WHY do some people find the naked human body so offensive (Naked Truth, Mrs J Raffell, Readers' Letters, May 30)?

There is a world of difference between "exposing" oneself in a licentious way and the harmless eccentricity of naturists.

I personally would not want to participate in such an event myself (much to everyone's delight, I'm sure!) but I have no objection to those who do.

Perhaps Mrs Raffell regards a naked body as a purely sexual object, and not just the natural condition.

Lesley Lickley, Wheatlands Grove, York.