A while ago, a group of Italian doctors and nurses stripped down to their skivvies for a calendar in order to raise funds for, and generate public awareness of, the need for cancer research.
No Brad Pitts or George Clooney types. Just a lot of overly tight tighty whities and expanded bellies drooping precariously over boxer short elastic waists. The best picture from the article (Cancer Research in Boxers: Italian Doctors Strip to Reveal Funding Shortfalls - SPIEGEL ONLINE) is the two doctors studiously examining an MRI, while clad in their unmentionables. The nurses appear in the pictorials as well but their faces are not shown - just their backs as they sit in their bras and panties.
So the question is: Would you have appeared in the calendar for such a worthy cause? I'm sure our patients subscribe to the old adage," Turnabout is fair play."
Why? Please elaborate. Different cultural mores? Expecting more people to have body issues? Expecting people to be offended?
Well, since you asked: I'm simply fascinated by the psychological (for lack of a better word) aspect of it.
Do the nurses who would pose in their undies for the calendar - as their Italian counterparts did - do it simply because it's a wonderful cause?
Is it an opportunity to indulge our "naughty" side without fear of being "judged" because of the worthiness of the cause?
Do they willing participate because the doctors (our "bosses") would be posing, sans pants, too? Would the nurses still pose in their unmentionables if the doctors remained in their lab coats, since, again, it's a great cause?
What if it were a strictly "cheesecake" calendar and the doctors simply sat on the side during the photo session, grinning, enjoying the sight? Would they still agree to pose?
Is it the anonymity of having their backs to the camera that induces them to readily agree to pose?
After it's done, with respect to the doctors, would the nurses feel empowered or awkward around them the next day?
As stated, I'm just captivated by the whole thought process. Don't really know why, however I am.
Well, since you asked: I'm simply fascinated by the psychological (for lack of a better word) aspect of it.Do the nurses who would pose in their undies for the calendar - as their Italian counterparts did - do it simply because it's a wonderful cause?Is it an opportunity to indulge our "naughty" side without fear of being "judged" because of the worthiness of the cause?Do they willing participate because the doctors (our "bosses") would be posing, sans pants, too? Would the nurses still pose in their unmentionables if the doctors remained in their lab coats, since, again, it's a great cause? What if it were a strictly "cheesecake" calendar and the doctors simply sat on the side during the photo session, grinning, enjoying the sight? Would they still agree to pose?Is it the anonymity of having their backs to the camera that induces them to readily agree to pose?After it's done, with respect to the doctors, would the nurses feel empowered or awkward around them the next day?As stated, I'm just captivated by the whole thought process. Don't really know why, however I am. Anyway, sorry I was loquacious!
I wouldn't pose with my clothes on if it weren't for something I'd want me name/image attached to. No, I wouldn't be undressed while the men weren't, ewww. There isn't a sexual theme in this calendar, it's about being giving up something else in a type of solidarity. I don't work for physicians, not a one of them would be my boss, we'd be in it as a team effort for a mutually important cause. The men may likely feel as awkward as anyone else. And I got over feeling subordinate to anyone about 20 yrs ago.
Nonyvole, BSN, RN
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I would! But, I'm okay with letting the world see my body. I mean, my usual work undergarments cover more than my swimsuit does...