For the first time I agree with SGP, THINK and Forum for Democracy. These political parties are speaking out against the new TV program Just. Bare., in which 11- and 12-year-old children interview naked adults.
According to the makers of Just. Bare. the program would have nothing to do with sex at all (just as having children has nothing to do with sex either). The starting point would be ‘body positivity’, a term that has not been around for very long. So it’s about accepting your fat or thin body, or whatever it looks like. It is not without reason that the male statues from ancient Greece were all naked. The Greeks already showed at that time that beauty is imperishable. Social media would have given children a distorted image of what a body should look like, namely perfect.
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Yes, and so? Dubai also looks perfect, should we not travel to Dubai anymore? Anyway, the starting point of the program is that ‘just naked’ is the norm.
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I used to wonder about families who went to the sauna together. Father, mother, children: all naked. I grew up in a culture where we don’t see our fathers naked. On the contrary. On social media I asked what people think about children seeing their own mother or father naked. A mother replied: “Otherwise it would be a shock later when you see a man naked for the first time?” So if you’ve seen your dad naked, do you automatically feel comfortable with another man?
The train of thought behind the TV program Just. Bare. – giving more attention to body positivity – I find acceptable for adults. Because I find them very squeamish when it comes to naked bodies in advertisements or art. It is good that the Suitsupply posters in bus shelters where adults talk to each other are clearly visible. Just like the FA commercials in the past on TV, in which half-naked women shower sensually.
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What gets me so excited about this TV show is that it is specifically made for children. Nudity, like sexuality, entails value judgments about what is and what is not allowed. It is about moral issues in which different cultures and frames of reference put these kinds of topics in a different light.
While writing my novel 69 secrets it seemed that the very women who had seen their father naked as a child could not talk openly about sexuality. How can that be explained? I also think it is important that children respect their bodies and can talk about their sexuality. But who sets the standard for this? I think the parents. Not a TV show. What is normal for you, for example visiting the sauna with the whole family, is going too far for the other person. While shampoo for ‘normal’ hair is being pulled off the shelves, apparently the new normal is for your child to evaluate naked bodies on primetime.
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