HandwovenConsensus@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy does it seem like desert cultures tend to cover most of their body, while tropical cultures tend to wear very little clothing?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareWhy does it seem like desert cultures tend to cover most of their body, while tropical cultures tend to wear very little clothing?HandwovenConsensus@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
Like, I know that desert dwellers do it to protect their bodies from the sun, but isn’t that also an issue in the tropics?
minus-squareBezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m not an expert so take this all with a grain of salt but tropics have more trees and shade. Deserts have none. Humidity is a thing too. Deserts are dry. You sweat less. So the clothing works and keeps you cool. In the tropics id imagine it sticks to you.
minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t think dry air makes you sweat less. It just makes the sweat evaporate faster, which also makes it more effective at keeping you cool.
I’m not an expert so take this all with a grain of salt but tropics have more trees and shade. Deserts have none.
Humidity is a thing too. Deserts are dry. You sweat less. So the clothing works and keeps you cool. In the tropics id imagine it sticks to you.
I don’t think dry air makes you sweat less. It just makes the sweat evaporate faster, which also makes it more effective at keeping you cool.