That’s the crux of a controversy that has San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood in an uproar, San Francisco Examiner reporter Dan Schreiber said on Thursday in a KQED Forum discussion.
On Dec. 5 at 10 a.m last year a committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will discuss Supervisor Scott Wiener’s (yes it's his real name) proposal to partially ban nudity in the city and he anticipates the full board will take it up later in the month. San Francisco has taken a very liberal stance on nudity and nude events over the last 10-20 years but some feel like it is now out of control.
While the neighborhood has long tolerated sporadic nudity, nudity is becoming more and more common, Wiener said, straining the tolerance of the neighborhood
San Francisco has several nude events throughout the year that brings out every shape and well as you can see size |
But Wiener said nudity itself is the problem, and he has been getting more calls about nudity than any other issue.
“Freedom of expression is not about taking your pants off at Castro and Market and displaying your genitals to passing cars,” said Wiener.
Nude man day in a local San Francisco bar. The bar holds a nude man day every month. |
The Forum also heard from nudist George Davis, a former candidate for mayor:
“This is part of our god-given body. Why do we want to say there is something wrong with our body? It’s not part any religious doctrine,” he said. Some parents have congratulated him for being naked in public because it made their kids feel better about their own bodies, he said. He offered to pay $1,000 for a 500-word “intelligently written” essay from anyone who can explain how a child would be harmed by seeing a naked adult.
Daniel Bergerac, Castro district business owner, also came on the program to say that he thinks the nudists have become exhibitionists. Calls to the show were mixed with some offended and others defending nudism as a form of self expression.
I think that's just a navigation tool he has out |
I have been to many nude camps and beaches and in Europe it's much more acceptable.
Does seeing a penis or boobs offend you?
Should we have more nudity, should we care more or care less? I do think we have a lot of body issues simply because the only nudity we do see is perfectly shaped large breasted and big dick models and in porn.
Do you think if people saw more "normal" people it would help or hurt?
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