In the United States, indecent exposure refers to conduct undertaken in a public area or publicly viewable location, which is deemed inappropriate in nature, such as nudity, masturbation, or sexual in
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
A woman exposing her thong while wearing low rise jeans, which is considered an indecent exposure in some public places
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The bathing machine was a device, popular from the 18th century until the early 20th century, to allow people at beaches to change out of their usual clothes, change into swimwear, and wade in the oce
Indecent exposure in the United States
…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…
Women posing near a bathing machine in 1902
Horse-drawn bathing machines in Wyk auf Föhr, Germany, 1895
Sea bathing in mid Wales c. 1800. Several bathing machines can be seen.
Mermaids at Brighton swim behind their bathing machines in this engraving by William Heath, c. 1829.