nudity
Sign in to savethumb|right|Naturists in a river, 2014 Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. While estimates vary, for the first 90,000 years of pre-history, anatomically modern humans were naked, having lost their body hair, living in hospitable climates, and not having developed the crafts needed to make clothing.
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Nudity is the state of being without clothing, which is the natural condition humans existed in for most of prehistory before developing the ability to make clothes. Today, nudity appears in various contexts including art, naturism, medical settings, and cultural practices, making it a topic relevant to human history, biology, and society.
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- Terminology
- Origins of nakedness and clothing
- History of nudity
- Ancient and classical history
- Colonialism and racism
- Cultural differences
- Africa
- Asia
- China
- India
- Bangladesh
- Japan
- Korea
- Russia
- Oceania
- South America
- Western societies
- Moral ambiguity
- Abrahamic religions
- Christianity
- Islam
- Sex and gender differences
- Female nudity
- Topfreedom
- Breastfeeding
- Male nudity
- Gender equality
- Child development
- Private versus public
- Sexual and non-sexual nudity
- Concepts of privacy
- High and low context cultures
- Private nudity
- Body image and emotions
- Semi-public nudity
- Steam baths and spas
- Changing rooms and showers
- Arts-related activities
- Public nudity
- Naturism
- Legal issues
- Imposed nudity
- Punishment
- Torture
- Strip search
- Nudity as protest
- Depictions and performance
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Works cited
- Books
- Journal articles
- News
- Websites
thumb|right|Naturists in a river, 2014
Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. While estimates vary, for the first 90,000 years of pre-history, anatomically modern humans were naked, having lost their body hair, living in hospitable climates, and not having developed the crafts needed to make clothing.