Description
This is a photo of laundry hanging to dry in France.

Sociological Imagination
In many cultures throughout the world hanging laundry out to dry is socially unacceptable. The main reason for this is the fact that it makes the living environment seem untidy. This open display of clothes hanging to dry can sometimes give the idea of less social privacy. Humans use clothes for their personal privacy, to cover what is suppose to be private on their bodies. This flaunting of clothes on clotheslines can occasionally be seen as promoting less social privacy.
In the world today the human population is exceeding our resources and using more energy than the planet can keep up to. Hanging clothes instead of drying them is a environmentally friendly way of conserving energy. ‘Green’ people are more likely to fight for a neighborhood where hanging clothes outside is accepted. This green trend will catch on and many others will start to imitate this healthy new development. People will not feel as if their privacy is being corrupted if all the rest of the houses around them follow suit because then everyone can clearly observe the rest of the clothes.