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The prudification of society - an enormous threat to liberty

30 Dec 2011 03:45 PM | Malcolm Boura in Censorship

Nudity everywhere, beaches, clubs, TV, film, magazines, absolutely everywhere is under a serious and new threat.

Body-knowledge, body-honesty and body-acceptance, anything to do with the human body is under attack like never before, Mary Whitehouse included. The government, or more accurately an influential part of the government, are pursuing the "prudification of society" like no government that I can remember and they are being a lot more subtle about it than Mary Whitehouse. Much of the activity is behind closed doors and the little that is visible has been spun to make it look like protection for children.

Typically their tactics work like this:

I don't like it (don't usually say that) so
it must be bad for children.
Children must be protected
Ban it!
How dare you object!!!!
You pervert (by implication)

Notice that there are no facts or evidence involved. They state their prejudices as if they are facts and appeal to emotion. They press the protection of children button. To make it more plausible they commission a report or two from "independent experts". Independent experts that they have chosen.

Society does not stand still. It changes, and the campaign to prudify society is having alarming success. The prudification will do immense harm, mainly to children and young people, but facts, evidence and logic have never counted for much with the prejudiced. Naturism is feeling the effects:

Increased prosecutions for Naturism
Increased problems with Social Services
Increased problems hiring facilities
Loss of some of the very few local authority nude health spa facilities

The consequences for beaches and other public places

More difficult to get new beaches designated
More likely to lose designated beaches
More dangerous to use traditional beaches
More dangerous to use any beach

The consequences for clubs

More difficult to attract families,
More difficult to attract people working in education, child care or the health service, or any other job requiring a CRB check and that is a lot. (eg that includes taxi driver and meter reader),
More difficult to attract anyone,
Club Web sites will be classified as pornography and to look at them everyone, household by household, will have to sign up for pornography.