The male embarrassment: nudism and the fear of erections.
Nudism is a social practice wherein people are naked together. At its core, nudism holds that being naked is not inherently sexual; that is, the naked body is natural and instead is made sexual. What, then, might an erection mean or signify at the nudist resort of camp? What happens if a man has an...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 900 - 917 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2026
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