Could You Date Someone That Got Naked For a Living?

Posted by NWSO • March 22, 2011 • Printer-friendly

WORDS BY SUNSET

When I started figure modeling, I never considered that it might limit my dating prospects, or that my potential husband would have a problem with it. Boy, was I wrong.

I began modeling for art classes years ago when the opportunity fell in to my lap. While it may sound odd to some, I realized right away that I was good at it. There's just something exhilarating about being naked in front of strangers. In fact, I often felt invigorated afterwards.

Despite how it sounds, the work is completely non-sexual. Ask any artist, they'll tell you that the body becomes an object, just like a vase or statue, but the men I’ve dated haven’t always seen it that way. When I first started, there was a guy I was dating who told me that he wouldn't have been happy with it. During our relationship, I never modeled, but not because of him; the opportunity just didn't present itself.

Now that I'm older, more confident in myself and more mature, I’ve really come to enjoy this hobby. I'd hate to give it up for a guy, and I'd hate to have a guy resent me because I get naked in front of strangers.

Recently, I've taken my modeling further, posing for photographers, and leaping out of the "purely artistic" realm and into the erotic. I approach these photo shoots as an art model; there’s no Black Tail-style images in my photo sets.

Once I made that leap, I realized that I'd have to date a guy who was an artist or photographer that respected and understood this kind of art. I know that the Average Joe wouldn’t want to date a woman who has naked pictures online. And that's actually okay with me. Figure modeling makes me happy; it's a part of who I am, and I have no interest in sacrificing who I am for a guy that can’t love me in all my glory.

Could you date someone that got naked for a living? Would it make a difference if you met someone who used to pose nude years ago but had stopped? Do you view figure modeling differently than stripping? Why or why not? Can you appreciate the body as a piece of art? How would you feel if your significant other had nude pictures online? Would it matter if they were “artistic” images or graphic? Could your ego put up with knowing that other people have seen your partner naked?

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Sunset is a budding writer and art model. You can view her work on Tumblr, Twitter & PangeaFarden.com (NSFW).

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Amber

I would be fine if it was for art classes, in fact I would love to do it myself. It is just the graphic that makes me iffy. If I was confident he was comfortable with it and was doing it for the sake of art, It would be fine. I think the naked body is one of the most beautiful things, past or present nudity is all fine with me.
NaeSoBitchie

No I absoulutely could NOT!! I'm stingy with my man and I'm stingy with my goodies (lol Missy Said it). But seriously, it dosent matter if ur stripping or posing for an art class Nude is Nude, it dosent matter if its Non sexual. Would I be friends with sum one who does this? Hell yeah why not.
JC

No it wouldn't bother me. At the end of the day he is dating/in a relationship with me.
Rastaman

I made the decision sometime ago that I would never seriously date women who were engaged in the following professions: Pornography actress, stripping or prostitution. Due to the social stigma that accompanies those types of jobs it is very likely that women who are have some damage to their psyche. There are probably exceptions but I am not too keen of trying to figure that out. A generalization but it is my preference. Posing nude covers the wide spectrum from a sketch model in the local community center to spreading your snatch in a glossy or online. So I would have to make that determination based on what I am comfortable with.
Having seen both figure models and strippers perform and it is very different. Atmosphere and intent is different and I have yet to see anyone fingering a figure model while slipping her a dollar and the lighting in strip clubs suck if you trying to sketch. I don’t see another person’s body as a piece of art, what I see as art is a representation of that body in drawing, paintings or photographs.
As someone who loathes having even my casual photos online, I would be a little wary of being with someone with nude pictures online being a very private individual. If they are graphic in nature they would give me reason to pause. I figure that all my partners have been seen naked by someone else so I think I am past my ego being hurt. I am more concerned with the unwarranted attention that comes with someone who is in a line of work that requires them to be publicly nude. That is more about my need for privacy than anything they do to make a living.
jaclynsd

If it was for an artistic matter it wouldnt really bother me. I actualy love art and photo shots that focus on the beauty of the body rather than the sexual or pornagraphy. I couldnt date a stripper being that i've gone to a few bachelorette parties and what they do is quite different than posing for an art peice. I do however agree that you have to love the person for whom they are and that may also mean accepting what they do. Although someone is not always their job, for some, it is a big representation of what they believe and stand for. That seems to be the case in this piece. If you dont agree or accept their proffession then you shouldnt be w/them because that's part of who they are and you cant separate the too. No one should be forced to change for someone else's liking, this also includes their job, you either accept the person whole heartedly or you move on to the next. It's really that simple.
Ebere

I love being naked,i am very comfortable in my skin and I'm never afraid to show it to whoever i deem fit,but i wouldn't be comfortable having a naked picture of myself online or in display as there might be people i might not like looking at it wankers etc..lol....but i don't mind anyone seeing my significant other naked if he doesn't mind...If he can flaunt it for the world to see I'm happy knowing i get all the pleasures of those goodies everyone is gawking at.LOL
http://Www.twitter.com/sunsetsarefree Sunset

Well there ya go!
da ThRONe

Doesn't really bother me, but I am pretty liberal in that area of life. I think we make too much of nudity. What's the big deal if a person is comfrontable with their bodies why should we hold that against them.
http://www.urbanpackrat.com Glendon Cameron

Er...NO, NO and NO, been there and done that. Speaking from experience( however myopic that may be) I would never be comfortable with my love stripping for dollars whether it is for artistic purposes or ones of an erotic nature . I use to be that liberal until I started dating a stripper, it was cool for a minute, she was classy and presented herself well on and off stage.

