Why do we wear clothes?

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A bit out of left field, but I guess it is travel related. I was recently asked, why we wear clothes. The enquirer told me he wore clothes as they were expected, but his preference was to not (tropical, close to equatorial).

I thought about this, and I considered mosquito protection may be a good reason, but most clothes do not protect against mosquito bite. Going right back to colonisation, the freezing weather of the home countries likely caused a habit which became an expectation, to the extreme in cases, but in hot, stifling climates why, apart from modesty, are clothes still an expectation? Let's face it, there just two types of human, female and male, so if we know what each looks like naked, there are no secrets, so why do we continue to wear clothes in all circumstances?
 
Well in tropical climates we melanin deficient souls wouldn't be comfortable too long without clothes.
 
Well in tropical climates we melanin deficient souls wouldn't be comfortable too long without clothes.
Broadbrim hat?
But why are darker skinned people disadvantaged because of lighter skinned people?
 
Protection.
Respect for others.
Or in my case - pockets..
 
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Some funny replies in that lot! So it really comes down to two reasons.
a) protectiin from cold, UV, insects/animals;
b) comnunity expectations developed over centuries.

I tend to believe the 2nd is the most prevalent reason.
 
I have enough trouble now with skin cancer from my early years sun baking on Sydney's Northern beaches.

I shudder to think of the consequences from being naked in tropical/sub tropical locales
 
I have enough trouble now with skin cancer from my early years sun baking on Sydney's Northern beaches.
Very true, but we see plenty of guys getting around with no shirt and plenty more (men and women) with no hat.
 
Some funny replies in that lot! So it really comes down to two reasons.
a) protectiin from cold, UV, insects/animals;
b) comnunity expectations developed over centuries.

I tend to believe the 2nd is the most prevalent reason.

If we believe the history books it was the cavepeople wearing animal skins for protection against the elements. And perhaps others developed protection for their feet.

As time passed and people became more skilled at making things, those animal skins and rudimentary footwear would have developed as well.. to make protection more effective, easier to make, and more hygenic.

At least in Western culture clothes probably became a modesty issue as well at some point in time.
 
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