Most Italians think nude sunbathing is perfectly natural and don't mind crossing paths with bottomless beach-goers — even when those bottoms are unsightly, survey results recently released stated. While topless sunbathing is widely practiced in Italy, bottoms are usually required and nudists can face fines of more than 500 euros on some beaches, according to the Italian Naturalist Federation. But the Federation found nearly 70 percent of those surveyed said they would sunbathe nude if everyone else did it. More than 80 percent said nudism was not erotic, but natural.

Women were more frequently bothered by nude sunbathing than men. Just over 40 percent of women said they did not like seeing other naked females on the beach, while just 5 percent of men shared the same opinion about nude women. The survey found nearly two-thirds of men weren't bothered by nude male sunbathers. When it came to unattractive or "brutto" sunbathers, most Italians they didn't object to seeing them naked either.