It's all about context and control.
My wife is a self-professed prude in every day life. But at the nudist resort, she will unhesitantly get naked in the shower area, walk around, plop down by the pool and start a conversation with whoever happens to be sitting by us; with little concern about the fact that this person can see her completely naked.
There are two things here:
1 - It's a nudist resort (context) and since nudity is encouraged there, she sees no reason to feel any "shame."
2 - She feels in control because she feels safe enough to "choose" being naked as opposed to being "caught" undressed.
When she openly claims to be a "prude" in front of other people I always shrug; especially when just a few days prior she was hanging out naked amongst a bunch of strangers at the resort. But that's women for you.
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