Just what is the point of clothe?

[Obnoxious]

Why is it that as humans, we must wear clothe? Just where in evolution's line did we pick up this trait and forgot to drop it? I know a large group of people speculate that we wear clothe to protect us from cold and such, and that's perfectly understandable.

But some few thousand years ago when people lived virtually on the equator and other such humid and hot areas, why have humans not dropped this dirty habit of wearing clothe? Why not just let it all out?!

[Nevermore]

Some do.

[Severian]

If you lived in Scotland like me, you would never suggest this. brrrrr

[Hellbender]

Why is it that as humans, we must wear clothe? Just where in evolution's line did we pick up this trait and forgot to drop it?

Our ancestors originated on the African savannah, where having fur like other apes would have been a disadvantage. Other savannah-dwelling mammals have sparse hair fur as well. Our species (and other archiacs before us) began to migrate to more diverse climes, many of them cold. Instead of adapting longer hair again, we simply used our inventive minds and killed other mammals and used their fur. We still wear simpler clothes for lots of reasons, many cultural and many practical, but humans are hooked on clothing and will always be.

[jdurg]

Besides, do you realize just how difficult it would be to get work done if you were around a good looking coworker? It would be a bit difficult to hide your interest in her.

[reverse]

naw .

 

you would be used to it.

 

ps, if we are ditching clothes, women would take forever to put on their makeup.

they would have to do all of the surface area.

 

my thought on why we wear clothes is one of status, individualism, and enabling us to move into hostile environments.

 

That's what "man" does.

rather than evolving claws to match a lion... we reform parts of our environment into tools (like weapons) and clothing etc..

[H2SO4]

Besides, do you realize just how difficult it would be to get work done if you were around a good looking coworker? It would be a bit difficult to hide your interest in her.

 

 

 

I think it would be no big deal. It would be an everyday thing, like how dudes can walk around in public with out shirts on. Sadly though, women can't.

[AzurePhoenix]

I'm just thankful for the protection they give against sunburn and bug bites, or scratches from course vegetation out in the desert or the woods.

[NavajoEverclear]

amen azure, and i think clothes are rather interesting in several respects. Plus they make nudity more mysterious and valuable. I just think it shouldn't be taboo to remove clothing as a symbol of intimacy, not necisarily sexual. Just an affection being more open and such

[Crash]

Going back through highschool would be interesting for the boys with out clothes:)

word Navajo!

[Flareon]

Another major reason besides environmental protection and aesthetics: germs.

 

If people discarded their clothing, every park bench, subway seat, church pew, etc...would become contaminated. There would be dangerously prevalent inter-genital contact, however indirectly. And from the undergarment fashions of our day (eg, thong, g-string) and the astrocious hygiene of some people, mere underwear would not be sufficient, IMO. Same goes for shoes. There's a lot of diseases you can catch by walking barefoot on the same floor (eg, athletes's foot, nail fungus), that's why restaurants necessitate them, and it would do one well to wear sandals in the gym shower.

 

The germ factor is rather metropolitan one, and it wouldn't necessarily apply to the tribal or nomadic peoples. Thus, these peoples do not require clothing and shoes, but still focus on the aesthetic aspects of covering their bodies by using paint, jewelry, and other markers to denote their status and individuality.