I’m Italian, and I really struggle to rationalize this attitude.
I honestly don’t understand. Maybe it’s because I’m surrounded by 2,500 years of art in which nudity is an essential and predominant element, by people (even in the workplace) who have a relaxed and genuinely democratic view of the subject — but this comment feels totally alien to me. I suppose it’s my own limitation, but I would NEVER have focused attention on this aspect.
I don’t know, maybe I’m the one who’s wrong…
Italy obviously has much rich and beautiful culture, though I don't know it well enough to understand the difference on this point. Does my response to someone else clarify how and why US corporate culture may be different?
