John Berger. The art of seeing (№ 397473)

Stranger nudity is the evidence that causes a very strong feeling of relief. She's just a woman like any other. Or: he is a man like any other. We are struck by the marvelous simplicity of the familiar sexual mechanism.
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We didn't expect to see them different, but the power and complexity of our senses create a feeling of uniqueness, which is scattered at the sight of another what it is. It is more similar to other people of their sex, than different from them. This offers us a warm and friendly (as opposed to cold and impersonal) the anonymity of nakedness.
To say it another way: exposure brings with it an element of banality <...>