CZECHIA vs. USA Sauna Culture (American reaction)
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As a Europian myself....I actually find the US double moral and fear of naked bodies stranger than the European atitude. :)
US: Global leader in the sex industry... doesn't really ring well with most prudish... and that's despite nations such as the Islamic nations where public nudity is punishable by fines. jail and death...
The US is weird, the only good thing about the US is guns. And as someone who doesn't fear close quarter combat, guns are scary. And yet they're the best thing, because, they allow weaker people to defend themselves. And that's a good thing.
@@livedandletdie haha are you real? Yes, the US is the most prudish! All the beeps in TV shows and even music to cover up swearing or the ban on female nipples in photos and so on.
Why are you comparing the US to 'unfree'/religious countries and who decides who is weak enough to have a gun...?
@@livedandletdie Well, the murder rate and mass shootings in the U.S say something that guns may not be that good....
@@tobiasviktorsson7672 Problem with shootings is that peoplo who comit them ussually have clear crime register, which is why they can elgaly buy a gun.
Murders are mostly with illegal guns.
The thing is, in the end this make the people in the US all like starving animals and thats why everything is oversexualized, they have the biggest porn industry in the world, and of course also high rates of sexual assaults.
As a Czech girl I find it funny that you cover yourself at the doctor. He is a doctor. He's seen naked bodies I doubt I have anything he hasn't seen already in his life. Also, how can he examine me properly without excess to my body?
The topless part at parks, I think it's more common in villages. There you can see men and women in their underwear. It's a village. Everyone knows and nobody cares. In parks it's mostly men that get their top off.
The peeing....the drunk are doing it and it is...tolerated...not very well liked...
Locker rooms. Why would I cover in women locker rooms? They are women. They have the same anathomy as me. Most of them had children and had to change them, they saw and know what a woman body looks like why....why?
And last! Children! They are children. They don't care. They're the last to care. They are the first one to strip in the heat of the summer and it's very hard to convince them to keep on at least the underwear. And it's normal to see them playing in the public pools and spots with the water half naked. And if you see a 4 year old splashing in their underwear and think about something innapropriate that's a you problem and I would not trust you with children
Same toughts as a male and female doctor. I would never think of being ashamed. 🙂
Going naked to the ocean is a bit difficult even in the Czech Republic because it is a landlocked country
They could take the way through Germany, there's a very similar attitude regarding nudity. Maybe even through Poland, but I'm not sure about that. 😅
Not true, we have beautiful beaches at Královec! Water temperature is constant 1 inch / 2.5 cm, but our beaches are beautiful!!
@@marcromain64 I doubt that Poland has the same relaxed attitude as Germany when it comes to nudity
@@Maria-js9ou I am German, but from what I have heard, you are right. Compared to other European countries, nudity doesn‘t really seem to be a thing in Poland. I wonder why they are so different from most of their neighbours.
Are you from Poland? What do you think?
@@klarasee806 I am from Poland and you are right. Generally naturists in Poland exist but it's not common to be one in Poland. There are nude beaches by the Baltic sea and by lakes, but they are rare. Many Polish are devoted Catholics and prude towards nudity, unfortunately. Many Polish naturists go all the way to Croatia to feel relaxed on a naked beach.
As a Swiss, I find the attitude towards nudity in the US strange. Violence, murder, blood, fear of being murdered etc. seems to be completely normal, but if you see a breast or a penis (even if it is only Michelangelo's David) then all hell breaks loose. That nudity is immediately seen as pornography (or sexualized) and not as what it is, normal, I can't quite understand. Of course there are places, occasions and circumstances where it is not appropriate to show naked, but that has nothing to do with the fact that children could see that, but it is decency.
Even here in Switzerland, there are normally only group showers (separated by gender) in the gym. Sauna is often mixed (sometimes there are, depending on the sauna, times where only men or only women are allowed). However, it is normal to go to the sauna naked, and only with a bath towel. Normally, you then put the bath towel on the bench as a seat pad.
My friends and I have been to Croatia several times in the last few years for naturist vacations. If you have swum naked in the sea (or swimming pool) for the first time, you don't really want to go into the water in a bathing suit. No wet swim trunks afterwards that feel uncomfortable. Just stand in the sun and the wind and you are dry. Also, nudist vacations have pretty much no sexual appeal, you see everything. Since I find it, from a sexual point of view, more exciting if you do not immediately see everything and the fantasy is stimulated. But that's another topic.
But well, if the (not all) Americans feel comfortable with this prudish attitude to the human body, that's ok. As it is also ok that in many European countries the (not all) people are not so prudish.
Living in Switzerland, I was actually surprised when I started going to places like hotsprings and water parks, have mixed locker room/ changing areas. Sure there’s always private booths and shower and toilets aren’t mixed, but I really enjoyed the concept. And to be honest makes total sense for many reasons. Regardless if you amongst friends or with family.
My country used to be like this, but is getting more and more americanized, sadly!
It has to do with Protestant fundamentalism being super popular in this country. That's why people freak out.
@@ryanferguson9249 well, I assume they have been all born fully clothed xD.
As I was raised cathlic (like a lot of people in europe as well), I think there has to be more to it (otherwise I don't think I would be this open minded since a young age). But I would assume, that the religious part plays a more important role in your everyday life in the US than here in Europe. Most people here do not care what you believe. You may talk /discuss about religion, beliefs etc., but church (doesn't matter which religion) is pretty much not important for a lot/most of people here?
