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Author: Wii
May 27th 2012
at
2:48:07 AM
I think this needs to be made into a general trope about nudity double standards… maybe something like "Bare Body Bias". The description would read something like this: Nudity! Because NakedPeopleAreFunny and SexSells, there is no shortage of nudity in modern media. You can turn on the TV and catch a glimpse of NakedPeopleTrappedOutside, or see some poor schmuck walk right into a [[BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty surprise party wearing nothing at all]]. The boys can stop by a BikiniBar, while the girls drive by HotMenAtWork while on their way to [[MrFanservice Mr.]] & [[MsFanservice Mrs. Fanservice's]] house, and come the BeachEpisode, everyone's wardrobe will suddenly consist solely of BarelyThereSwimwear. So, as an enterprising young TV executive, you decide to spice up your new prime-time television show with some {{Fanservice}} by giving one of your attractive young stars a ShirtlessScene. Surely this will please your viewers, and when the ratings go up ...Wait. You gave a ShirtlessScene to a ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous woman]]''? You are so six-hundred-thousand dollars worth of sued. Yes, society still has its norms, and civilization's self-appointed MoralGuardians stand ever at the ready to enforce them. Arbitrary as they may be, the specific patches of skin and body parts that can and cannot be seen are SeriousBusiness, and failing to adhere to these restrictions lands you in hot water almost instantaneously. Though standards are different the world over (see OurNudityIsDifferent), Western civilization has mostly settled on these rules: * With one [[MaleFrontalNudity significant exception]], standards for women are much, much tighter than they are for men. Most of the female breast can be safely bared without much more than some raised eyebrows if you're reasonably far from children's entertainment, but the nipple and areola? Even the hinting to its presence can be considered obscene, and as far as the public conscience is concerned, any actual exposure means that the work is pornographic. This is in stark contrast to men, who are completely exempt from this this rule; a man can be topless for [[ShirtlessScene any amount of time at all]], [[WalkingShirtlessScene as long as he wants]], and he won't turn any heads for it ([[DistractedByTheSexy or maybe]] [[EatingTheEyeCandy he will...]]). Likewise, a person's behind simply ''cannot'' be uncovered; at the very least, a ThongOfShielding must be provided... if they are a woman. Men? Nobody cares; after all, AllWomenArePrudes, so there's nothing sexual about a man's ass, right? Also, the vulva must never be shown, ever; at that point your work officially becomes porn. There is only one thing in all of human anatomy that is less acceptable than the female genitalia... * ...the male genitalia. MaleFrontalNudity is the zenith of human indecency in the eyes of Western culture, and more extreme than even the female counterpart, so there's kind of a twisted bit of balance; while women have more "unacceptable" areas, the unacceptable area of a man is the most strongly reviled. Again, there's a touch of AllWomenArePrudes, flavored with a helpful dose of [[HeteronormativeCrusader heterosexism]]; ''nobody'' finds men attractive, so there's absolutely no one who'd ''enjoy'' the display. Any visual indication that a man [[BarbieDollAnatomy even has anything "down there"]] is considered quite distasteful; a bulge can be considered obscene, and certainly will be if it gets any detail whatsoever. Oh, and '''any''' glimpse of the genitals themselves, no matter how insignificant, is grounds for the highest content rating. SuperTrope to NippleAndDimed and MaleFrontalNudity. See also OurNudityIsDifferent. Has a causal relationship with FullyClothedNudity, ThongOfShielding, BarelyThereSwimwear, WardrobeMalfunction and so on. Related to most of the PartialNudityTropes and factors in to many of the NudityTropes. For examples (if any), series/works or scenes with notable contrasts could be mentioned. For example, in ''GreysAnatomy'', there is a scene implied to immediately follow a ShowerOfLove between Addison and Mark. Addison is wearing a bathrobe covering most of her body; Mark steps out of the bathroom in nothing but a ''very'' carefully-placed towel. Well, there's that. 'Tis my suggestion, anyways.
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