Abhijit, 66 - India - Dressed vs Undressed Campaign

 

Why would you like to volunteer for the dressed vs undressed format?*

Abhijit - What I feel is that by participation, I can be a little part of the naturism advocacy. Many of the people & organisations across the world are doing a great contribution for the advocacy of naturism. I have an immense joy & happiness to be a part of this campaign. I would have surely loved to reveal my identity. But since society, especially Indian society is very rigid and orthodox. And if I were to identify myself as a naturist, I would not dare to face any consequences and if my children and wife might suffer because of it. And therefore, for Naturists, there should be a secure platform, a secured group of naturists where there should be no risk in identifying myself as a naturist, that is, even if I publish a naked image of myself without hiding my identity, no one will be able to misuse it using any technique. Let’s hope that there should be such a way which will help us to reveal our identity.

How to participate?

Check out campaign details here.

Dressed vs Undressed campaign

 

Background 

This campaign draws motivation from the "Naked people Home Edition" project - https://naked-people.blogspot.com/

The purpose of this campaign is to help people visualise naked bodies in this clothed world by creating a diverse repository of considerable size.

In today's world, we are presented with lots of layers above human beings, which are supposed to enhance the beauty. However, often, when that layer is removed, we find that the appearance of the person is in stark contrast to the enhanced version. As if make-up, tummy tuckers, wigs, padded bras, etc., were not enough, we also have Instagram/Snapchat filters, AI tools etc. which even alter the speech and appearance of a person on a live call.

Consequences of the trend

There could be serious consequences of these layers of enhancement. Meeting a person on a date after weeks/months (sometimes even years) of interacting online and developing an emotional connection, and finding they appear completely different from how they appeared online, could cause us lots of frustration and even lead to depression in some cases. 

Moreover, in cultures like India, where people end up into arranged marriages without ever seeing their partners naked and sometimes this results in situations where the body type or certain features of the body of the partner do not match their preference. This could lead to very unpleasant situations which could last a life-time or become a barrier in formation of a healthy relationship in some cases.

While a lot of it is beyond the scope of this project, we focus only on the clothing aspect, which itself has vast scope and impact.

Participation format

• Two pics need to be submitted with the same pose - one clothed and one completely naked.
• Showing face is preferable but not mandatory.
• A verification round needs the participant to follow a pose and hold a paper with a specific number written which is given by us.

To submit pictures and give consent, please fill this form.

Following are some pictures submitted by one of our volunteers who has given us consent to publicly post the same -

Fully clothed 

Fully naked

Verification round 

Note - You need to be aware that when you participate, there always remains inherent risks with anything that goes online.