary at midnight.
To answer the question: no, I wouldn't send my kids to a school like that. Kids usually have a natural limit to how exposed they want to be and it's ill treatment to force them not to respect that limit. Worst case means that they will learn to ignore their limit and some grownup might abuse that.
Mixed gender cloth changing should remain in fiction where it belongs.
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WHERE IS thIS SCHOOL?!?!! =3
Professional Sniper/Sprayer, part time high school student/aspiring artist
It's simple, efficient, AND educational.
I approve. :3
anime + games collector
wouldnt mind going to one of those schools.
Student
totally for that!!
Among the evergrowing ranks of unemployed
Wish they had something like this when I was going to school. It's for the best they didn't. I might have had trouble changing because a certain........problem........would come up. ^^;
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Totally understand where you're coming from.I would be a little afraid of that ceratin thing happening too ^^
Programmer/IT/Student
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That's a good philosophy. (The one that paralleled underwear and bathing suits.) The philosophy about alcohol only applies if you look at nudity as a bad thing, because getting drunk is looked at as a bad thing. So basically, the question with that philosophy is: Is being nude worse than being drunk? The answer seems quite obvious to me, since we were born nude, and we create new life by being nude (most of the time...)
Hikikomori in the making
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No it doesn't LOL
Suzu from Nagasarete doesn't look anything her age!