Nudity and unabashed sexuality are growing in the electric age because as TV tattoos its message directly on our skins, it renders clothing obsolescent and a barrier, and the new tactility makes it natural for kids to constantly touch one another as reflected by the button sold in the psychedelic shops: IF IT MOVES, FONDLE IT.
Playboy Interview (1969), in The Essential McLuhan, (1995), p 252
Year: 1969
Chapter:
Clothing and Nakedness
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan