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Norms against nudity being based on abrahamic religions is still wrong.

It’s like saying norms against murder are based on abrahamic religions because the 10 commandments say so.

Cultures the world over have general norms against nudity in nearly all contexts, and also have norms against murder in nearly all contexts. Clearly the driving force that makes humans have norms against nudity or murder is more fundamental than religion.

Abrahamic religions may add a particular flavor to it, but it’s icing on a big cake

Anthropologically, given that every mass civilization that’s ever existed regulated nudity in public settings, there’s likely some sociological advantage to it that enables communities of people to reach scale and endure.

Do you have a single counter example of a large scale human community (10,000+ people) where public nudity was normal?



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