Well, I don't know, but it is what it is.If changes (doesn't matter to which side) are wanted, they have to come from the inside.
"Offensive body parts" 🤣😂🤣
There are no offensive body parts 😆
I know what she means (she's American) but it sounds so funny to my ear 😂
I'm Polish living in Germany and I think we (Poland and Germany) still have a long way to go compared to Scandinavia 😅
Btw- best regards to Czechs ❤ - I love the way you managed to get rid of this catholic hypocrisy and went free. I wish we did it in my country. Maybe one day it'll work. Love ❤
Paper as cover of body parts, wot?
nobody is capable to compare to Scandinavia. I'm in loooooove with Iceland public swimming pools and their no chlorine policy. And their lack of privacy when changing at the rivers and natural pools... Average USA citizen will have a heart attack. I moonshined a pair of male Russians while taking off my swimsuit at the "changing wall" the Icelandics called changing room. It was uncomfortable for me because I wasn't accustomed but when in Rome...
It will be better with every generation. Hopefully.❤
Well I’m Czech and while I’m glad to be rid of the catholic hypocrisy I’m certainly not happy about the way it happened. The communist rule of 40 years pretty much screwed any religious people over. And they weren’t nice about it either. So yes, I like the secular life but not the price people had to pay for it…
Sadly we can thank to communists for get rid of that catholic nonsense.
I believe your country will do that too in time, young people seems not to be interested in religion as much as old ones.
We actually have L shaped lockers in gym. It saves space. The large part is for your bag and the narrow one is for hanging your clothes.
Who is "we"?
@@bencodykirk czechs, lol
@@janmares1694 Oh OK. Well, they seem to make sense. There are probably other countries that have them also. Maybe even some places in the USA!
@@bencodykirkPoland as well, been to many countries and it seems pretty common in EU overall
Same in Germany and the UK.
As I come from Germany all those things sounds quite familliar to me. To me it seems really hilarious, that she even mentioned the man, going to the toilet on ahlf the stairs in his underwear. Men in slips or men in bathing pants - where is the difference? To shower with your bathing suit on? What the heck? You should clean every part of your body and ideally the suit to, so why not do it naked? But the strangest thing I’ve learnded today: In USA you put some paper silly thing on your body WHILE THE DOCTOR IS EXAMINATING YOU? Really? And you are afraid the doctor may do some sexual things while you have to be examinated? Poor America, I really feel sorry for the people in USA, that their view into the worls seems to be shaped by so much misstrust … 😢
Well, in Germany, at the doctor's cabinet, by rule, an assistant always has to be in the same room. That's to avoid sexual harassment (and for the doctor to avoid getting false claims of that kind).
But, yes, the paper thingy sounds quite ridiculous to me, as well. Also, it's so wasteful again. If they think, they need something to cover themselves... fine. But why can't it be out of fabric and be reusable?
@@sylviav6900 If you went for examination why prevent it?
@@sylviav6900 I am female and regularly visit different doctors. All are male, including my gynecologist. During the examination, I am almost always alone with my doctors. There are times when an assistant comes in to ask or bring something, but that's the exception and it's never the case that an assistant just stands there to make sure my doctor isn't doing anything stupid.
I've never heard of such a rule in Germany, and I'm glad about that. I have to be able to trust my doctor. I don't want to feel like he needs to be monitored.
Watching videos like this, which talk about differences between the US and Europe, I realize that, by and large, European countries have a culture of trust that is also consciously nurtured.
In the USA, a culture of distrust seems to be cultivated.
@@sylviav6900I'm German, I have never heard of this rule and I'm always alone with my male doctors.
@@KrisThroughGlass It exists, though. That's why every doc has the right to have two assistents. Thus, one does the administration and the spare one can be in the cabinet.
In France we have nudist or naturist beaches and campsites. People do not look at one another. Which is a good thing, especially for people who are handicapped or amputated, etc... whereas at regular beaches or swimming pools even in bathing suits, people would look/stare, so they don't go there.
Now, in European cultures nudity=nature not sex. Yet we have less rape, sex crimes and teenage pregnancies than in the USA.
The other thing that is odd to us, is that in US movies you can't show nudity but you show beatings, guns and murders, and that's ok?
I agree! Totally!
Yes this I have thought about too. As European I found that very strange. About piiiip at tv shows too.
I'm an American and I agree 100%
Did you make up that rape statistic? If I look at Rapes per country, much of europe is slightly under USA, but Sweden is worse than most of Africa, and the rest of Scandinavia, France Great Britain and Belgium are on par with US if not ahead. "Coincidentally" all of those regions have taken in a lot of muslims and weren't anywhere near as bad before that . Rape has become much more common. Sweden isn't called rape capital of Europe without reason. Also if you haven't heard of the Britain's islamic child rape and prostitution gangs you're living under a rock, or are neck deep in denial.
They show plenty of nudity in USA movies, just not ones made for kids. The movies with lots of violence/murder etc tend to be rated the same class of movies that will have nudity. So not really a paradigm there
Hi Ryan, I'm really glad that I was born and live in the Czech Republic, I'd rather see someone urinate in the park than someone who shoots dozens of people at school, we're not such hypocrites here yet and that's why we're one of the countries that produces a lot of actresses for adult films which are then looked at by those hypocrites who condemn someone who breastfeeds their child in public, nudity doesn't kill anyone
Words of wisdom!
