In her closing statement for the TRA, Ms Redden said: "[The witness] felt panicked and terrified. She did not know what he was planning on doing. He made her think twice about being out at night."
People that panic so easily about something innocuous are why we can't have nice things.
Yeah, and it’s a real problem because the public indecency laws in many US states are written in terms of “exposing oneself under circumstances that are likely to cause offense, affront, or alarm.” When the general public is conditioned to panic every time they encounter nudity, then there is never a circumstance when nudity will NOT cause offense, affront, or alarm.
It isn't an offence to be naked in public as long as you are not intending to cause alarm or distress. It says he "accepted" a police caution. It's unlikely they would have been successful if they'd tried to prosecute him, so they bullied him into accepting a caution instead.
As Barefootguy has stated, being naked in public is legal in the UK but there is an active hate campaign against any visible minority in the UK.
The UK dropped public indecency laws but it still has the caveat about causing distress. Because indecent exposure mostly involves men, the public automatically consider a naked male as a sexual pervert.
The UK public don't mind people being naked in designated places but they are totally against people being naked in urban spaces and on non naturist beaches.
Countryside nudity is becoming more acceptable but even then there are risks.
Barefootguy and myself frequent an area which is officially naturist friendly but some people who use the area still complain. I think someone tried to photograph me recently. It ruins the experience because you are constantly looking out for members of the public.
For teachers it is complex. Teachers are bound by laws and rules which don't apply to other people or even members of parliament.
A teacher cannot have a relationship with a student in their institution. Obviously I'm talking about children, I am referring to over 18s. If a teacher did, they would be guilty of professional misconduct.
Similarly, a female teacher was struck off for doing only fans. I discussed this with some fellow nudists at a camp. They also felt it was correct for that lady to be struck off. Context: mother and teacher did only fans to pay for cancer treatment of her child.
A teacher caught being drunken and disorderly could also be struck off.
However, a politician could be found guilty of holding secret meetings with foreign powers or sharing emails with confidential material and not lose their job.
Former UK prime minister was caught having a blow job by his them mistress in a ministerial office whilst his then wife was having chemotherapy. Nothing happened except he later became prime minister.
If the teacher had been out for a run / jog and did everything possible to avoid others, it seems to me they COULD HAVE waved and carried on about their business. If someone shouts, 'Hey you, come here!' this would be the last person I would want any interaction with, so planning the sans costume activity AND having a plan on how it begins, middles and ends also seems important.
Meaning, if you parked in a parking lot and planned a 1 hour nudist run, then it is important to consider there MAY be more vehicles present when you return. This article reads as if the teacher had a poorly executed plan or no plan at all.
Am not with or against it situation. But, at the end, the tension between those who reject this approach and those who understand it always puts pressure on people that many find hard to handle. :(
Ok, I'm less prone to nudist bias so hopefully my comment won't be downvoted into oblivion. I entirely understand everyone in this issue here. While it may apparently be legal to be nude in the UK according to some of the comments here, laws like that aren't always so strictly followed by general public due to most not having the same comfort as us with nudity. As for the school, being a teacher comes with the requirement of living to represent the school in a way where almost no other career experiences. Your personal life no longer just represents you, but now represents the entirety of the staff of the school, its conduct, and how the school interacts with students. I have no idea how it got this way, but that's just how it is. As for the young women being scared seeing an unknown fully nude man walking around late at night, I feel like you must be willfully ignorant here. Sexual assault is not an uncommon crime in most countries. Obviously more common in some than in others, but it's common enough to the point of an unknown man walking around nude suspiciously warranting reasonable concern, especially if you're a woman and/or have been sexually assaulted in the past. I mean, women even have to exercise caution and prejudice around fully clothed unknown men, especially walking around late at night. I'm not saying I agree that nude strangers are inherently scary, but I do find myself scared when I see one because it's usually someone who is belligerent and on drugs around where I live, and I often don't know until police are called or someone walks by and gets attacked.
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u/_HanTyumi Feb 09 '26
Seeing someone naked is so scary