If we were born naked, why are we ashamed of nakedness?

Francisco El Jimagua Cartagena Méndez
Escritor y Activista de Derechos Humanos
Presidente Fundación ASI
Twitter: @eljimagua 
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We are born naked and naked, but we are ashamed of nakedness" is a thought that I have always had on this subject. In most societies and in the 21st century, we continue to create the "morbid" before nudity and sexual issues. Perhaps the mental and sexual health of humanity would be healthier if it were not penalized so much the nakedness from the morbid and the religious and moralistic condemnations.
The only animals on the planet earth that dress with clothes are human beings. (Many clothes sadly come from other animals). We cover our body due to our power of reasoning, with which we have the faculty of reasoning (understanding) about the acts we perform with each other and about everything that surrounds us. The reality is that every human being is born naked, even so, to the majority of people, nakedness does not cause much embarrassment, to many other great complexes.
However, there are countries where sex education begins at an early age. Children and girls of 4 and 5 years are educated about what is a penis and a vagina, about how children are procreated (without the archaic story of the stork), as well as educated about sexual diversity and perspective of genre.
In these countries, in television movies and in the cinema, we can see scenes of nudes in which both men and women go totally naked and nobody is alarmed or makes a protest for it. These countries are mainly from Europe, as is the case of Spain, the Netherlands, or Canada. In Latin America there are several countries that this happens in the same way.
In many other countries, this type of education is still banned at an early age and the little sexual education offered in schools is very mechanical, abstract and superficial. It does not represent at all the true sexual reality of the human being, which is a serious danger.

The reason for this is due to religious and extremist ideas and condemnations, to a culture of machismo, a culture in which the "morbid in the face of nakedness" increased generation after generation.
Now, returning to the central theme of this opinion article; In my opinion, nudity is a representation of the human body that goes from being abstract, morbid and shameful, only if it is given explicitly and naturally. For this, it is important to have a well-educated society regarding sexuality, gender equity and human rights; (respect to the foreign body, to the differences, to the woman, and to the sexual orientations that exist beyond the heterosexual).
On the other hand, the issue of nudity represents a new challenge for the societies of this century. It is important to create more sexual education for all kinds of people, including the youngest, the children. The greater the sex education and the less the morbidity in the face of nudity, the less problems of sexual violations and sexual harassment there will be in our communities. (Education, good education, is the key to respect and healthy coexistence with each other).
Finally, there are people who have a natural personality characterized by wanting to be as private as possible in all aspects, including nudity. There are also other types of people who enjoy nakedness without embarrassment and complex, so they like to go to places or beaches intended for nudists. There are also people who love to portray themselves naked or in underwear for themselves, or to show it to others either in their circle of friends or in public; including social networks. On planet earth there is everything.