You should absolutely go to the Czech Republic! It is a fantastic country, and Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in the world 🙂
Nothing to do with the nudity for sure 😏😏😆
But you definitely can’t go to the ocean there, like he said
I am Swiss, 63 years old, female and i can only laugh at so much prudness. i believe that if Americans could do that, they would pass a law that requires babies to be born clothed. 🤣😂🤣😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It would be boon for textile industry.
Here in Finland, in swimming halls, people are not allowed to put on their swimming suit before they have showered. Most people just walk naked from the locker room to the shower room, few people bother to wrap a towel around them. The shower room is also quite open so that you can see all the other people there. Some foreigners find that uncomfortable.
(From my point of view, the most difficult part is trying to pull a dry swimming suit on my wet body after showering. )
Same in Sweden
Why don't you wet your swimming suit under the shower before you put it on? Is it not allowed?
@@Chacharson From my experience, it‘s not easier with a wet swim suit. Depending on the material, it can be even worse.
its actualy similar here in Czechia, you are not going to pool to wash yourself but swim, we also have showers at outside pools too, so you can wash yourself before entering pool, but I dont think that it is enforced or something, its just common sense for us
@@Chacharson It is disgusting, all bacterias would have safe space in your textile.
It's not just about Czechia. People in Europe usually know what's the difference between boy and girl. Sunbathing topless id pretty much normal in France, Italy or Spain. People got used to this.
uhm, here in italy usually people that want to go topless they go a bit further than other people,in fact it's not so common to see things like that,but you're right btw
Fun fact: In Czech Republic sunbathing without a top very popular with grandmas. They stay the whole summer in a one spot till they are red like a lobster.
In Germany, topless women on the beach are totally normal, too. I would even say there are way more topless women here than in Italy or Spain. At least from my experience.
Hi, your local Czech here. We enjoy the sense of freedom when you are naked tbh. Like when I get home (yes, I live in the apartment building), I also strip down to my undies. And when someone rings the bell, I go open in my undies. Like, I'm not putting more clothes on me because someone decided to ring my bell. Same with deliveries or taking out trash.
But the urinating in public part is kinda 50/50. Most people hate it, but some of them still do it from time to time. But yeah, seeing someone taking a piss in the mid-divider on the highway is disgusting even for us.
As a Czech local I agree. Mostly men often urinate on public, I accually don't like it if they don't bother hiding themselves.
I was born and raised in the Czech republic (currently in Switzerland), and I've never seen a neighbor in the hall (or a corridor) wearing only underwear. The only time I saw adults urinating in a park was in front of the Prague main train station. There are women breastfeeding in the public but it's not something you see every day. I hadn't known about the "no pants day" in the Prague Metro until I watched this video. Even tough s€x shops are common in big towns and cities (with more than 40 thousand inhabitans), there's a big logo saying "Erotic City" (or a different brand) but you can never see inside unless you go there. In most saunas, you're allowed to take a towel with you. I believe there are "beaches" at riverbanks, lakes etc. where people sunbathe naked but the only one I've seen was aside from the rest. Even though everything Jennifer says in this video isn't suprising to me, it's not a part of my everyday life.
All in all, the Czechs have a more liberal approach to nudity than the Americans but they definitely don't show their naked bodies everywhere on a regular basis.
From my point of view, I haven't noticed any significant difference between the Czech republic and Switzerland in this regard.
Men in smaller towns and villages do this. It’s usually to take out the trash or to hang the laundry, sometimes to water the garden… my dad definitely does this and I’ve seen other men to do the same, it’s typically the dads (seen mostly dads of gen z). And the beach thing it’s usually topless grandmas who stay at the beach all day. I’ve yet to see a man.
when I visited Prague the first time, a fully naked man was running through the street😂 Literally running🤣 My Korean friend was so shocked.
Separate saunas for men and women? Oh wow, that is a truly awful concept. I mean, imagine going to sauna with your family or friends (as one most usually does) only to then be separated to different saunas? Insanity at its best
You don't understand
We do have ocean in the Czech Republic, it is just difficult to access at the moment because the Z-army is still there. Give it a year or two and you could come visit Královecký kraj. :)
(on a serious note, it is a uniquely hilarious way we like to troll Russia)
I wouldn't say its a way we troll Russia. Its just ethnically us so its ours. Easy
being offended by naked people is something you learn! its not natural to feel shocked by seeing others naked
Jen is totally adorable, I love her channel.
Complete agreement!😂😉👌👍🇺🇸🇨🇿
Yes, youtube is an US american company, and when I made a video on this topic, youtube instantly made it "adult only". And as mentioned here, there is nothing, you wouldn't even see in public TV.
What kind of body part is offensive?
Naturalism is just about freedom and equality. Every human is born naked and naked all are equal.
Thinking of offensive body parts is thinking about sexuality.
But a naked body is not about sexuality, it is just a naked human.
In Germany, naturalism vacation or Freikörperkultur is something for the whole family including kids.
But yeah, if someone only thinks about sex, when he or she sees somebody not dressed uo to the collar bone, then this person probably thinks a lot about sexualtity.
Why would a man become "creepy" if it is absolutely normal to see naked people? And why would such a person look at the "no pants day" (what seems to be very funny), when the person could also go outside and see a fully naked person?
Except the "no pants day" it seems very similar to Germany.
Europeans went to the USA for religious freedom and apparently to be prudes 😅 Saunas are awesome (both covet and separate) and I don't care about being fast in a locker room.
Danish. All the Czech stuff in the video feels very relatable, except the taking a leak in public, while sober at least.
