To me, creativity is creativity. If someone were to, for example, create an image of a nude woman, but instead of arms she had dragon wings, then that would probably get my attention, especially if it were done well. It's not something I see everyday, and shows creativity and originality. At least, to me it does.

I think nudity is the taboo that it is because a lot of us Americans are so uptight about it. I know in other countries, people have a more relaxed attitude towards nudity, and don't consider it such a big deal. More than likely quite a few Americans feel the same way, but they are either minorities, or the minorities with the loudest voice have determined that nudity is taboo. I'm generalizing, try not to read too much into that. My point is, nudity is something we're not allowed to see, unless it's in private. If the majority of the artists posting such images are Americans, then that may be a reason why gallery nudity is so prevalent. We almost always seem to want what we can't have, and this is an outlet.

Pumeco is also correct. Sex DOES sell. Every gallery I've ever viewed, if it had an attractive female model in it, nude or not, had more hits than any surrounding image.

I also disagree that just because an image shows full frontal nudity that it is trash. It certainly doesn't belong in these galleries, but that doesn't make it trash. Like I said earlier, there are better places to post such things.

And of course all this is merely my opinion, which is worth the standard going rate of two cents.