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Women in Ancient Rome/Greece were NOT allowed to flaunt their sexuality in public, and were expected to cover up in a way not unlike women in Saudi Arabia. Given this, where did the tradition in classical painting of showing women of antiquity casually exposing themselves in public originate from?

by /u/TirousDidAThing in /r/AskHistorians

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