I would say this counts for most of Europe.
The went to the USA to be deeply religious.
My American husband and daughter's minds were blown when we went to a playground in Prague that included a shallow pool for splashing and there were loads of naked children running around. I also took my daughter to a public swimming pool and the changing area was full of naked women. She was not down with that. At the end, Jen said ''we'll see each other next week, ahoj''.
@@MrMajsterixx he didn't have a problem with it, he just wasn't used to seeing it as a cultural norm.
I‘m German and I‘ve been to the mixed Sauna with my parents and strangers since I was a child. Maybe 7-8 yo. Seems to be a culture we share with many of our European neighbors.
I made the experience of separated saunas in Japan. I went there with two female friends, so we couldn’t enjoy it together. Very annoying from my point of view
1) She spoke about lady reading not a porno magazine (she thought this was at first sight) but in fact a normal magazine with just naked advertisement on the back side.
2) The public toilet are not goverment financed toilets but there are paid by the city but mostly you can pay them. Public toilets just means here that it serves to anyone. Those are not toilets in restaurant or shopping centre design just for the clients or buyers. There can be some financed by the city but usually you have to pay some ammount of money as a cost of cleaning or the salary of the lady or to bussines itself.
3) Not wearing swimsuit into sauna has more reasons - it is not hygienical, it can reduce blood circulation and cost some health problems and it could be from materials not able to stay the 98°C (208°F) heat in the sauna - it can damage the swimsuit, damage your body (cause dermatologic problems) or damage a part of sauna itself. That´s why are not allowed. You will get a sheet just to cover yourself and have something to suck the sweat into. BTW the shape of the doors copy the shape of the locker. There is another one with the opposit shape next to it - possible to hang there long coat and use the flat box as a shelf - it is better way how to use the space because you don´t have to do wider lockers to have all possibilities how to put there you clothes.
Imagine being in Finnish or Estonian sauna then 😂
Estonian sauna is 90-100 degrees Celsius... And everyone is naked. If u don't like it don't visit our saunas 😅
It's the same...
In Finland the family goes to the sauna together. Maybe at some point of age (teen) you stop going to the sauna w/ your mother/sister or father/brother, if you start feeling uncomfortable, but not everyone starts to feel uncomfortable and both is normal. If you have an open mind, even two couples can go to the sauna together w/o any sex scenes starting. Just read the room.
I know of a Brit who met his German gf in London. When it came time to meet his gfs parents, they arrived at their house in Germany only to find the front door was locked so they went round the back. The first time he laid eyes upon his future in laws, they were both totally naked, as they did yard their work. 😂😂
being naked at the doctor's is uncomfortable? is it really that bad in the usa? somehow you can't believe that people really have problems with that, because it doesn't make a difference whether you're wearing something or not, you're you
I'm fascinated by this "paper" stuff they get to wear. That part blew my mind a bit.
Once I went to a physiotherapist and he was Australian, I had a problem in my hip. The guy refused to put a hand on me unless I would be wearing leggins... wtf??? Needless to say I did not return there.
@@evr134 I understand you are easy about being nude but docs in some countries have set rules. I think you are irrational.
@@DruncanUK mine as well, I would feel like making an idiot out of myself
@@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreeyIrrational? Why? Aren‘t those rules, where they exist, rather irrational? A doctor examines your body. That’s what a doctor does, right?! It‘s their job.
Also, it’s the most natural thing on earth.
Awesome! Jen from Dream Prague has the best videos! ❤
I like my Sauna in Germany. To sit naked in a mixed Sauna while drinking a litre of Beer. How can you not like that? 🤔
Land of the free 🇩🇪🍻
The Chech part of the Atlantic is amazing!
I'm Czech and live in Canada, have lived in the US, Americans do not want nudity in movies, on public etc. but you can walk around with guns openly, have extreme violence, sell pornography like crazy etc. Seem like the real problem is the US double standard on what is or isn't healthy/moral etc.
You should check her other videos, because Jen is amazing! She understood our czech nature so well. She is funny and smart and I just love her videos..
Americans seem not to understand that you can be nude and it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with sex. For example; showering, swimming, sunbathing, or the ever so wild doctor's examination. What do Americans do when they have to see a proctologist?
Wear a gigantic trashback with a tiny hole cut into the lower bottom part, i guess xD.
I was laughing. I follow Jenny from DreamPrague for several years. She cherrypicked existing things. But don't worry that you will meet this around every corner. Simply you will not be so surprised seeing it.
It's 2 L-shaped doors above each other with a hanger for your your clothes. So you can hang up clothes, and have a little "box" to put shoes etc. Instead of 1 long locker you can fit 2 lockers but still enough space for a hanger and a place to store shoes and backpack etc.
Regarding creepy men: If sex, nudity is normalized and not repressed you do end up with a lot less creepy men.
Sure, they still exist, but it tends to be physiological (caused by an actual disorder); and those people tend to be caught by the system early on and get treatment.
While Europe is very connected; once a creep and caught you can't just flee to another state like in the u.s. and restart life. Not as easily anyway; there will be the language barrier, you need to redo all of your certifications (in the case of doctors) etc
Rarely do you end up with your stereotypical repressed creep here: the few that would end up that way can anyway live out their fantasies without it being detrimental to anyone's life; because there's less of a taboo surrounding sex here meaning you'll always find someone willing to share your cup of tea with you.
There's very little you can't experience legally* in Europe, why be a creep?
