Why is it more difficult to pull clothes on when your skin is wet?

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Why is it more difficult to pull clothes on when your skin is wet?

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The water displaces air. Now pulling the clothes off creates suction (from surface tension and hydrophilic interaction between the water and the fabric/skin).

Taking your wet shirt off while submerged in a pool should be pretty easy! This eliminates the surface tension and thus eliminates the suction. Taking off clothes that are wet but also soapy would do the same!

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