Why are we conditioned to be turned on by nudity.

Why we are turned on by nudity is a good question. Using the term RC is bigotory and wrong. No one group or religion

cuased us to be turned on by nudity. Rather hundreds of years of modesty caused this.

Funenemas^^^Maybe you have read wrong...The term RC (merely an abbreviation) is neither derogatory since I'd last checked or a means of bigotry toward a particular group.

As a teen I stayed with family friends who were not nudists but would often walk around nude. I spent all my time with their son often sunbathing nude and not once did we have any sexual yearning for each other although we fell deeply in love. It was the most lovely, innocent relation I have ever had.

On paper we should have had contact, so why was their so much love but no contact?

It's probably mainly in cultures that live in climates where clothing is absolutely necessary for simple survival, that people are more or less conditioned to be turned on by nudity.

In cultures in hot climates - and equatorial Africa usually comes to mind - there are many cultures that need other social triggers to cause sexual arousal: say things like communal feasting/dancing or drinking, enacting certain rituals or being alone with someone in a certain situation which then removes the opprobrium of other tribal members witnessing copulation or sex. Or else other members may be needed as witnesses to trigger a response.

That's why sexual anthropology is such a diverse and interesting field of studies.

Interesting thread. For me personally, I think I like to be put into situations where I must be nude simply because it's exciting. It's not the standard, expected practice to go around nude all day long, so just the fact that it's unusual and forbidden makes it exciting. It's especially exciting to be nude in the presence of others that are fully clothed, as is the case in the exam room. In that situation, you know that your fully nude body is the focus of attention, and the clothed person(s) in the room with you are able to observe you without any pretext of modesty.

And since we all learn from an early age that there are some parts of our body that should remain covered, it's exciting to be in situations where you're forced to break those rules. Things like group physical exams and even changing and showering in a locker room come to mind. Those are situations where you're forced to be nude in the presence of others.

Hubby and I have been nudists forever, so seeing a nude body is not out of the ordinary. My thought is that for men, the thought of undressing a woman is even sexier than seeing her undressed. There are two reasons that I say that. One time, on our way to a nude beach, we had to go though the textile section. There were many people in all kinds of beach wear, including a lot of bikinis. Thongs would have been out of place but one woman was really pushing the limits and was making all the heads turn as her top and especially her bottoms showed more than most on the beach. Hubby, being a red blooded male, immediately said ... look how sexy she is. However, when we got to the nude beach, he did not make any comments of a sexual nature.

The other reason is that I always notice that when we first arrive at the nude beach, I have a number of people watch discreetly as I undress. Once I am undressed, I am the same as everyone else .... naked ..... and everything goes back to normal. Or perhaps, they just think "OMG, how ugly!!". LOL

So to relate back to the direct question, I believe that it is getting naked rather than being nude is the turn on.