* We have shooting ranges too; they're just way less popular. And multiple EU states have decriminalized drugs. We also have casinos and unfortunately prostitution is legal in many states. There's nothing you can't do here, you can even drive as fast as you want in some places; why be deprived.
I am not sure I wholly agree with this. I have encountered and seen plenty of creeps of all ages. I have also heard plenty of stories from my female friends. I dont know if our definitions of what a creep is are different or something. But just being a creep isnt illegal and I am not sure how they are caught by the system or get treatment. I mean I see how that would happen for creeps who commit crimes. But there are plenty of creeps who dont commit crimes but are just creepy. Yes its true that places where peoples urges are repressed creates a big problem, but that can also be atributed to a lot more sociopolitical issues. I am not sure whether you mixing being a sex offender with a creep or something.
@@josephflack2587 I was mainly referring to creeps within the medical system. In the video, theres a part where she talks about medical exams and nudity and the question came up: don't creeps take advantage of it.
And of course there are creeps within the medical system here too: I just think it's less prevalent due to the things I mentioned. Especially the acting out part when you have so many different means that are not illegal and won't ruin anyone's life. That some people are inherently rotten, and can be found all over the world I don't disagree with. I just make a point that they have a far easier time just living out their fantasies here and don't have to get a work within the medical field in order to then take advantage of patients.
But sure, there are many ways to be creepy; everyone will have their definition. Why setting the barrier at what can be deemed illegal is probably the best we can do.
And sure there are creeps in Europe too; I just have a hard time linking their creepiness to repressed feelings. Unless they're migrants/refugees that bring their repression with them and are plunged into this liberal culture where they don't know how to behave; we've seen plenty of such examples in Europe lately.
@@josephflack2587 also about the definition of creep, just as you mentioned it's an open question.
Creep and off-putting are not the same. Everyone has been someone's creep at some point according to modern standards; off-putting, cringy, tacky is one thing. Another thing is dumb, young hormonal guys, full of drugs and drunk on alcohol packed into crowded areas where everyone is sweaty and half naked: but that's just human nature, stupidity but not necessarily creepy.
Some people don't go to clubs, big parties etc for that reason, because that attitude is sadly part of the human game; they might attend more refined events. Each to their own.
You can drive as fast as you want in some places. Yeah, in your dreams.
@@josephflack2587 there's an equal amount of female creeps, stop portraying this as a male caused problem.
And while there's a lot of pervs everywhere, in Europe, especially central and northern Europe, nudity isn't really frowned upon. And no one likes pervs, it's the natural order.
And while I personally am European and have no problem at all with public nudity, I myself am a prude, not due to shame but due to personal beliefs.
I personally don't care if I see anyone I know naked, it doesn't bother me, is it something I prefer to see, no. But I don't enforce my views onto others, because I'm personally against preaching.
If people want to be naked, let them be naked. If others have intents on them, is not my problem, it's their problem, the biggest cultural clash these days, is due to the intake of Muslims into Europe, and if you ask me, the eradication of Muslims isn't fast enough to preserve European Culture, because we had very few sex related crimes in Europe until 2015, due to the low population of Muslims, not saying all Muslims are bad, but their ideologies doesn't mix well with European Culture.
Muslims are Prude... Europeans are not... Muslim men likes to rape women... European men does not. Trust me, I've met a lot more disgusting Arabic speaking people in Europe than I've met kindhearted Arabic speaking people. And I've almost taken up arms to murder 3 Arabic speaking creeps, harassing a friend.
Europe is a shitehole these days due to the Government taking in these pieces of shit. And if you want any evidence of how shit Europe is right now, look at France at this moment.
The only thing I find weird in this video, is the fact that she blames having grown up in a Catholic family. Most countries in Europe (at least the ones you mostly see these kind of videos about), have a catholic background as well. I guess even Catholicism has been vandalized as well in the US of A.
As a Czechian myself. I can tell you why we do like being half-nude/nude it is really simple sometimes we just dont like sweaty t-shirts, pants or whatever piece of clothing after hot day on our bodies, because it's sticky and smelly etc. so we strip to underwear and throw the clothing on like chair or bed and just chill at home naked. Second reason why we like being half-nude in parks or any public space it's just for like you said for the breeze or we dont like to sweat in our t-shirts if it is hot that day. Its just it and noone really cares if you are half-naked in public, because we get it why is s/he half-naked or simply we aint their parents so we won't make drama out it so if you wanna be naked go for it nothing is stopping you. I hope this clarify something for you USA citizens
Sorry, it didn´t clarify something for me
@@Maria-js9ou aight and ?
@@Maria-js9ou once one realizes we are born naked, all is good. All that strange feelings one has to get rid of to lead an everyday (normal) life.
We are indoctrinated by our upbringing and local culture, being told by someone else what social norms are to follow in order to limit our freedom.
If growing up in a different culture the social acceptance will differ, actually in many points not only nudity.
When one is aware of that it will be easier to accept different social norms.
By the way everyone else will sense that one is uncomfortable in that situation.
Yeah, I don’t mind seeing half naked people in the parks either. After all, I don’t care if their bits are covered by undies or by their swimwear. And those really comfortable about their bodies who strip a little more are women who want a nice tan without any lines and they usually leave the panties on. So no problem in my opinion.
Sounds wonderful. I'd like to Czech it out someday!
She is awesome. As a Czech I really enjoy her videos for years. Highly recommended.
All the points she had on her list are completely tranferable one-to-one to Germany. Perhaps, though, we are not that crazy with "no pants day", but the rest - absolutely the same.
