You PERCEIVE yourself. As smarter in the shower. Because you didn't have privacy.
The shower is private.
Everyone knows it is, in American/western culture. That's why it's "walled-off" or behind glass or in a little f**king nook with a stupid plastic curtain.
In other cultures. People wash themselves differently. It's less taboo.
But the nakedness makes you vulnerable. And the walls keep you safe.
And you don't want anyone to tell you you're stupid.
And that's okay.
-N