Then I got to know her and some of her peers, it was an eye opening experience! Many of those woman are so fucked up in the head it is scary! What I heard, seen and shook my head at, is indelibly etched on my mind. MANY of those woman augment their lap dance routines with coochie massages for dudes named "Ben, Grant and Washington.”

When a woman is in that line of work, her thought process of what a man should or should not be is serious skewed by dudes giving up mortgage money for a little booty dust magic.
I tried it two more times and the results were the same, give me a salad eating, book reading, keep my ass at home chick any day!
Chrissy

Yes, I would date someone who did this profession for a living. I honestly have thought about it myself...but I have to keep a job and I wouldnt want them finding out, so....
http://Www.twitter.com/sunsetsarefree Sunset

I can see where you're coming from regarding strippers. That line of work changes women, and it has a lot to do with selling their bodies as sexual objects only. But what about a woman whose work is erotic abd artistic but has nothing to do with making money? The money I make is a little spending change, nothing compared to what a stripper makes. If I wanted to get PAID for getting naked, I'm in the land of the booty clubs. I could start stripping tomorrow.
I only work with people who respect me and my body, as do most other women that I know who do what I do. What's ironic is, I am a salad-eating, stay at home, read a book chick. To a fault (I need to get out more). I just like taking naked pictures too. *shrugs*
NaeSoBitchie

All those who say "Yes I would date some one who's in that line of work" is friggin lying!! How do u bring him/her around ya family? When the "what do u do for a livng?" Question is asked how does he/she respond??
sunshyne84

sure I'd date a coffee table book model *shrug*
http://whatsonmymind09.blogspot.com Marcia H.

How can you say someone is lying if you don't know the person?
http://whatsonmymind09.blogspot.com Marcia H.

I would not have an issue with dating someone who gets naked for a living. I do draw the line at pornography though. I actually would be extremely proud to date a man who women love to look at and wish they had. To know that I'm going home to him and he with me would make me smile from ear to ear.

The body is a work of art. There are some beautiful masterpieces walking around everyday and I LOVE admiring them! Hell it's free and depending on the art I can take it home to admire some more!
NaeSoBitchie

Easy!! I just did.
liza

I don t think I would have a problem with the figure modelling but nowadays naked pictures are always called art when they actually aren t (eg Lady Gaga).I personally prefer paintings.
da ThRONe

Just because you may be afraid to be yourself doesn't mean others are lying. If somebody ask you tell them whatever you want. If they have a problem with who you are with that's their business.
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http://undressingher.com undressingHER

as someone else said, I would be open to "date" a woman who posed in art classes to art students could paint her...if the class was all female. Seriously though, in an artistic view, it wouldn't bother me at all. Especially since it's just going out. Now if she was exposed on some amateur homegrown website...that might be different.
http://realestdudeintheroom.com RDITR

I'd be ok with dating a nude model. At a minimum, you know that they are confident, open and they will likely take care of their body over the years.

The more I think about it, the better it sounds.

Call me.
Baribone14

Me personally would not be comfortable dating a woman that shows her body. I just think that if we are together her body is for me to see not everyone else.
Bryan MacIntyre

HI i am a aspiring photographer who has no problem dating anybody who poses nude but i might have a problem with anyone in the porn business, I to would like to take classic nude photo,s of the female form.
Ernie

The short answer is .. ABSOLUTELY...!!! I wouldn't even give it a second thought. There is nothing sexual about what you do, and i particularly enjoy art, and would probably ask her to let me see her at work... and probably ask her to let me try to draw her. I am a scientist by trade, but i do dabble in the arts every once in a while, photography, drawing, painting. My only real concern is would be that its done in a classy way ... in other words, i would like for it to be ok to show my friends what you do. Another concern would be your mental attitude towards the work. I can understand your appreciation for art, and how being objectified in that manner can make you feel beautiful and appreciated, but if its a cry for attention , then there might be a more serious issue .... OTher than that.... I AM SO DOWN FOR DATING A NUDE MODEL..!!
Siante J

It all depends on the degree of modeling and how you define "art".
dave

i can see no problem as my personel experience is as follows i started to learn to draw and then went to a life drawing class and did for a short time date a german girl who was a model for our class one day she has since returned to germany but she persueded me to try as a art model myself and i have done so on a irregular basis and i met my present lady as a model in her class and i even had the experience of being the model one afternoon in a class that was enterely female so the answer is it can be a bit nerve wracking at first but great once you get over the nerves of being the only naked person in a studio
Anonymous

we justify being naked in the art studio by claiming that as long as it is for "art", it's just cool.
the naked human body, however, is all about sex....no, really!
the guys whose stick figures are even artistically challenged, come to these sessions for the t and a. (the memories of which they later lustily masturbate to)
the women pose here because they know they are the men's objects of desire.
and then there are the men (like me, for instance) who pose naked at these sessions because, well, because we are men.
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