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Author: DaibhidC

Oct 16th 2011 at 2:33:38 PM

[[AC:Literature]]
*''{{Discworld}}'':
**In ''Discworld/TheLastHero'', we're told there is a religion in Ankh-Morpork which prohibits women from showing their ears, lest they inflame the passions of men.
**In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', the wizards are adamant they can't wear shorts that expose their knees, for fear of the effect this might have on women. The one woman who hears this has trouble keeping a straight face.
*In one of AP Herbert's ''More Misleading Cases in the Common Law'', when a man is charged with indecency for entering the sea wearing the "wrong" sort of swimsuit, a judge goes into a bit of a rant about this, contrasting the 19th century definition of "indecency" used by the municipal council with a more liberal 1920s definition:
-->'''Mr Justice Wool''': Stuff and nonsense, constable! The male torso is not indecent. If it is hairy it may be unattractive: but so is the male foot. So is your face; but the Council cannot compel you to drape it. A lady's back is not indecent: it may be attractive, but so are a lady's eyes. The act says "indecency" not "allure". My father wore nothing but drawers. So did I.

[[AC:NewspaperComics]]
*Back in the sixties, Mort Walker was told he wasn't allowed to show bellybuttons in ''HiAndLois''. He protested by featuring a box of navel oranges.