Our Nudity Is Different: Difference between revisions

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* At one point in the ''[[Belgariad]]'' the fanatic zealot Relg rants about how Ulgo women try to entice him by showing their calves and forearms. (Or at least He thinks so).

** Relg's idea of modesty isn't different so much as it is extreme. Ulgos have the same standards of modesty as the rest of the setting, and are already quite modest by that standard (no doubt assisted in this by living in caves, which are probably quite cold). That's just not enough for Relg.

* The classic SF story ''The Wheels of If'' has a scene on an alternate Earth where belly buttons are considered obscene...but nothing else is, resulting in [[Barely-There Swimwear]] of an unusual sort.

* The classic SF story ''[[The Wheels of If]]'' has a scene on an alternate Earth where belly buttons are considered obscene...but nothing else is, resulting in [[Barely-There Swimwear]] of an unusual sort.

* ''[[Discworld]]'':

** In ''[[The Last Hero]]'', we're told there is a religion in Ankh-Morpork which prohibits women from showing their ears, lest they inflame the passions of men.

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* Played for [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]] in ''[[The Poisonwood Bible]]''. Kilanga women hide their legs under long skirts and think nothing of going topless. Missionary Nathan Price is shocked by their indecency; the Kilanga are similarly shocked by Mrs. Price wearing ''pants''.

* In [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Stand]]'', 108-year-old Abagail Freemantle remembers appearing on a talent show back in 1902. Before her, a woman performed a "racy French dance", showing her ankles.

* In [[Memoirs of a Geisha]], Sayuri explains that geisha generally do not go out without their makeup on, so to leave just a little bit of bare skin unpainted at the hairline is a very suggestive thing indeed, hinting at what lies beneath. Additionally, necks are considered very attractive and a geisha will wear a kimono with a low collar in the back in the same way a Western woman would wear a short skirt.

* In ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]'', Sayuri explains that geisha generally do not go out without their makeup on, so to leave just a little bit of bare skin unpainted at the hairline is a very suggestive thing indeed, hinting at what lies beneath. Additionally, necks are considered very attractive and a geisha will wear a kimono with a low collar in the back in the same way a Western woman would wear a short skirt.

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