Sensual Nudity an emerging trend in fashion threatening dignity

Sensual Nudity an emerging trend in fashion

threatening dignity

Gabriella Sabatini looked sexy on court. She was elegant

and late Ayo Oshitelu once wrote that the Argentine tennis

girl would easily win a beauty contest if she entered for

any. Her figure was amazing and facial beauty incredible.

Walking from the net to the baseline after making a point

was thrilling. There was music in her steps. Ositelu, in one

of his trips to Wimbledon wrote that her beauty attracted

more fans to the arena than the game she played. Sabatini

appeared sexy in her times but the reigning players now

have made her show a child’s play.

At the Olympic Games, World Championships and other

international events the skimpy wears of athletes have

become part of the game. They entertain the eyes. Ever

wondered why people spend hundreds of dollars to buy

tickets for events that would be aired on television? You

can’t beat the stadium atmosphere. The television cameras

do not pick all the fans enjoy in venues. The elegance of

athletes entertains. The athletes appear to be aware of the

imagination they create in the minds of fans and they make

efforts to outdo each other. We are talking about female

athletes. They make sure that fans have value for their

money. Nobody goes to the Olympic games and regrets it.

You are thoroughly entertained by the actions on the courts

and the apparels of the female athletes.

It is not only in sports that women have taken upper hand in

entertaining fans. Male musicians sometimes wear jackets

which they fling to the fans or simply pull off while

performing. Not so with women. They must entertain with

some nudity. And the fans like it. Female artists the world

over have opted to debase the sanctity of womanhood in

their acts, a conservative person may argue. But the world

is changing and sex sells. From the ancient days to now,

the dignity of a woman lies in her body. But female

entertainers in the music industry, drama, sport and

modelling have carried their performances beyond the

ordinary. To them, there’s dignity in the creating

imagination in the minds of all. From America, Europe and

down to Africa performing almost nude on stage and

posting nude photographs online have become a

phenomenon.

Jennifer Lopez, a global figure and a mother of two stirred

the honest nest in her stage performance at the recent

America music award and a British female

journalist,ANNABEL COLE writing in The Daily Mail

captured her with these words: “She mounted the podium

decked on a tight-hugging body suit, fish-net tight and

lashing of lipsticks. Critics liken her display to that of an

aspiring starlet who was in a hurry to make fame in the

competitive music world.

From one end of the stage to another, Lopez gyrates

provocatively treating the audience to eye watering views of

her naked body as she rendered the lyrics of her new song,

titled, Booty. For the audience, it was as if the popular

female musician was communicating the lyrics of her song

with her anatomy. As she craws suggestively across the

stage, displaying her famously curvy derrière and at a point,

spanking Australian rapper, Iggy Azalea who is young

enough to be her son.

“This overtly sexy act by Jennifer Lopez has elicited

divergent reactions even among her fans.’But watching this

aggressively titillating performance from the comfort of his

sofa, one of her adult male fans said; ‘’I was overwhelmed

by the desire to hide my face behind the cushions. My

15year- old daughter, Elsa, watching alongside with me

was even less charitable. Yuck! She shrievelled. She’s way

too old to be doing that.’’

Ironically, thrice divorced Jennifer Lopez is surely not the

only artist who wants to show global audience how sexier

they are as singers despite their age. Madonna, who’s 56

also seems to be trying in putting her young rivals on the

edge. She frequently appears on stage in her sheer bra tops

that leave almost nothing to the imagination of the

audience. Her regular stage costumes of fishnet skirts and

suspenders flashing her knickers at the audience did not

suggest otherwise.

“Still on the trail of nude female singers is 68 years old Cher

whose latest dress to kill tour would have been dabbed

Dress To Die Of Embarrassment. Cher recently performed in

a sheer fringed body stocking with her modesty covered by

pink sequinned nipple tassels. But unfortunately, it does not

seem as though any woman of her age would want to flaunt

her body in such debasing manner.

“Just last month, 44 years old Mariah Carey was reported to

have worn a mini skirt that appears to show her gusset,

while her ample embodiment was barely held in check by

her strapless, jewelled bustier in a concert in China”.

Nigeria Female Entertainers Go Nude Too

From the music scene to Nollywood, Nigerian female artists

seem to embrace this trend. Today, performing almost nude

has become another way of showing how sexy they are.

This openness to emotional susceptibility has demonstrated

that the female artists have the emotional capacities to

achieve their pursuit of sensual pleasures.

Available reports showed that celebs going naked is not

exactly a new phenomenon. Last year witnessed more of

them shedding their sensitive parts in the name of

promotion. At the moment, Nigerian female celebrities nude

photos inspire instant fascination from fans. With the likes

of Singer Maheeda, Dencia, actress and Afrocandy model,

Ify Jones, Tiwa Savage, Cossy Orjiakor, Tonto Dikeh, Ini

Edo, the most beautifully girl in Nigeria [MBGN], Munachia

Abii now rapper, Eku Edewor and others blazing the trial, the

trend is on fire in Nigeria. Female celebs have a way of

converting every advantage into an opportunity to display

their attributes, be it on the red carpet or on instagram

photo. This trend has assumed unprecedented dimension

as these female artists crave to forge ahead in their career

as actors or models. For a beginner, it starts with dressing

half nude just like a test with one weary foot before

committing the whole body.

