His whole point is that in society in general, and in the classroom in particular, we need to moderate our passions. Prohibition is not modest in its moderation. Dr. Manhardt misses Mr. Wiker s threefold point about the naked guy. First, immodesty distracts, especially those of the opposite sex, from other things, particularly things of an intellectual nature. Secondly, men and women are affected in different proportions by bodily exposure.
Men are more prone to lust.
Pornography reflects this. Dr. Manhardt does point to a real problem in society and one that is, I believe, primarily to blame for much of the immodesty in our society. That is that men are not being men. Man is the head of the household and family. And if the head is bad, the whole body suffers.