On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:09:32 +0900 Tom Bridgeland <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Nearly universal. I don't know any society that allows men or women > to publicly display genitals. Ardeith writes: That's today......Just three hundred years ago European explorers found people all over the globe who had none of the "body shame" they had learned back home. They found people in warm climates who wore little or no clothing except for "fancy dress" for special rituals. And the first Europeans who encountered the Inuit were amazed at the lack of modesty indoors.......fur clothing was shed and bare bodies were not shameful........these explorers also found people who bathed several times a week if not daily......which Europeans did not do. Part of the drive behind exploration was a desire for new spices, perfumes and herbs to cover the odor of unwashed bodies. I doubt our primitive ancestors smelled as bad as the Europeans of the Age of Exploration. And to bring this back to a P-F topic.....have any of you noticed a change in your own body odors since going Paleo? [log in to unmask] Walk The Path With Practical Feet! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.