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TheArbitrator · 36-40, M
@Harriet03 Women are more likely to be religious than men.
Harriet03 · 41-45, F
@TheArbitrator Hardly anyone in Europe.
We've all grown up!!
We've all grown up!!
Persephonee · 22-25, F
@Harriet03 Re. God-squadding, funnily enough this hasn't always been the case (for example mediaeval people of all classes not merely bathed and saw each other naked, but in mixed company). The only remnant of the great middle ages' bathing culture left is the sauna in the north.
It all changed not because of the Church particularly (though rigid protestants probably deserve some blame), but because of climate change - the start of the Little Ice Age - which saw more wood being burned just to stay warm than to heat water.
Anyway, digression, but until that point, neither the Church nor anyone else had much of a problem with in-context nipple-baring. It's only since then we've somehow got the idea that it's inherently bad, ingrained.
I blame the Victorians and/or the Enlightenment. Most stuff is their fault!
It all changed not because of the Church particularly (though rigid protestants probably deserve some blame), but because of climate change - the start of the Little Ice Age - which saw more wood being burned just to stay warm than to heat water.
Anyway, digression, but until that point, neither the Church nor anyone else had much of a problem with in-context nipple-baring. It's only since then we've somehow got the idea that it's inherently bad, ingrained.
I blame the Victorians and/or the Enlightenment. Most stuff is their fault!