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How can we respect ourselves or others when
we
believe our bodies are obscene or indecent?
We
cannot live without our bodies, yet most of us have been conditioned to
believe the only way
we can accept the human body is when certain parts are
covered. The results of this belief is devestating. When simple nudity
is trated as indecent or obscene it is an attack on human
identity,
acceptance, and worth that results in shame and self alienation.
This body shame and alienation causes
inner conflict and suffering
for
millions of people. It cause us to
feel self
loathing, depression,
anxiety, stress,
disconnection
from God/spirit,
themselves,
others, and
more. Body shame causes people to feel that they are still in
bondage
rather than free.
The goal of this site is to help end the conflict and help people gain
greater respect for themselves and others by declaring the
inherent goodness of the human body. This can help free people
from unhealthy
sexual beliefs and the
devastation of sexual
abuse, freedom
from body shame, and freedom to have a more
abundant, joyful life of body respect.
We can only harvest what is planted. It
is hoped that what is on
this site can help
you and others to plant and harvest healthy and positive, accepting
attitudes, beliefs and
actions toward the human body and sexuality.
Much of what is on this site will challenge existing beliefs that many
people have been taught and
learned to accept. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how you
or anyone can have a truly positive and healthy view of life when
essential parts our bodies are viewed as indecent, obscene, or
offensive?
If you haven't this site will challenge you to do so. The beliefs
promoted here are healthy, positive, good, and pure. They are
beliefs that can
set you free!
This Site is
also
an invitation to take a stand.
The human body is
fundamental and
essential
to us all, no one should be ashamed of, or alienated from any
part of it.
Not one
single
person. Take a stand and be counted in support of body
acceptance
by signing the Body Respect
Petition and using some of the tools on this site to help promote it and body acceptance.
The Body Respect
Petition
does not ask you to go
nude anywhere
that you are uncomfortable
doing so or that is inappropriate, it simply asks you to affirm that
nudity is good, acceptable,
and decent, that the human body should be treated with respect, and
that body shame/alienation is unhealthy,
harmful, and indecent.
Our
tools such as t-shirts don't ask that you go nude anyplace that it is
not acceptable, they do however give you an opportunity to communicate
a message that will make people think about body shame and acceptance
most anyplace.
Together
we can make a difference and plant the seeds for a future where all
parts of the human body are accepted with respect, free from shame.
Thank
You!
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