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Re:The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill by sunglasses on Friday August 09, 2013 @07:57AM (#6185068)
"swimming costumes"... are you British? :)

But yes, this apprehension of nudity is something I've always found so bizarre. Why is seeing skin of our species such a big deal? At what point of our social evolution did it evolve that way (because the idea of clothing is pretty universal to humans).

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Re:The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill by Symmetry on Friday August 09, 2013 @10:27AM (#6185837)
The idea of clothing isn't quite universal, but nearly so. Still, we're something of an outlier in how serious our nudity taboo is. As far as I can tell most cultures are ok with women going around topless and most think that it's ok for men and women to see each other naked when bathing, though I guess Hollywood is changing that.
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