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Man and woman in swimsuits, c. 1910; she is exiting a bathing machine Annette Kellerman, early 1900s, in swimwear which she wore when arrested for public indecency In the United States, indecent exposure refers to conduct undertaken in a non-private or (in some jurisdictions) publicly viewable location, which is deemed indecent in nature, such as nudity, masturbation or sexual intercourse. [1]
Federal law also bans broadcasting (but not cable or satellite transmission) of "indecent" material during specified hours. [1] Most obscenity cases in the United States in the past century have involved images or films, but there have also been prosecutions of textual works as well, a notable one being that of the 18th-century novel Fanny Hill.
On July 26, 1991, Pee-wee Herman aka Paul Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in Sarasota, Fla. (Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection, Getty Images) (Everett Collection, Getty Images)
What is an inappropriate state of dress in a particular context depends on the standards of decency of the community where an exposure takes place. These standards vary from time to time and can vary from the very strict standards of modesty in places such as Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, which require most of the body to be covered, to tribal societies such as the Pirahã or Mursi where full ...
The St. Cloud man is being held at the Stearns County Jail and faces three misdemeanor charges: indecent exposure in the presence of a minor under 16, masturbating in the presence of minors under ...
Aug. 16—An Edgefield County man has been charged after allegedly exposing himself at an Aiken County convenience store. Michael Jenkins, 67, of Trenton, was arrested and charged Aug. 15 with ...
In an unrelated incident, Gonser was found guilty of an indecent exposure charge and sentenced to 10–25 years (Michigan.gov/otis) Thomas and Raymond Highers were convicted in 1988 of first-degree murder in the 1987 slaying of Robert Karey, a known Detroit drug dealer and were both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole ...
Jun. 14—A Keene man is facing charges of child pornography and indecent exposure in connection with an alleged online relationship officials claim he had with a minor under 16 years of age ...