No, this article is not a guide on how to effectively streak at your nine-to-five job. In fact, I would highly advise against this, even being the type of person that I am; a person who loves to be naked.

If it were socially acceptable, I would be naked as much as possible. After a long day, I ritualistically come back to my room and immediately rip off my clothing. I like to take tasteful nudes of myself. It’s not even a sexual thing, most of the time; I just really like being naked.

When a photographer and friend of mine asked if she could shoot me naked sometime, I was at first thrilled. Being the skilled artist that she is, I knew the photos would be absolutely bomb.

I ended up declining, because “you know, I have to get a job and stuff.”

It’s been about a year since I turned her down, but I still think about it from time to time. I don’t regret not doing the shoot, but I remain disappointed. Disappointed because I know that, even 20 or 30 years down the line, if a prospective employer were to find those photos there would be a good chance that they would turn down my application. Why is it that my career opportunities are involved with my personal bodily choices?

An article in Huffpost Women details from an ex-porn model’s perspective the nearly insurmountable struggle of finding a job after being in the porn industry. “I got two emails seconds apart from one company,” the author recounts, “the first said that they wanted to schedule an interview, and the second canceled it, stating their distaste for my past positions.” This woman went into porn on her own volition: however, many people find themselves trapped in a darker side of the industry at a very young age. How are we to help these people leave the industry if harsh reality dictates that their only career opportunity lies in performing videotaped sexual acts they may or may not be comfortable with?

On a similar note, I remain appalled that an angry ex’s decision to send “revenge porn” to your workplace can actually get you fired. In other words, even the non-consensual sharing of naked photos can damage career opportunities.

The fact of the matter is: we are all naked under that shirt. Everyone has a naked body; everyone from the Queen of England to, yes, your boss. I am puzzled that the naked body remains a strict taboo and is to be kept covered in most situations; and if it’s not, this somehow lessens your capabilities as an employee. Why would I want to work for someone who would place my worth on the naked body that all humans possess?

I imagine a perfect world where one can take pictures dancing in their birthday suit on Sunday and still walk into their office on Monday morning.