Childhood nudity

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Childhood nudity is the state of being in which a prepubescent human is without clothing or not clothed according to social norms. Very young children, not having learned such norms, and having no modesty, may remove their clothing seeking comfort or as part of play. In contemporary societies, attitudes toward children being unclothed in various situations are controversial and greatly differ worldwide depending upon conceptions of childhood innocence and child sexuality. Societies may regard public childhood nudity before puberty as normal, as acceptable in particular situations such as same-sex groups, or unacceptable. Until approximately 12,000 years ago, all humans were hunter-gatherers living in close contact with their natural surroundings and naked most of the time. In prehistoric pastoral societies in warmer climates, such as the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin, adults were often minimally clothed or naked while working and children often did not wear clothes until...

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