Apr 12 2010, 03:52 PM
QUOTE(mumeichan @ Aug 14 2009, 09:23 PM)
You can't leave religion out of the picture because the reason why people wear clothes have a lot to do with religion. Over time, it has become a core feature in human culture all over the world.
One important thing about clothes is they are worn not so much to cover up the body even though being naked is not something widely accepted now. Normally when you wear clothes, your thoughts are not "Ok I've got to cover myself up." it's more likely to be "Am I going to look good in this?". It more about shaping our image. Clothes in every culture have much more of a symbolic rather than practical function. If you've ever read about some famous Amazon tribe which I can't recall now, you know that they wear various pieces of cloth an ornaments on their body. However it doesn't function to protect them at all. Their feet which is by far exposed to the most abuse if not covered by a single thread.
Feeling uneasy when you see someone naked has much more to do with conforming to social norms rather than nakedness being repulsive on it's own. If people were truly appalled by nudity, you think they'd enjoy sex that much? You just feel uneasy when you seeing someone naked if it's a public affair. Do you feel uneasy if you're alone and there's a picture of a naked person on you're computer screen? What happens if unexpected you friend barges and and see what's on your screen?
First and foremost, human commenced to cloth themselves has nothing to do with religion. There are still savages who inhabited the Amazonian and Papuan jungles that go around naked despite having some sort of animistic religious belief. Clothing has to do with moral value of a society. A clothing style from 2000 years ago might not be applicable in modern 21st century. The society determined the level of modesty and acceptability as norms, a human merely goes parallel with the norms and abide by it. One important thing about clothes is they are worn not so much to cover up the body even though being naked is not something widely accepted now. Normally when you wear clothes, your thoughts are not "Ok I've got to cover myself up." it's more likely to be "Am I going to look good in this?". It more about shaping our image. Clothes in every culture have much more of a symbolic rather than practical function. If you've ever read about some famous Amazon tribe which I can't recall now, you know that they wear various pieces of cloth an ornaments on their body. However it doesn't function to protect them at all. Their feet which is by far exposed to the most abuse if not covered by a single thread.
Feeling uneasy when you see someone naked has much more to do with conforming to social norms rather than nakedness being repulsive on it's own. If people were truly appalled by nudity, you think they'd enjoy sex that much? You just feel uneasy when you seeing someone naked if it's a public affair. Do you feel uneasy if you're alone and there's a picture of a naked person on you're computer screen? What happens if unexpected you friend barges and and see what's on your screen?
It is determined by majority of ancient as well as present human that it's vulgar, immodest and shameful to expose beneath our belly or waist. Therefore, we are sort of morally obliged to "fit" into the cultural predetermination. Though the nudists camps in the West are quite well known, it's still repulsive for them to walk around on the street and doing that will cause them to end up behind bars.
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