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I don't know but would suppose it's the same reason they wear cock rings anywhere and the same reason people have genital piercings...probably part decoration and part sexual stimulation and part advertising for a certain type of partner.
brcprincess wrote:My question is, why is it always the OLD men that go naked? I saw hundreds of them wandering naked (and alone) this year.
But I rarely saw any hot young guys naked. Maybe I was camping near the Seniors section??
I love that you wondered if you were near the senior section because often people will see a lot of something at BRC and not realize they were camped right near a group of whatever that thing is, they just think it's everywhere at BM.
But in answer to your question, i know for myself it has taken a lifetime for me to get comfortable enough in my own skin to be able to go naked in public. I am female and don't have the body type that in general in our culture is considered "hot". It has been a spiritual journey for me to get to the point where I can be proud of my body and not care as to whether someone finds it attractive. It is what is and it's mine and I can appreciate it for the millions of things it does for me and I can honor it by letting it be seen.
One of the ways burning man has been a spiritually deepening experience for me has been going from fear of nudity (years 1 and 2) to riding in Critical Tits (years 3, 4 and 5) to becoming a Naked Greeter (years 6 and 7). The willingness to do these things marks an evolution in my year-round personal relationship to my body.
Greeting Naked has been a profoundly powerful political statement for me. I feel that welcoming people to bm with the comfort of nudity in my imperfectly perfect body, sets a tone for acceptance and seeing beyond the surface of people and the veneers of the default world. I think it effects the people I greet, especially the people who need this effect, in ways that are deeply altering that I couldn't do if I had a "hot" body for them to project their sexual fantasies on. When you are nude in a non-sexual way, it opens up for interactions that can get beyond the sexual stuff that plagues people and effects many, perhaps even most, interactions.
Live as if everyone loves you and thinks you look great. Dance as if no one is watching.
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from his Don't post Thread would be there and he was worried that his threats to kick us all in the nuts would lead us to return the favor by gluing barbies to his ass cheeks 
