I have two young sons who also see me naked- like the LW its most often from the shower to the bedroom. They also see me on the toilet a lot. In the same way that a phone call will make them suddenly need to dance around me, intent on getting my attention- a trip to the bathroom will also do that. I've tried locking the door, but that often leads to intense pounding, sometimes screams and thumps as the two of them begin fighting amoung themselves.

I think a number of parents, especially single moms can relate to this.

As a kid, a grew up in a very large family. Most of the time, in the morning, there were at least three kids in the bathroom- one or two brushing their teeth, maybe another on the toilet, still another in the shower.

I remember once coming home from college, I was in the shower when suddenly the curtain was thrown aside. It was my 6 year old brother. He looked at me briefly and said "I just wanted to know who was here"- then he shut the curtain again and then proceded to use the toilet.

I don't think any of us in my original family or my own family that constitutes me and my kids are freaks. It all seems to have happened out of neccessity, there's no justification (this is "healthier")- just what has seemed to have happened. My brother- who is the youngest of a family of 7, mostly girls, seems totally well adjusted. I think my sons are too.

But, the Brittany Spears thing, that did get me wondering, too.

"Britney's nudity wouldn't be a problem if her marriage was intact."

There's much more to it than that.

These so called "celebrities" are instant $$$$ for the websites and the other outlets who pander to the idiots who live for this sort of garbage.

Look at the level of intelligence, awarenesss and maturity of the sort who "must have" this non-news.

They are at the same elementary level as this quack dr phil and those who follow his drivel.

We can't legitimately relate the LW's situation to Ms Spaniel(britany).

The LW lives in the real world and is clearly aware.

I strongly suspect that she is also aware of how much damage to a decent person's life the spying, prying do at every turn.

The less we allow these interferers with no life of their own to know about our own lives, the better.

I am struck by the people who are arguing for putting on clothes because this is the USA, and that is what this culture does. The implication of their argument is this: the only thing wrong with being casual about being unclothed is that it is against the social norm. That is perhaps the stupidest reason for enforcing a behavior. There is nothing objectively wrong with, it...but please, don't. Why? Well, it just isn't done. This is the manifesto of a herd of sheep, not a free people.

One of the major problems with American attitudes on sexuality is that they (we) are unable to distinguish between actual sexuality and other activities (nudity being one example). Simply being naked is not a sexual act. To carefully cover up when stepping out of the shower is to treat showering as if it WERE as sexual act. The end result is to create people who are unable to view the world in anything but sexual terms. We are making the problem worse over time. Is it any wonder we as a culture are so sex-obsessed?

The especially weird part is that we are expected to interact in the nude IN PUBLIC under certain conditions. When was the last time you saw a swimming pool or fitness center with enclosed shower stalls? We are expected to casually shower naked in front of complete strangers (yes, our children have to deal with this too; they shower at the pool, don't they), and yet we are expected to be rigorous and formal when doing the same thing in the privacy of our own homes?

It simply doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

But after reading so many response along the line of "Nudity may not = sexual abuse, but it's equivalent" I gotta say, Calm down, people.

UNLESS you are planning to use it sexually, a body is a body is a body. I never spent long periods of time naked in front of my kids, but if they walked in on me as I was dressing or showering, it was no big deal. One of my sons got HYSTERICAL in the bath as a baby, so I took showers, holding him tight--he got clean, he was comforted--by my floppy post-partum warmth and closeness.

All my sons and my daughter are ardent feminists, have a casual but not militantly nudist OR prudish attitude toward the body. They are comfortable with their own sexuality, and a joy as they begin their journeys through adulthood

Sheesh. My nakedness in the bathroom was probably a balm to their confusion when they'd get home from their dad's, with the bookmarks on the computer for every porn site known to humankind.

Maybe if he's seen his mom naked a few times he wouldn't have grown up so fucking warped.

I keep seeing this phrase. It's creeping me out a little bit.

"Seduction" of a child by an adult has nothing to do with nudity. No stepfather, father, mother, stepmother, grandparent, etc. is going to molest a child because he/she or the child is naked. They are going to molest a child because they're a sicko.

If someone is trying to molest a child, the "access" provided by one or both parties nudity is immaterial -- just how quickly do you think molestations happen? Someone just rushes into a room and starts groping? Or a pedophile wouldn't have abused a child but, hey, as long as they're naked? Do you think everyone having their clothes on in front of each other at all times is going to somehow prevent pedophiles from being aroused by children?

Nothing an abusive adult does is accidentally "seductive" to a child -- it is very much by design. And nothing a child does is "seductive" or "flirtatious" at all to an adult who isn't deeply disturbed.