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[[File:natursutten-rubber-baby-nipple 818 general 7963.jpg|frame|This is [[Not Safe for Work|possibly the most work-safe image]] of a [[Visual Pun|"nipple"]] that we can use here.]] |
[[File:natursutten-rubber-baby-nipple 818 general 7963.jpg|frame|This is [[Not Safe for Work|possibly the most work-safe image]] of a [[Visual Pun|"nipple"]] that we can use here.]] |
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{{quote|''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|The center of the Boob is the source of its power]]. It is so powerful in fact that society does not permit its public display for fear of wide spread anarchy, and [[Your Head Asplode|mass headsplosions]].'' |
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|''[[Cracked.com]]'', "[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs/ Boobs]"}} |
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Though media can safely display much of the female breast, female nipples almost guarantee an [[Media Classifications|R rating]] from the MPAA. They might cost you $550,000 if you show them at half-time during the [[Super Bowl]]. The sight of it is so [[Harmful to Minors]], with [https://web.archive.org/web/20100223085304/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30883 their delicate psyches], that you must click a release to see it on the Internet. The United States Supreme Court upheld an ordinance requiring strippers to [http://supreme.justia.com/us/529/277/case.html cover it] under a pastie. |
Though media can safely display much of the female breast, female nipples almost guarantee an [[Media Classifications|R rating]] from the MPAA. They might cost you $550,000 if you show them at half-time during the [[Super Bowl]]. The sight of it is so [[Harmful to Minors]], with [https://web.archive.org/web/20100223085304/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30883 their delicate psyches], that you must click a release to see it on the Internet. The United States Supreme Court upheld an ordinance requiring strippers to [http://supreme.justia.com/us/529/277/case.html cover it] under a pastie. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* Miss Mune-Mune from ''[[Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai]]'' is all over this trope. Several times, one more revealing than the other. |
* Miss Mune-Mune from ''[[Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai]]'' is all over this trope. Several times, one more revealing than the other. |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100223085304/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30883 This ''Onion'' article] satirizes the whole Janet Jackson thing and the question raised here beautifully. |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100223085304/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30883 This ''Onion'' article] satirizes the whole Janet Jackson thing and the question raised here beautifully. |
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* Loreffrey Photography Studios explores this in ''Nipple Non Grata'', a series of photos of topless women with their nipples photoshopped out. |
* Loreffrey Photography Studios explores this in ''Nipple Non Grata'', a series of photos of topless women with their nipples photoshopped out. |
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* When [[Tumblr]] [[Think of the Advertisers!|emasculated itself in December 2018 to attract advertisers]], one of the most prominent items on the list of banned content was the bizarre phrase "female-presenting nipples", prompting no small amount of mockery. |
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