[LexBaird]

Whose trying to justify it? Just saying that some historical figures went nude in public/semi private places.

[ansel12]

Did Franklin expose himself to the women and children of the neighborhood?
"John Quincy Adams did. He regularly skinny dipped in the Potomac. He was caught there by one of the first female journalists.

All you know is that a female reporter found out where his secret spot was and caught him on his 5am dip, she could hardly have blackmailed him and been the first woman to interview a president if he was willing to step out of the water and gather his clothes, you haven't shown anything to do with this case of a man being convicted of showing himself to two different women and a child.