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ismnotwasm

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6. It's too bad it's not simply optional
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 12:15 PM
Apr 2013

Not just for attractive young women, but anybody. Clothes are protective of course, but can signify status, so in that way they divide. If someone dresses oddly, or out of gender norms certain assumptions are made. A man in a suit gives a different impression than a man in a flannel shirt and work boots. I think clothing can profoundly affect opinion.

It would be interesting to live in a world where the only clothing oddity would be the weather--- if someone was running around naked the cold.

I wonder how social barriers would change? If the little tells clothing gives off weren't present?

Being human, I suspect we'd do more body art, because for all our lemming like qualities, we feel ourselves to be, and experience the world as individuals.

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Shame and modesty are learned behaviors. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #1
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Yep-- probably has a lot more to do with no fur, footpads or hooves, but... TreasonousBastard Mar 2013 #3
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Sackcloth.... defacto7 Apr 2013 #5
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It's too bad it's not simply optional ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #6
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It all goes together. rrneck Apr 2013 #9
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