Is the baring of skin always sexual? At what point, if ever, does it become necessarily sexual?

There are all kinds of attitudes about bare skin and nudity, and these attitudes differ depending on which culture you are in. In the United States, I sometimes get the sense that all skin is sexualized. There is no display of skin that does not have sexual connotations. There is a constant—I won’t say battle, because I don’t think it’s that active—tension between the sexes as skin is used as a display designed to attract mates.

Except some skin is deemed inherently ugly. People complain when old ladies wear swimming suits that show too much wobbly skin. As if, if you aren’t beautiful, you should hide somewhere. People who aren’t sexually attractive aren’t worthy to be seen.

Well, I’m sure you have your own ideas, so have at it.