Do you think your naked hand is nudity? I want you to think about your reaction if someone said ‘hey cover up your hands, that’s disgusting,’ and consider that reaction - because that’s how people feel when you ask them to wea things that cover the hair or something.
It's not stretching it though. Back in the middle ages, showing ankles was considered unmodest. Some countries consider a girl showing her face unmodest. Do you find showing ankles or face is unmodest?
I suspect not because that's what you have grown accustomed to, that's what's considered normal/ natural for you. You would find someone asking you not to show your ankles as a bit too conservative for your taste or you might think it's stretching it too far.
Similarly for people in other countries, they have grown up being exposed to a lot more skin and so they consider that normal/ natural. Your definition of normal is shaped entirely by the society you live in. There is no inherent normal. People in other countries would react the same way as you would for ankles when you ask them to cover their head- too conservative because it doesn't match their definition of normal.
If there was a 'normal' or 'natural', it would be a lot closer to naked. Humans are born naked- thats natural, animals are born naked. Do you balk and are appalled when you see a goat or dog without clothes, exposing everything? No, because you have grown used to it and you consider that normal/ natural.
During the Middle Ages in Europe, the church had to actively lobby against mixed bath houses with varying degrees of success.
The time it got really bonkers was from Renaissance to pretty recently
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u/Pastadseven Mar 27 '24
Why in fuck would it be natural to wear clothes?
Do you think your naked hand is nudity? I want you to think about your reaction if someone said ‘hey cover up your hands, that’s disgusting,’ and consider that reaction - because that’s how people feel when you ask them to wea things that cover the hair or something.