This might seem straight-forward or it might seem strange. I have noticed a woman in the shower/changing room at the Y on the Tuesday/Thursday aquafit days. She showers facing out with the shower curtain open. It is a bit of a shock. And then she spends a long time showering. If one is waiting for her to finish it seems like a long time in your own shower stall. She seems to walk around the changing area nude before she gets dressed.
I have figured out her routine timing and so can now avoid being in the area when she's there. It seems like some form of mild "indecency." I don't know. It just seems a bit on the creepy side to me. Would this be the case for others? I haven't been involved in sports or other gyms to have a sense of what is common practice.
In general, Canada does not like nudity in public. The Criminal Code tells me that public nudity in Canada is illegal unless there is a lawful excuse. What an expression: "a lawful excuse." Some big reason to not wear clothes must be present where the context is "in public."
So where and how does modesty come into play? Clothing is a significant part of human culture - protection, social and cultural norms, and personal expression. And clothing has been around since somewhere between 93,000 years ago and 170,000 years ago. The origin of clothing has been described as a primitive modesty instinct by a number of scholars.
Who knows? So perhaps having a slightly better understanding of modesty and social norms is a good thing, and doing too much investigation not so much fun.
What an interesting picture - looks like nudes walking, don't you think? It was a glass sculpture with blue sky reflections.
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