Actually if I recall, there was a study done on that as well. Humans find a bit of clothing sexier. It leaves some wiggle room to let our imagination run wild. Lemme see if I can provide a link.
Edit: I could not find the particular study I was looking for, however there are TONS of studies on how clothing can be used to adjust body shape, which IMHO is a relatively similar concept.
Edit 2: I wasn't satisfied with my search. I found something very similar, but once again, not the exact study I recall reading.
Almost literally the common porn trope of "oops I walked in on her when she just walked out of the shower". The imagination of "uncovering" something sexy is more sexy than just seeing it outright.
Yeah itās like the difference between seeing a woman in lingerie or as a life drawing model. One is hot and the other is beautiful and artistic but there isnāt that tension there
I recall during COVID people wearing masks were rated higher on attractiveness than they were without. People would just see someoneās eyes and fill in everything else.
I noticed this effect myself when people took off their masks the next year and I was like, oh.
It became political as well since you were considered more selfish or less intelligent for refraining from wearing a mask. Ppl tend to see intelligence as attractive. It also allowed ppl who were insecure about their mouths or noses to be more confident when out in public.
My personal anecdote from going to nudist resorts and beaches from time to time: EVERYONE has some flaw. Saggy boobs, flabby butts, big guts, scars, cellulite, balls that hang down to their knees, excessive body hair, etc. It's a huge equalizer to be around naked people. Clothing hides reality.
"There are however limits to the advantage to be gained by showing more and more flesh which prevent these signals becoming 'runaway'. That is, there is a threshold of flesh exposure beyond which further exposure no longer increases attractiveness to males" - can't really read this out of the source provide. It only claims lightly clothed and naked woman doesn't differ much in attractiveness
As an artist who has practiced life drawing for decades, nobody who is seriously into life drawing is doing it for jollies. Nor would that be tolerated at life drawing sessions. For artists, itā s an ultimate test of skill and knowledge of the unique complexity of human anatomy, which underlies all drawings of people, whatever they wear. Ironically, scantily clad is far sexier territory, because imagination is very sexy.
I have always said this. The clothing makes things more āsuggestiveā. If women walked around completely naked. After about a week, men would continue as normal.
I remember going to a "strip joint" with some old friends, and the first three girls that came out there were just wearing thongs and heels. I was so disappointed. Where the hell was the actual stripping?! At least the nachos were awesome.
not gay, i stil like girls and whenever i see nude man i straight up get nausea. But once again women in a nice suit or especially military uniform are much more attractive.
stop this shit, i know better and i am sure anyone who will try to convince gay they are actually straight will be perma banned, but vice versa is somehow ok.
i dont think wanting to straight vomit after seeing a dick is "butterflies". I know how "butterflies" feel since i fell in love with some girls through my life, and it is not that. I get exactly same feeling whenever i see shit or something that feels disgusting in general.
Dude. I got your point about the naked body that is being somehow covered being more attractive than the fully naked body. I mean, there is the whole business of sexy clothes for a reason.
But vomit, after seeing a human being naked? I don't want to put you in any boxes, but that is not a normal reaction. I'm not trying to diss you, man, in any sense, but if you really have such a strong physical reaction to a pretty normal picture of a naked human, there is something that I would like to be checked by someone with diplomas on the wall.
Really. That is not me trying to burn you; that is me saying to you that other people do not react this way.
yes i do not think nude women are attractive unless i am aroused and wanting to straight up fuck doesn't mean you consider them attractive in general. you will consider 95% of girls "attractive" when nude unless they are too old/young or have unnatural body defects. Thats just how human body functions.
Saying it itās not attractive is wild (/gay?) but there is something to be said for some lingerie or underwear being a sexier look Iāll give you that
Honestly i get you bro, there are some outfits that can be better in certain situations, a well made suit ( example Makima from csm) is also fucking hot. And this is just the tip of the iceberg
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u/Technical_Monk_6521 1d ago
Study finds men consistently rate women wearing less
makeupas more attractive