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Decency is conformity to sociocultural
Society

A society is a group of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions....
 standards of conduct and speech.

Standards of decency vary greatly depending on the cultural context. Most nations have law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
s against indecency which regulate certain sexual acts, and restrict one's ability to display certain parts of the body in public (see indecent exposure
Indecent exposure

Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under circumstances where such an exposure is likely to be seen as contrary to the local commonly accepted standards of decency , and may in fact be a violation of law....
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Decency is conformity to sociocultural
Society

A society is a group of humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive culture and/or institutions....
 standards of conduct and speech.

Standards of decency vary greatly depending on the cultural context. Most nations have law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
s against indecency which regulate certain sexual acts, and restrict one's ability to display certain parts of the body in public (see indecent exposure
Indecent exposure

Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under circumstances where such an exposure is likely to be seen as contrary to the local commonly accepted standards of decency , and may in fact be a violation of law....
).

See also

  • Taste (sociology)
    Taste (sociology)

    Taste in the general sense is the same as preference.Taste is also a sociology concept in that it is not just personal but subject to social pressures, and a particular taste can be judged "good" or "bad"....
  • Communications Decency Act
    Communications Decency Act

    The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was the first notable attempt by the United States Congress to regulate pornography material on the Internet....
  • Public indecency
    Public indecency

    Public indecency refers to activity prohibited by the law in many locations. Public indecency is used as a blanket term for activities that authorities would like to prohibit but that may not be explicitly defined as prohibited....
  • Indecent exposure
    Indecent exposure

    Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under circumstances where such an exposure is likely to be seen as contrary to the local commonly accepted standards of decency , and may in fact be a violation of law....
  • Sodomy law
    Sodomy law

    A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as Sex and the law. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law, but is typically understood by courts to include any sexual act which does not lead to procreation....
  • Norm (sociology)
    Norm (sociology)

    A Social norm is the sociology term for the behavioral expectations and cues within a society or group. They have been defined as "the rules that a group uses for appropriate and inappropriate values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors....
  • Grotesque body
    Grotesque body

    The grotesque body is a concept, or literary trope, put forward by Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin in his study of Francois Rabelais' work....


External links


  • 2005, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Cmte. Hearing on Decency in the Media archive at CSpan.