Nude Maheeda spills iced cream and milk over herself. But

the singer has dismissed her critics, saying ,‘’it’s

deliberate. I know what I’m doing. The pictures are not

targeted at anything. It’s all about attention and there’s no

mistake about it. This business of music is called show

business and I’m convinced I’m on the right track. I owe no

apologies. I just realised this way will be faster hit than any

other way. The pictures are working for me”.

In Churches Too

Not even religious temples are spared by women who opt to

dress in the name of sex appeal. Today, women also dress

up in sexy styles in churches. And they are causing

sensation.

. The Archbishop Emeritus of the metropolitan See of Lagos,

Anthony Cardinal Olubumi Okojie attested this much in a

recent gathering. “Most girls nowadays go around almost

naked all in the name of fashion with the so called

‘’Spaghetti” or micro mini” kind of dresses. It is more

disheartening when one finds mothers with the sacred parts

of their bodies exposed, all in the name of fashion’’.

This trend which seems peculiar to new generation

churches has become a sight too in orthodox churches

known for their conservative disposition. As bizarre as it

may sound, married women have joined the foray. On

worship days, residents in the neighbourhood of Oregun in

Lagos are treated to free eye watering view of sexy dressed

female worshippers who throng the churches domiciled in

the vicinity. One of the residents who gave his name as

Ifeanyi Olise said, Sundays in Oregun is interesting.

“We feed our eyes with all manner girls who dress sexy and

women alike as though they are in beauty contest trying to

outdo one another in the house of God. But the most painful

of this experience remains the married women, who too,

want to show off how trendy they could be in their tight-

hugging skirts or blouses”.

But in a swift reaction, a female worshipper in one of the

churches who would not want her name in print told

Saturday Vanguard that women must not risk losing their

husbands to teenagers because they want to dress

conservatively.

Lead us not into temptation

Pastors have had to restrain themselves from the tempting

display of sexy wears by some of these women in churches.

They are human and sometimes they fall to these

temptations.

Nollywood Too

Apart from the romantic scenes which dot most Nollywood

films, their sexy costumes have become another source of

attraction. This trend is peculiar to renowned Actress as

Tonto Dikeh, Mercy Johnson, Ini Edo and host of others. But

the trend is global and they are just trying to keep pace with

the changing world of entertainment.

Why Going Nude?

For female entertainers all over the world, going almost

naked shows how sexy they are. It helps promote their

works and also elicits imagination from the fans. But for the

old generation artists, as Jennifer Lopez and her

contemporaries, they want to remain relevant in the industry

that is fast becoming wild.

Most upcoming female artists who indulge in the act want

to hit limelight in a jiffy which in turn could earn them

mileage in terms of promotion.

Interestingly, a recent psychological study showed that men

who regularly lust to view exposed breasts of women could

live longer. According to the report, viewing the breasts

arouses excitement that releases some hormones in men

that make them live longer. Though much as this fact

cannot be empirically verified, the much touted claim that

laughter also promotes good health could attest to this

claim.

In sports, Nudity is the game

In the exciting world of sports, nudity is part of the game.

Female athletes dazzle fans with their skimpy wears. Apart

from their sheer brilliance in the game, spectators fall over

heels in sheer admiration of what they see.

From the tracks to the tennis courts, and from the beach

volleyball to the gymnasium and to the swimming pool, the

entertainment in today’s sports is also in fashion. The

female athletes who, apart from their dexterity in the game,

thrill the spectators with their skimpy sport wears and tight-

hugging apparels attract admiration. This disposition of the

female athletes adds colour to the entertainment they bring

forth.

Besides the cheering of the spectators, the photo journalists

go wild with their cameras clicking from every impossible

angles in order to capture the ‘potent’ part of a female

athlete. It’s part of the game. Hence, papparazis and photo-

journalists would always take front-row seat awaiting any

wardrobe malfunction or a slide that will show the full

weight of what lies down under. Check out the likes of

Serena Williams.

And the fans seem to be conscious of the fact that nudity

sells in sports. A recall of how tickets to the female Beach

volleyball matches at the London 2012 Olympics were sold

at record prices in the first hour of being made public in the

weeks before the global sporting extravaganza attests this.

Surprisingly, most of those who bought front-row seats to

watch these sexy beach volleyball ladies were mainly

white-collar job guys.

In Nigeria, the queen of the track, Mary Oyenli Omagbemi,

Olympic long jump medallist, Chioma Ajuwa, a host of other

athletes of that time and now Blessing Okagbare had, in

their various athletic exploits, given fans a lot to cheer. It’s

all part of the game.

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 20:46