As a Czech, I've never heard of "no pants day" :D
@@MajklAstarin iam from Brno and there are actually no swimmin wear hours too in a near aquapark
17:25: yes, these are lockers in Czechia (some of them)
And you're right, in the Czech Rep. you cannot go to the ocean but it has nothing to do with nudity. It's a lend-locked country so there is no ocean to go to. :D
7:42 Not a Czech, but the feeling of freedom is nice, +no overheating of your "sensitive region"
Im an european woman. Mu gyno is a man and i never felt unsecure. We do have some nature beaches but at normal beach its normal to be topless fo women and for what i have seen, our bikinis and men's swim trunks are way smaller then american. Also, smal kids gi to the beach naked.
It’s the same if you visit an Onsen in Japan. Women and men have separate bathrooms and you also aren’t allowed to wear your swim suits and you also must wash your whole body and hair before you enter the water, you also are given a small white square towel to cover yourself. It is quite an experience but it is apart of their culture.
Omg i lived in CZ for two years and experienced every one of the things she mentioned (except the hot guys across my apartment). I have a similar sauna story!! So funny. And I survived! 😂
as a czech person i can't confirm most of these. never seen people just in their underwear in parks for example. but yeah, people (mostly men) urinate in public unfortunatelly, that is true.
Because public toilets aren't free
Jen with her husband are doing really good vidoes. She is our YT gem from LA.
Growing up and living in Czechia has been really difficult for me regarding this nudity. I have always been very shy, so I have similar experiences as Jen. :D And I am not even from a catholic family. We're all atheists, but I guess being shy is enough. This is the reason I hate locker rooms and "open space" showers. I don't like being naked even at home when I'm alone... :D
Same here :-) And I don't even feel comfortable seeing other naked people. I don't see anything beautiful about nudity. It's like those sphinx cats :-)
Yeah same 😅😅 I hate when see my neighbors in their undies or even NAKED in their garden next to us or even see them pee (mostly men) when everyone can see them....Idk it just feels weird to me all.....
I am Czech and I can easily explain. Czechs just dont care, a doctor does not care that youre stripped down, its his job and he is not interested into anything besides getting his job done and once you stop caring too, it becomes much easier. Men do not care, people around do not care unless youre urinating on someones house, its a unvoluntary boody function and once you have to go you have to go. Naked people on beaches do not care and so do people around. Children are often running around naked on those beaches as well. There can be few exceptions of course but over all people just do not care. And I think it is better than being afraid.
Ryan: What are the words in czech? Hol' on.
Also Ryan: 🤷♂nvm
a toilet in a private establishment is NOT a public toilet. you have many of them here too and you do not have to pay for them, but you assumed to consume something. A public toilet is a toilet owned by the gouvernement (all different levels, most city level) and to use them you have often to pay for use. the taxpayer pays for the facility, not for the cleaning of it. The user does.
Americans: "Whoah, don't show anything related to naked bodies!! It's a sin, Jesus will hunt you down and as for as I am aware; people were born with clothes on."
Also Americans: Perfectly fine with allowing children to be exposed to gore and very violent videos.
In the UK We have something called naked rambling.
It’s when people go for a walk through the country, while totally nude!
It’s a shock when you first see it 😂😂
Flat field thistles, brambles, midges, stinging nettles and clegs must have a field day!
I'm shouting out from Czechia as ordered. You rock! 👋
If you are a prudish american you cannot go to nearly any European country.
I live near Barcelona (Spain) and there was than man that was naturalist (he got shopping, rode a bike...) and sometimes foreigners watched him horrorified. The police had to explain to them that it was "permited" (there wasn't a law allowing or prohibiting it, it was a loophole he used) to walk around the city like this. He only had to put a towel (for hygienics) when sitting in a public transport and in food shops and restaurants because police asked him to do it to improve the coexistence. Now Barcelona doesn't permit nudity (the town hall removed the loophole) but I was so accustomed to see him walking without clothes that I didn't bat an eye. Sometimes he walked near me and I didn't see him. I will always remember the face of a friend from Madrid when she saw him with his groceries bag. She said to me: Do you saw him??? He was nude!! And I was: mmmmmm, ok? He was minding his business and I was minding mine.
I don't like to do topless at a beach but I don't mind if you do it. It's your body and your breasts. Topless in Spain is permited at the textile beaches and it's not unnusual to watch small kids running starkers there. At my town usually you are not going to see people sunbathing at a park because we have a textile beach and a nude beach (10 minuts by bike or public bus) but now we have lots of foreigners on vacation here because were opened a pair of hotels and now we see them sunbathing at parks. Usually these people are from north Europe and I really feel for their skins. It's permited or at least not frown upon and I don't mind either.
Public pools here are more estrict than the zcech ones. We have to wear (at my town) a bathsuit and a cap. And the public sauna at the sports center is male/female and you have to wear the swimsuit or a towel to use it but you have to wash before entering it and not wear a cap. I think the public sports center do it like that because it's for male/female and don't have specific hours to separate males from females but I think if you want to go nude you can do it but you have to put the towel between the bench and your butt. Here we don't have a sauna culture. I think this year if we are sunbathing at the exterior public pool we can be topless by town hall rules, I'm not sure. The showers are communal (there are 6 on a row) and the changing room it's a big room with benches. I think it's common in nearly all Europe to have a big female changing room with communal showers and other big one for men with it's own communal shower. There is one small room to change if you are shy at the pool side of the sport center but nobody uses it. At the gym side of the public sport center there isn't an only person changing room.
