ha ha, yeah you're right, nudity shouldn't be given the attention it gets, but that's just the nature of our puritan society I guess. I mean, thinking about this makes me remember Princess Leia in her gold bikini, which was also a little gratuitous, but at the same time, also demonstrated that she was a woman, and that all the characters had progressed into adulthood, and with it, sexuality.
I have mixed feelings about the nudity of Carol, I understand where you're coming from, but at the same time, it just seemed out of place. Plus, her abs were unreal.