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With the high temperatures showing no signs of giving up, 'domestic nudism' seems irremediable.

At least as much as the disappearance of ice cubes from supermarkets and gas stations.

Although we Spaniards are not very fond of walking

around the house naked,

not even sleeping naked.

Only 11% do so, according to a Meetic study, compared to 28% of the French.

Does our

modesty

surpass us or what surpasses us is the

gaze of others

(come on, the modesty of others)?

[In this sense, it is interesting to note the

drop in toplessness

on

Spanish beaches

over the last two decades.

Pointed out as 'guilty':

social networks.

Come on, the look of others, but beastly].

Maybe there is a little of both.

As

Esperanza Nieto,

recently retired property manager for the last three decades, explains,

complaints

about a

neighbor walking naked through her house

have been her daily bread.

"Spaniards, in general, complain about nudity. They're terrible at it," explains this professional who has developed her work, paradoxically, in one of the pioneering Spanish towns in terms of naturism: Vera (Almería).

"The nude generates

many complaints

, whether it occurs

outside

, on a beach, or if it takes place in the limits of the

home,

on the

terrace

, or inside.

And that this happens here, in Vera, is especially surprising.

I have had clients who have bought a house on the edge of the nudist zone, being aware of this fact, and who still later complained about seeing nudity in their surroundings.

Children are often used as an excuse - like: 'oh, how embarrassing, with children passing by and going to see naked people' - when in reality it's not the children who care, they are on their own.

I've been told this countless times."

Private nude becomes public

It is not surprising, therefore, that Spanish men and women are more than cautious when it comes to being naked in their own home.

Of course, there are exceptions: "If I'm alone at home I love to go naked, and if I lived alone I would go like this all the time. Fresh", shares RR from Barcelona.

And from suffocating Madrid, says M. M: "It is probable that my neighbors know my ass perfectly, because in summer I am usually naked and the curtains are not always drawn (which does not mean that I stand at the window to contort myself). I don't think my body is offensive, really. It's the body that God has given me."

For her part,

Bel García

(figurative name), assures that she is usually

naked at home

in summer, although her husband and daughter do not share the custom.

"I have

few neighbors

and because of the distribution of their houses it is difficult for us to coincide. In that sense, I am more comfortable," she clarifies.

Living for a time in a country house in Menorca was, he explains, decisive in acquiring this habit: "Since then I have not stopped doing it. For our daughter it is not a problem, she has seen us like this since she was born. But when she entered adolescence, she developed another sense of 'modesty' and does not show herself naked".

The pleasures of nudity

For Bel García, the main reason for being naked in her house is "the

enjoyment

of

not wearing clothes

. It bothers me greatly. In fact, for years I have been wearing a

bra

again to go to work or to other tasks in 'civilization'. But I spent years without it. I can't stand the

pressure

of some

clothes

."

And besides, she adds, "naked, with the heat they do, it's the best way to be."

In Spain, it must be said, the

law protects

those who decide to be naked at home (in fact, although it is not the subject of this report, it would also, according to experts consulted, those who decide to go naked in the street), always that

there is no

indecent

exhibitionist intention.

An example of this: a few years ago, a man was sentenced to pay a fine of 2,100 euros for a

crime of indecent exposure

by a court in Murcia.

Of course, he had gone out naked on the balcony of his house and had shown his ass (with provocatively repetitive movements) to three minors who were in the street, after drawing their attention by clearing his throat and before threatening to throw eggs at them (!).

Anyway.

To bed, the Spanish go with clothes

The fact is that it's bedtime and we don't go to bed without clothes either, Marilyn Monroe's ectoplasm or living and living celebrities like

Victoria Beckham

(who in 2007 said she slept naked to notice David's skin) can now say mass

against hers),

Cristina Pedroche

(she also claims to wear perfume for bed) or

Sofía Vergara.

Spanish women are not at all fond of walking around their homes naked... or undressing completely at bedtime.

And that from

science

they tell us that

sleeping without

is, from the outset,

healthier

than doing it

with clothes.

A study carried out years ago by the American

National Sleep Foundation

stated that the probability of

suffering from diabetes

decreases if we sleep undressed.

Of course, for this you need to sleep in a cool room (cool, not like the inside of a Camy popsicle chest).

Sleeping naked improves health... and loses weight?

Other studies (there have been many, surprisingly) have determined that nudity favors the

quality

of sperm,

sleep

, improves

blood circulation,

is

detoxifying

, improves

vaginal health,

reduces

stress

and has even been wanted to be seen in the custom of sleeping without clothes, an indicator of

good health of the couple.

Of course, to surprises, the one that leaves us with a study carried out by the American

National Institute of Health

, according to which staying cool while sleeping

speeds up the body's metabolism

because it creates more brown fat to keep it warm.

This fat produces heat by

burning calories

(300 times more heat than any other organ in the body), and this speeds up your metabolism for the rest of the day, helping you

lose weight.

Anyway, you know, with tweezers.

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