I laughted when she talked about breastfeeding because my cousin breastfeed her daughter a very long time and the kid sometimes came to her (perhaps she was playing with her friends and got thirsty or hungry) and asked for it. My cousin put her daughter at her lap and breastfeed her while talking with me or her friends (male or female) and nobody said anything. There are women more shy that tend to go to a less crowed part of the room to breastfeed the child and others more outgoing that put the baby at her lap and breastfeed the baby while talking or doing other things.
The showers with no stalls are very common in Czechia. Usually they are in public areas. I just returned from a festival and we were using them there whole two weeks of it’s duration. There were maybe ten shower heads just bolted to a blank wall. I didn’t even through it is something unusual until watching this video.
One time (not at bandcamp, no), I was on holiday with my ex and her family in France. We had been driving along a highway for a long time, when traffic came to a halt due to a massive traffic jam. The traffic jam went on for such a long time, that my mother-in-law had to get out of the car and pee at the side of the road 😄
I like her channel a lot! Please do more Dream Prague reactions :)
Not even czechs can go to the ocean.
…in their own countr !
That’s what I was going to say 😀
11:34 Don‘t know about Czechia public urinating, but in Germany this is an issue. Yes there are idiots exposing themselves in the weirdest places with no shame. But most male Germans would at least go to a place where they can‘t be seen, unless they‘re under the influence of to much alcohol. Then some people even forget to pull their pants off. But this another story. 😉
I would say it is common here 😂
iam czech and its exactly the same here and i have the same attitude, if u have to, you have to, but atleast find some bush where your not seen.
Czech here. I myself had a male doctor when I was a child and the stripping always made me uncomfortable, especially when he sat next to me and listened to my breathing. But my mom and a female nurse were always there with me. All of my female friends hate the stripping part if we have a male doctor 😅
The locker-door explanation:
You can hang a shirt, bag or whatever in the smaller side. Other stuff that doesn’t necessarily need that space you can put in the wider part of the locker.
I guess this just proves we aren't ashamed of our bodies unlike Americans 😏
I think the most disturbing fact is the country which is the most prudish there (USA) is the one who produces the most of the filthy content as well, be it porn, violence, etc... that's really strange. Anyway the part about the locker room is right. I always had communal shower rooms when playing basketball. Where everyone got naked to shower after practice or a game. The only separation was between male and female locker rooms, for sure.
The fact about wearing only underwear in parks isn't strange even for us in France. Being completely nude is not something accepted here, except in naturalist friendly places, which have special authorizations. But going around your torso bare isn't something uncommon in summer, especially with the very hot weather we get currently. As the beach, a few women goes barechested as well.
Definitely, the prudish US vision of things seems really foreign to me.
prude Americans - don't get me started ...
An American friend who happens hopping northern the fence (Canada) for temp. visits once brought his new significant other with him and we talked about our sauna, nudity at our pool and such. His girlfriend seem to be shocked and she asked why we (Europeans) are so obsessed with being naked. She talked about moral and sexual issues. My SO (from Britain) was a bit enerved of her and she said: "At least we have only every two month a pool or sauna orgy. And for the record just for the inner circle (of friends)."
😂😂😂😂😂
:D there is so many pervs in the states that they instantly sexualize everything, thats how it is
Poland is something in between I guess. When you grow up like that you dont notice it later on, it is not like everyone is running with their parts exposed and not every beach is like that, in fact most there isnt but by from what I am hearing US is way to conservative, idk about Czech, I was there a few times but didnt notice that really, I know Germany is all about that. Overall I think at least tolerating it and viewing it as something natural is healthier
What's considerred "offensive body parst" in the US? No body parts should be called "offensive"... (European here 😉)
As a Czech I'm really worried about which parks she go to
As well as apartments, I only know one guy who does that
She keeps repeating that she grew up a catholic.. well me too, yet, me and my brothers bathed in the public pools naked until we were like 6 years old, our parents had us pee in bushes in parks when we were out in the city and there was no other option except for the public toilets, bcs public toilets cost money and are really filthy. We went to sauna butt naked and we ran arund our neighborhood half naked in summers. And seeing our fathers and brothers around the house only in boxers is just another fact of life for a Czech i really never thought how all that could be so shocking to someone :D and the nurses being there while doctor chcecks you over is crazyyy
London celebrates January 8 as No Trousers Tube Ride Day, similar to No Pants Subway Ride that has been taking place in New York since 2002.
She obviously lives in Czechia, but this is basically just Europe vs the USA; a few details aside. Also, of course there are creeps in every country. I just wouldn't think whatever paper thing you have at the doctor stops them; and apparently it indeed does not.
I remember that in the 2000s, when we were on holidays in Croatia, Czech women would always sunbathe topless on the beaches.
I think I understand the American attitude and it may have something to do with wearing a gun. Since it is perfectly legal to wear a concealed gun for anyone and this is perhaps believed to act as a deterrent because you never know. But if nude, there is really only one way to conceal a gun and it is disgusting 🙂
L-shaped lockers are quite common in Austria too, completely normal but sometimes annoying when you have a lot of stuff. Sauna culture is quite similar in Austria. We go to the moxed sauna about 2-4 times per week at the gym after working out and we sit there talking about random things, last time we talked about mangos and their quality in different supermarkets, about vacations, movies - When I tell Americans about this, most of them can't wrap their head around it.
