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Kind of weird that the article considers that places closer to the west are more open to nudism. The west is prude?

> The west is prude?

The anglosphere most certainly is.

If you need convincing, just look at the pics in the article: not a single full frontal.

The anglosphere most certainly is.

Prudishness gives us mental super powers so we can do things like the Industrial Revolution.

You think we could have made those steam engines if we were looking at nipples all day?!

Voted you back up, thanks for the laugh :)

FKK was and still is very much a german movement which seems to indicate you can have nude beaches and competent engineers in the same culture.

no doubt for Italy.

Are people in Italy prude?

Or did you mean the opposite, that there are eg more nudist beaches there

(Did you reply to "more open to nudism" or to "The west is prude")

> Are people in Italy prude?

yes, no doubt: very few goes to church, but catholic background is really strong.

I think the Italian youths are most conservative then their parents

Southern or northern Italy :-) ?

(Or both?)

both: south much much more, of course

Thanks, interesting, I'm thinking about visiting, maybe can be good to know