As human beings, we tend to compare our bodies and image to those presented in the media.
Sometimes, what we want to attain may not even be real, and with that, this television show represents the importance of being positive about our bodies.
Dutch TV Show, Simply Naked, promotes body positivity by answering questions about the human body to kids. The show is set to be televised by NOS, the public broadcaster.
Boys and girls had been invited to ask questions about the anatomy and symptoms of the human body, since it is only natural to be curious about our own bodies and how they will be shaped in the future.
Edson da Graça, TV presenter, tells NOS, “The aim is to teach children that each and every body is different and that not all bodies are perfect.”
According to Elsbeth Reitzema, an individual from the Rutgers sexual health foundation, tells sources that the steady stream of semi-pornographic images which children see all the time in other television shows have been distorted, the human body is not how it is when presented to them initially.
“Those who see ordinary naked bodies more often have a more positive body image.”
Not everyone is up for the television show being broadcasted to national television audiences. MP Tunahan Kuzu has urged his followers to write and protest against the program, calling it ridiculous.
In rebuttal, the public broadcaster states: “The children knew exactly what was going to happen… We had expected a bit of a ruckus. Not everyone will think this is for children and that’s OK. It’s up to the parents to decide if their children can watch.”
Adding on, Jannick Schow, the show’s presenter, defends the program and explains that it is an alternative offered to young audiences instead of relying heavily on the altered images that are prominent on social media.
He tells sources, “Perhaps some people are like, ‘Oh, my God, they are combining nakedness and kids’. But this has nothing to do with sex, it’s about seeing the body as natural, the way kids do.”
There is an utmost importance for a safety protocol on the program — stating that children do not have to participate if they do not feel comfortable themselves.
Parenting expert Sofie Münster tells New York Times, “Danish parenting generally favors exposing children rather than shielding them. This is how we educate our children, we show them reality as it is.”
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