Are aspies more (or less) ashamed of being nude in public?

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This is one part of AS I've never understood...everywhere I've read says that people with AS don't embarrass, and don't understand the moral implications to wearing clothes, and have no problem walking around completely naked, etc.

I, however, am the complete opposite, I don't like people to see me without clothes on. I never take my shirt off, I even wear shirts when I go swimming...and that's the only time you'll ever see me in shorts, either. I sure as heck wasn't raised that way.

High school gym class was a bit of a hassle, especially when we went in the pool. I'd always be the first one out, and I'd run right past the showers and just hurry up and throw my clothes on, so nobody else would see. I'd spend the rest of the day with wet underpants, smelling like chlorine. Also I couldn't wear a shirt in the pool...I had no idea how I was supposed to use my "It's so I don't get sunburnt" excuse indoors...

The first day of pool, I tried to get out of it by conveniently "forgetting" my swimsuit...so the coach said "You either wear one of my Speedos or you go home."

Believe me, I brought my swimsuit the next day

I like going barefoot. Always have. But other than a modest swimsuit on the beach, I prefer to remain fully clothed. I would skinny dip if no one was around.

I'm thinking about joining this group:
The Barefoot Hikers

Why would some be ashemaed to be nude in public? Its just that there are so many uber 1337 outfits out there.

I'm a very modest person. I wear a T-shirt, while swimming. I'm afraid that if people see that I'm a woman, that they will expect me to act feminine. I don't wish to act that way. I want to be the tomboy that I am. Well-dressed tomboy.

People think you're a man?

I'm definitely not a nudist. I can't separate nudity from sex, and I don't believe it's possible for a mixed group of people to go naked together without provoking sexual desires. That's perfectly normal and natural, and fine if it's an overtly polygamous society...ogling the sexy bits of a legitimate sexual partner is OK if the partner is happy with that, but I think if society wants monogamy then it should dress accordingly in public. In the UK, naturists don't seem to want to talk about the role of erotic feelings in their activities, which to me always seems like the elephant in the room. They seem to deal with it by pretending it's not there, or by suggesting that only a pervert would have such feelings towards nude bodies. But what's perverted about a man finding a naked woman sexually stimulating?

Nothing is perverted about it, but at the same time, one can still appreciate the beauty of the human form without drooling over it for sex. One thing I do from time to time is browse nude art. Not porn, just art. Despite the beauty of the models and the obvious nudity and sexual parts visible, there is no arousal. Merely appreciation for the beauty. Now that I think about it, that's one of the few forms of art I do appreciate. Gaia knows I don't find anything in an art museum interesting.

im not ashamed of nudity, but i keep it at home and at nudist parks. like, if im waiting for laundry to be done i wont be bothered to dress. why dirty an outfit when you can wash it all at once. i went to a nudist park with one of my pot head hippy friends this past summer a few times, it was quite nice considering how much i hate high polyester blends. they feel llike straw compessed into fabric.

I wouldn't drool over it for sex either, but there would be an awareness of the sexual angle, of sexual pleasure, that would make me wonder whether I really ought to be looking. And some painters made no bones about the sexual content of their nude artwork - Renoir for example, used prostitutes as models, and frequently slept with them, and I think his nudes are very much appreciations of female sexuality. I once read an article about nude photography and porn, that suggested there was a very fine line between thinking "look at this beautiful photo" and "look at this sexy girl."

Nonetheless, I'm sure there's artistic merit in these works as well as the sexual content, and it's quite possible that an Aspie could have a one-track mind while looking at them, which might be very differently focussed to the one-track mind that so many guys are accused of having when looking at female flesh.

True that, few males are able to look at it without experiencing sexual arousal/desire. Sad, but natural I guess. Can't really change that, but it would be nice if it was possible. And most females I know are able to appreciate it much better, but I know some that see merely the sexual angle just as well. Definitely more skewed towards males however.

I am very self-concious of how I look, as I am built like budda, but i have been to nude beaches twice. I never go to normal beaches as my buddaness makes me want to stay in a shirt which is so restricting plus I burn like a peice of bacon (I have been made fun of all my life for being fat and I think this is what causes the root issue of my self-conciousness). The frist time was wreck beach in Vancouver, BC and I was too paralized by fear to go nude, but some of my friends did (I think it was because I was with people I knew that made it uncomfortable) The second time was when I was living in Florida, and I had no problem stripping down and frolicking all over. The second time i went alone and I believe this was the deciding factor. Plus I justified it by telling myself that no mater how bad I thought I look there would be people there who are less visually pleasing so f-it. It is so freeing. At home though I am never nude, but i do just wear my boxer shorts and nothing else unless company is there.

I hate clothes. I would go nude everywhere if it was legal. I remember as a kid I absolutely could not stand the feel of any synthetic fabric against my skin, so it was cotton or nothing for the most part. When I got older, my parents made me dress for school. I didn't mind that so bad. But what I think makes a lot of aspies go into the prude category is that they get fixated on wearing clothes. As in, not wearing them would be a major change in the status quo and aspies, as a rule, hate change.

When I got into high school, they made us shower naked with the guys. At first, getting me to do that was like ripping off my arms because it was a major change in wardrobe after being forced to wear a shirt and pants every day for so long. But after the first or second class, I started remembering the freedom I once had when I was younger. After that, I started getting into trouble for walking around school naked. I think the forced school showering was a good thing, but the only thing I think they should have done differently would have been to start requiring it in first grade. Sadly, school showers seem to be mostly gone in the US these days.

I know that I am not the only aspie that has had problems with clothing irritating the skin and such. I have to assume that the nude bug may be common with us.

I went to a nude beach one time. I was going to go again this year but the event was cancelled.

I don't like going out in public without clothes on unless it's to a beach/pool. Even then I'm not sure how I would adapt to being naked. I guess if I was shaved down there, and everyone else was naked I wouldn't feel so bad.

Do you feel self-conscious about your pubes? Is that why you would only do it if shaved?

I admit that I think I look better shaved, but come on, its not the worst thing in the world.

I feel self-conscious about all my hair on my body. First of all, the hair on my head is falling out because of my mother's father (he was balding, so I will go bald too). My eyebrows are caterpillars lol. On top of that around 14, when everyone else was probably going through pueberty as well, I was the only one with nice dark hair on my legs. But my pubes just make it look gross and disgusting down there, like steel wool wrapped around my junk.

Hence why I shave.