My guess is the ability to make cheap clothes and the invention of private baths. I mean, back in the day, people wore clothes less often because clothing wasn't was easy to make. Most kids went entirely naked because to make them clothes (only for them to out grow them in a year or so) was a waste. Then of course, most people had to bathe publically. Only the wealthy had their own personal bathhouse.Alucard788 said:It is...and I wonder sometimes how this switch got turned off. it almost seems like we were more sexually 'free' in the very primitive times...and in a way men were more free as well. Able to be proud of there bodies and have no fear of being nude.Mallefunction said:It is kind of ironic, considering that women were forbidden from being sculpted or painted nude (unless it was the physical representation of a goddess) back in the day. Only men were allowed to be depicted nude.
It's also kind of insulting because it implies that nudity can only be seen as sexual and not mean anything outside of physical gratification. Not to say that I can't appreciate a nice body, but still. When I see nudity, my first thought is how this relates to the character or what message the creator is trying to convey by literally baring their character.
Makes ya wonder what happened.
Why women are more accepted as nude...I'd guess it's the women's lib and the bra burning. Not to say that was a bad thing to do, but it did open some doors that I think were detrimental to men and women alike. It's less about being nude for the sake of being free and more about trying to appeal to as many potential mates as possible...
This is all just speculation of course XD