(06 May 2021, 00:11 )Like Ra Wrote: Why is public nudity prohibited?
Because it boils down to majority collective entitlement.
Take a substantial sample size group and you will have an X amount of people who will feel offended and sexually confronted and/or threatened by public nudity.
It's a psychological effect of ambiguity.
Regardless of the behaviour of a nude person in public, it's the interpretation and perception of ambiguity at the root of labeling this nude person as neutral or as a threat.
In most cases the perception will be inclined to interpret the sole factor of nudity as "If you are not clearly for me (my safety) then you must probably be against me." (as a predatory threat). This interpretation is not unlikely in the case of say, a 16 year old girl, passing through the park after class hours.
Now it happens to be that these social constructs have protective structures in place such as patriarchy etc. ( the entitled fathers and caretakers who've sworn to protect their wives and daughters from whomever they identify as "predators")
In the end, those groups form large majority clusters - and those majority clusters voted to institute such rules.
Fastforward to modern times ; For example, just google 'meggings, mens leggings, MAMIL and bulges' and you will likely find the word "predatory" mentioned in the respective articles in the same breath.
