Clothing is considered one of the most essential things we need for basic survival, up there with food, water, housing, and healthcare. Those all make sense. But I’ve been naked for hours on end, many times before, and I’m just fine.
It honestly seems more like a social thing (e.g. public nudity is a social taboo) than anything that is scientifically linked to survival.
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I’d have to assume you live in a climate that affords you that luxury. Not all do.
Anyone that’s ever faced the 60 mph frozen winds of Lake Michigan would probably take a different stance on what is considered essential clothing than someone on the dry arid planes of Texas.
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