Land of the (actually) Free :-D
So funny. A few years ago on holiday in Greece we were on a mixed nudist/non nudist beach when a large party of young Americans approached, I guess they were on some kind of 'trip' they all looked in their late teens and were being lead by a young man holding a stick/cane.....obviously the 'leader', when he saw the naked people he stopped dead in his tracks, turned and pointing the cane back along the beach he shouted "About turn everyone....this is not the place for us"..... the funny part was so many of the young men and women were straining to see what had stopped their progress, I bet most of them would have loved to have walked on....but perhaps not as you Americans seem so uptight about 'nudity' 😂
We are just not offended by our body parts.
And in doctor's office you just go to your underware unless they need examine body parts under it.
As a Pole I'm on American side of the discourse.
Border between Poland and Czechia exists for a reason. The reason spoken above.
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as a czech i absolutely agree, the border is a good thing
As a European I find it strange that any body part are referred to as "offensive"
19:27 - Oh, you sweet summer child ;). The moment you said "separate" my thought was: we'll see about that ;). In Poland, which is definitely more prudent than Czech Republic - coed "textile-free" saunas are a common thing ;).
Actually i always thought that nudity in USA is norm, because most adult magazines, movies, internet sites came from USA.
p.s. I ❤USA
You're right but I do believe the U.S. have the biggest porn industry in the world because of their prudery. But when it comes to money their is no prudery in the U.S. their is just greed and there is a lot of dollar to earn in this business.
Regarding why do they do this kind of naturalism? First, why not, second: because they can :D
In Finland the municipalities have built a lot of toilets in the cities. Especially in parks and other public places where people hang out.
I'm czech and I'm sad to tell that nothing she describes ever happened to me. No nudis beach or naturalist in park. I would say that these things are somewhat rare but yeah we don't treat nudity as something bad.
in copenhagen many girls are topless in the harbor baths(the harbor has clean water) and there are no fences or anything.
From a perspective of a Polish person here: YOU GUYS ARE GIVEN PAPER STRIPES TO COVER SOME PARTS OF YOUR BODY IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN THE US?!? THAT'S SO WEIRD!!!! I AM TOTALLY MINDBLOWN!!!!
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Would you ever Stream on Twitch? I would watch you :D And you could just record your vids while streaming. Also it will even improve the videos if someone in chat can explain a joke or something like that.
I think this all applies to Baltic countries as well.. maybe besides metro (and no pants day) because we dont have metros and did not know about that holiday :D.. But in a local company summer/winter days it is very common that some colleague will go to hottub with you without undies :D.. going to mix sauna completely naked is quite common
Great video 👍 If america was more grown up in general then life would be so much better 😮.
When I high school right next to it was this man made lake with a sand beach... I remember quite a few PE lessons when we went for our 5K run (it was several laps around this lake) with quite a lot of nudist on it (it was usually in the morning so it was mostly quite old people as young people are at work) and how we just run trough the small crowd there. In the first years we were all just look down in front of yourself on the heels of the person running in front of you (the teacher was running first) but in the secound year and onwards we just did not are anymore and it become the new normal and none of us cared if we saw a private parts of somebody on the beach. Human body is just a body and there is nothing inherently sexual about it and unless you endangering others with your behavior just do what you want.
I am from Czech Republic and I love going to a nude beach from time to time. There is one in Brno city and it is smol but nice.
It is not about liking being naked outside, it is just the reality. We don't think intentionally about getting naked. She is describing how it is naturally here, not that we would intentionally keep undressing.
I don't understand why people (some) find the naked body offensive 🤦
Freedoom, it is the pure real feeling that you are free. Swim naked in the sea or a lake, it is freedom.
The locker is pretty normal in public pools here in Czechia. It's L shaped because there are two lockers. One on the top and one on the bottom. That means you can fit more lockers in one place, make the changing rooms smaller and who doesn't like to be in very close proximity of a bunch of naked strangers? 🤣
ad the "public toilets" at 10:35, the public toilet is toilet booth. It is not toilet under some establishment accessible to public, it is ONLY toilet, accessible by public. Those are mostly run by the city, or establishments working under city management (like city transportation including underground/subway/metro).
11:46 - the mans car was (as i understand) actually stopped by trafic jam (in his direction) and he dumbly decided to go to the divider. BTW, that is NOT normal. "Normal" behaviour, in case his situation is "emergency" - i.e. he can not wait till gas station, would be he going out of the road and behind some bushes. But it is possible he was afraid, the jam would start moving again, and he would not get back to his vehicle.
17:20 - the L shaped locker door, thats because the locker is L shaped to. Actually Two Ls on each other, in the way, like tetris game can get.
Few notes, if somebody already did not wrote them:
- its impolite to urinate in public space in city, but drunken people are doing it from time to time and parents (mostly mothers) are letting their children to urinate there to "because they will not keep it" (imo excuse)
- we are not obsessed with nudity, we simply fo not care (its sorta bound with few other thinks)
- breast feeding is theme also in CZ, but mothers will be probably pretty aggressive, as some of them are activist (probably most of those with really naked tits)
- you are right about that sauna. Its more clear if you will not use swimsuit.
- in parks, people are usually sunbathing in underwear, naked will be asked to dress by police
- at doctor, you usually undress only upper part,but I get that that is uncomfortable for woman
- and no, we are not running in hallways in underwear (but there can be some exceptions) :)
You definitely can't go to the ocean😂😂😂
Czechia is a landlocked country 😁