{"id":2894,"date":"2022-05-26T00:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-naked-truth\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T00:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:25:04","slug":"the-naked-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-naked-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"The naked truth."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\nI tell you I didn&#8217;t like school. First they would insist you dress <em>up<\/em>. And if you didn&#8217;t do that you would get a dressing <em>down<\/em>. Because they expected you to act <em>against<\/em> your own <em>will<\/em>, like it or <em>no<\/em>. So there was dressing <em>up<\/em> and there was dressing <em>down<\/em> but cross <em>dressing<\/em> was absolutely <em>forbidden<\/em>. <s>In the day.<\/s> After a while I started to <em>think<\/em> they were <em>making<\/em> this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">all<\/span> <em>up<\/em>. That was the <em>beginning<\/em> of my mental <em>undressing<\/em>. Which brings me to you people sitting here now. <em>Unashamed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tell you I didn&#8217;t like school. First they would insist you dress up. And if you didn&#8217;t do that you would get a dressing down. Because they expected you to act against your own will, like it or no. So there was dressing up and there was dressing down but cross dressing was absolutely forbidden. In the day. After a while I started to think they were making this all up. That was the beginning of my mental undressing. Which brings me to you people sitting here now. 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