Americans can only view nudity in terms of sex, amirite?

isn't swimsuit mandatory almost everywhere in Europe?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Europe is way too broad. In the UK, nudity is basically banned. In Germany, the FKK movement means there is a lot of nudity, naked people is common in lakes in the summer. In beach countries, it's accepted as long as it's kept separate from the main population.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not strictly true, in Brighton there are plenty of nudist beaches.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Wasn't aware, guess I learnt something. However you probably can't be naked anywhere outside those specific beaches .

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Depends on where in Europe. Nudity is quite normal here in Denmark. Sadly, we have a lot of Americans come here and be like "disgusting, there are kids here!!" .. it's almost like kids, and adults, have this thing called a neck, that allows you to turn your head another way if you don't like seeing something.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

mmm, quite sure here in Italy it's mandatory almost everywhere, except maybe few exclusive places

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not in some of the Scandi countries

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Do you think that's >Almost everywhere in Europe

by Anonymous 1 year ago

We're talking about spas and hot springs, not public swimming pools...

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's 6 countries. Europe has 44.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You're doing that annoying thing of putting an irrelevant argument into the proceedings to try and invalidate an opinion you don't like. I wrote Europe and Japan, which tend to be the two main examples of places where nude hot springs exist. Somehow you made the leap to 'they must be referring to every country in Europe.' Or maybe you just wanted to show off that you know more about geography than the average American?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

BARBARIANS

by Anonymous 1 year ago

There was no actual opinion presented here

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You know grouping all Americans under one umbrella is pretty stupid right? The native tribes/bands each have a whole different culture for example.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Are there nude coed onsens?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Found the pervert

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Why did you make it sexual?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

TLDR : An American visited Sweden now speaks for all of Europe.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I'm European, I've seen the way you guys act around nudity all my life. The fact you assumed I was American shows your arrogance.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Oh really?! You talk just like an American exchange student after they get back from the "great country of Europe".

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You're projecting..

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No one with any education sees Europe as a monolith. What country are you actually from? Give us some context by which to better understand your assertions.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This has absolutely nothing to do with Europe, it's about America's toxic attitude towards nudity, why do you keep dragging Europe into it? I also mentioned hot springs in Japan, but nobody is focusing on that...

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Hey, it could be Finland too. That's like almost all of Europe, right?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Like, totally! Finland is basically just a cold Albania, which is a warm Norway, which is literally a blonde Portugal.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't think we have any hot springs that allow nudity, or if there are it's not many

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Today I learned America is the only country with public decency laws. /s

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's why they go abroad to pursue their lewd behaviour.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Okay, Stephen Gough.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Jokes on you, most Americans can't *afford* to travel! Take that, smart ass!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

American citizens travel most out of any country, only second to Sweden occasionally depending on what statistic you consult...

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It was a joke, I don't care if it was accurate or not.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Hell yeah dude titties woo woo!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

And butts.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

For sure, but mostly titties. Butts are where poo comes from 🤷🏻‍♂️

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Tatties! 😅

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That doesn't say anything about any one

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Americans see a naked person and instantly make it sexual.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Anyone can genius

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Commas are important.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

So is breathing, eating and sleeping…what's your point?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's quite absurd to generalize an entire nation as daft and uncivilized based on a few tourists' misplaced behavior. Surely, you do not have the mental bandwidth to quantify the entirety of American culture as having inadequacies about nudity and hot baths, do you? It's called cultural differences, my fellow, and rather than pejoratively labeling a whole nation, you should embrace the prospect of learning about and respecting alternative cultures. Moreover, the sexualizing of nudity is an issue that transcends borders as it is prevalent worldwide, no matter the country or culture. So, let's not be so quick to improperly vilify an entire group of people based on the actions of a minority. Good day, sir!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Found the offended American. Welcome to Unpopular Opinion!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Found the person who doesn't understand that making a generalization doesn't mean it's representative of what 330 million people think and feel.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What is an opinion? Do you know?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter. You made a generalization is what I'm pointing out that is very easily debatable and not unique to Americans

by Anonymous 1 year ago

How can you call a generalization an unpopular opinion? Many people would agree that making a generalization about people often leads to a weak logical conclusion, so yeah I guess technically most people wouldn't share that opinion. Does that mean you're stubbornly holding onto this one because........ you're not smart enough to see the ineffective generalization? I'm not sure that's a flex.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Neither is perving on people in onsens

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Luckily I don't do that, so I'm not really concerned by this lol.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Eyes here blud

by Anonymous 1 year ago

How exactly are they being pervy? They made eye contact? They talked to you?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Hmm I can't tell if you're just angling for blue literature here...

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Well, in absence of you explaining I'm just going to assume they said "hi" and you got all self-conscious about it. If being nude isn't such a big deal why get all self-conscious when someone treats you like they would in any other context?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

So you've decided what happened in a hypothetical, isolated scenario, which you think is responsible for prompting the unpopular opinion? As opposed to shared observations and research over the decades concerning different cultural attitudes towards nudity and hot spring culture? Righto!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As opposed to shared observation and research over the decades concerning different attitudes towards nudity and hot spring culture? Didn't realize that a small group was the same thing as 330 million people.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Just accept you're from a pervert people

by Anonymous 1 year ago

>So you've decided what happened in a hypothetical, isolated scenario, which you think is responsible for prompting the unpopular opinion? Sure did. And I couldn't help but notice you still haven't actually explained it. So what are these "shared observations"?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What's really sad is that he spent time actually researching this. He clearly has nothing else better to do with his life.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not my research, but the research is out there if you care to look.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

When we go to a sauna or hot springs, we wear nothing and yes Americans perve all the time

by Anonymous 1 year ago

'Where der wimmins at?'

by Anonymous 1 year ago

In a separate spring. Our springs are gender segregated and clothing optional

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Strange how much the high functioning perfectly evolved countries or Europe spend their time talking about America. Something is off. And no I'm almost from west Europe. So don't try me with homerism.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

We like to laugh at their barbarism from time to time.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Oh boy I can't wait for OP to interact with 3rd world country people, probably permanent mental trauma

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No opinion here, just European crying again

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Here y'all go😂

by Anonymous 1 year ago