My Opinion on Nudity

In all honesty, to some, being naked is something that is entirely taboo and should be avoided. And that’s okay. You’re entitled to your own opinion. However, if you're asking my opinion on the matter, it's really something that should be embraced.  I got told by a stranger tonight that by choosing to lay in my own bed and post a photo on snapchat where you can tell that I'm not wearing anything while completely covered by a blanket is "sexual" and means that I'm asking for people to speak to me in a degrading way.  

That is absolute bullshit.

For those of you that don't know that much about me, I was involved in an awful incident I’d rather not get in to when I was only 13 years old.  I have been sexually assaulted 3 different times within the past year.  That’s not to mention all the perverse and disgusting messages I’ve gotten. Because of these facts, I am not an overtly sexual person.  I'm also not a trusting person.  And that's okay!  I'm not just going to sleep around "because I can".  To me, being able to embrace myself naked is something completely different.  It's an expression of self love and self confidence that I didn't have before because I was bullied throughout my childhood.  It's taking back a power that people have tried taking from me and a comfort in being myself past everything that happened to me.  No, not all my photos are meant to be sexual.  And I get that some of them are taken that way.  But in my mind that's irrelevant.  I create what I want to create for me.  Not for anybody else.  And I am perfectly happy to be as I am and make the decisions I make.  I'm sick of people trying to shame me or judge me based on the decisions that I make.  And don't worry... my own mother is included in that so it's a pretty common occurrence.  But just because I take implied photos, show off the progress I'm so proud of with my body and express myself in what I see as an artistic form, doesn’t make it something you should judge me for.  It's my body.  I can do what I would like with it.

Here's a term all of you should take the time to learn something about.  "Sapiosexual".  That means if I'm attracted to you, I'm attracted to your mind.  Your intellect.  Your personality.  Or what I can learn from you.  That is what attraction is to me.  It has nothing to do with being naked.