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Gymnophobia is a fear
Fear

Fear is an emotional response to threats and danger. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of pain....
 (phobia
Phobia

A phobia , or morbid fear is an irrational, intense, persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, or people. The main symptom of this Disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject....
) of nudity
Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing.Based on scientific research into louse it is estimated that humans have been wearing clothing for 650,000 years....
. Gymnophobics experience anxiety
Anxiety

Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear, or worry....
 from nudity, even if they realize their fear is irrational. They may worry about seeing others naked or being seen naked, or both. Their fear may stem from a general anxiety about sexuality, from a fear that they are physically inferior, or from a fear that their nakedness leaves them exposed and unprotected. The word "Gymnophobia" is derived from the Greek "gymnos" (naked) and "phobos" (fear).

Standards of modesty
Modesty

Standards of modesty are aspects of the culture of a country or people, at a given point in time, and is a measure against which an individual in society may be judged....
 (also called demureness or reticence) generally prevent public nudity
Public nudity

Public nudity or nude in public refers to nudity not in an entirely private context. It refers to a person appearing nude in a public place or to be seen from a public place....
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Gymnophobia is a fear
Fear

Fear is an emotional response to threats and danger. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of pain....
 (phobia
Phobia

A phobia , or morbid fear is an irrational, intense, persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things, or people. The main symptom of this Disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject....
) of nudity
Nudity

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing.Based on scientific research into louse it is estimated that humans have been wearing clothing for 650,000 years....
. Gymnophobics experience anxiety
Anxiety

Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear, or worry....
 from nudity, even if they realize their fear is irrational. They may worry about seeing others naked or being seen naked, or both. Their fear may stem from a general anxiety about sexuality, from a fear that they are physically inferior, or from a fear that their nakedness leaves them exposed and unprotected. The word "Gymnophobia" is derived from the Greek "gymnos" (naked) and "phobos" (fear).

Standards of modesty
Modesty

Standards of modesty are aspects of the culture of a country or people, at a given point in time, and is a measure against which an individual in society may be judged....
 (also called demureness or reticence) generally prevent public nudity
Public nudity

Public nudity or nude in public refers to nudity not in an entirely private context. It refers to a person appearing nude in a public place or to be seen from a public place....
. Avoidance of nudity in private situations may be a continuation of modesty, or may extend to prudishness
Prude

A prude is a person who is described as being concerned with decorum or propriety. They may be perceived as being uncomfortable with human sexuality, nudity, alcohol, Recreational drug use or mischief....
 or body shame. Only an actual fear of nudity qualifies as gymnophobia. Only when the fear is beyond one's control or is interfering with daily life can an anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorder

Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal and pathological fears and anxieties.Although in casual discourse the words anxiety, fear, and phobia are often used interchangeably, in clinical usage, they have distinct meanings....
 diagnosis be made.

In popular culture

In the television show Arrested Development, the characters of Tobias Fünke and Philip Lit suffer from gymnophobia. In the world of the show, they are referred to as "never nudes", and they wear cut-off denim shorts at all times to avoid being completely naked.

In the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters
Family Matters (TV series)

Family Matters is an Emmy Award nominated American situation comedy about a middle-class family living in Chicago, Illinois. The series aired from September 22, 1989, to May 9, 1997, on American Broadcasting Company, and moved to CBS from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998....
 episode "High Hopes", the character of Steve Urkel
Steve Urkel

Steven Quincy Urkel , better known as Steve Urkel, is a fictional character on the American Broadcasting Company/CBS comedy sitcom Family Matters, portrayed by Jaleel White....
 claims to have suffered from gymnophobia prior to curing himself by sneaking into an amusement park hall of mirrors and looking at the multiple reflections of himself nude.

See also

  • Prude
    Prude

    A prude is a person who is described as being concerned with decorum or propriety. They may be perceived as being uncomfortable with human sexuality, nudity, alcohol, Recreational drug use or mischief....
  • Sex-negativity
    Sex-negativity

    Sex-negativity is a term ascribed to the philosophy that attaches a negative or conservative meaning to the human sexual act. Its opposite is sex-positive....