If we were all naked

Originally this was a response to my sister's blog, Au Naturale. But because I have found that I ramble very easily off the earth and back again, it became rather long and I have decided to post it here and let my brain continue to ramble without thinking "Man, this is too long for a comment." In any case, here it is:

If we were all naked, shaving wouldn't be a daily concern--it'd be an absurd idea, for both sexes. Why get rid of that natural warmth? If we were all naked, transgenders would have it a little more rough than they already do. Running would not be fun--for women or for men. Extreme sports? Hmm. We'd probably have a lot of calusses from various activities, including sitting on our bums. Perhaps skin cancer would be more of a problem than it is today, or we would have developed an immunity to it.

As far as the emotional side, man.. I don't know. There wouldn't be that freedom of expression via our clothing. How can you be respectful at a funeral? How do you show professionalism in an office setting or at an interview? Comb your body hair? Would it be fun to go to Prom? How could sexy, modest, hippie, granola, preppy, goth, etc, be portrayed? Or would these things not exist in appearance... but only through our actions and words? Stereotyping would be completely different.

After rambling a bit, I think clothing would have been inevitable as a human race. But maybe my opinion is skewed because clothing is such a normal idea to me and to our society.. I can't seem to imagine life or comfort without it..

I wonder what it is like to live in a nudist colony. I bet there have been experiments or interviews done with nudist colonies. I would love to hear why they prefer that particular lifestyle and what drove them to do so. Wouldn't it be an interesting test of character to live in a nudist colony for a year? Wow! I can imagine it would be awkward for a few days or a week and then I would get used to it. As long as the people around me were regular nudists and weren't just thrown into it like I would be throwing myself into it.

Here's a thought. So they say, some or most men, or all men, undress women with their eyes when they are sexually attracted to them. If we were all naked, all the time, what would replace these thoughts? What would replace scantily clad women? Stripping, skinny-dipping, streaking, indescent exposure... all invalid.

For some reason, I cannot seem to imagine our world today, with all the technology and advancements we have.. with no clothing. We have amazing shelters, showers, toilets, cars.. can you imagine sitting on leather seats in the nude? We have umbrellas. Isn't that some form of clothing? Something to protect us from natural elements?

Who's idea was it that being wet from rain was a bad thing? Rain is beautiful! It's clean! It's fresh! It helps provide growth in all things living! What made someone decide we should stay out of the rain? Someone with clothes? They didn't want to get their clothing wet because they would then become cold.

Man I'm tired.