Indecent Exposure on Your Own Property

And appears in a public place does not mean that he can be seen from a public place but that he appears in a public place. You might have an argument if it said appears from a public place. But as it stands, you are really reaching and are incorrect.

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Quoting llworking

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If adults can see him, so can children. That is a problem in my eyes.

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I hate doing this, l, but I gotta tell you - that attitude is part of the problem. Nudity in and of itsef is not shameful, and it's absolutely wrong to teach our kids that it is.

I think we've derailed this thread pretty well. Yes, I know I'm guilty of it too.

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Quoting cdwjava

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Regardless of whether you or I might like it, or not, the fact is that people who intentionally expose themselves to the public (generally for their own lewd interests) are most often subject to criminal penalties - and rightly so.

There is a difference between incidental and accidental exposure, and someone who flashes the public - adults, children, whomever - for their own purposes.

You can choose not to care all you want, but, if we have codes that tell us what color our houses can be, the size of signage on a public street, and that require lit house numbers, we can certainly regulate who can flash their genitalia to me and to my children. And, we currently do.

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But who is deciding whether walking around naked in your own home is incidental, or deliberately provoking and/or exposing yourself to children? There's a HUGE difference between the two.

... on second thoughts maybe using the word "huge" with such emphasis is a bad idea. :eek:

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Quoting Dogmatique

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But who is deciding whether walking around naked in your own home is incidental, or deliberately provoking and/or exposing yourself to children? There's a HUGE difference between the two.

... on second thoughts maybe using the word "huge" with such emphasis is a bad idea. :eek:

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actually, accepting the interpretation that as long as one is on or in their private property nudity in itself is not illegal, as long as the person does not commit a lewd act, exposing ones self intentionally is not illegal.

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Quoting Dogmatique

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But who is deciding whether walking around naked in your own home is incidental, or deliberately provoking and/or exposing yourself to children? There's a HUGE difference between the two.

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That would be the police, the DA, and the court. As with any other law.

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Quoting jk

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actually, accepting the interpretation that as long as one is on or in their private property nudity in itself is not illegal, as long as the person does not commit a lewd act, exposing ones self intentionally is not illegal.

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Depends on the laws of your state. MAYBE in the OP's state flashing the neighbors is legal. It's not that way everywhere.

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Quoting Dogmatique

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But who is deciding whether walking around naked in your own home is incidental, or deliberately provoking and/or exposing yourself to children? There's a HUGE difference between the two.

... on second thoughts maybe using the word "huge" with such emphasis is a bad idea. :eek:

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If someone forgets to close their curtains or doesn't even think of closing their curtains that is one thing. Lots of people forget or do not think to close their curtains.

However, someone who goes outside without any clothes on knows that they can be seen by the general public. Therefore, therefore in most scenarios I am going to think that they are being deliberately provoking, even if the intent is only to annoy/shock the neighbors.

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Quoting llworking

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If someone forgets to close their curtains or doesn't even think of closing their curtains that is one thing. Lots of people forget or do not think to close their curtains.

However, someone who goes outside without any clothes on knows that they can be seen by the general public. Therefore, therefore in most scenarios I am going to think that they are being deliberately provoking, even if the intent is only to annoy/shock the neighbors.

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To each their own.

If someone wants to be a nudist and prance about naked, that's fine. I don't have a problem with it. However, do it where everyone else is aware of it - a nude beach, a nudist colony/resort, your own home (with curtains closed and a proper fence). It is not fair to subject others to visuals that they do not want to see. I have no great desire to observe naked people prancing about. I can understand the accidental exposure, but, to intentionally flaunt one's self is a different animal, and, for the most part, unlawful.

Y'all are lucky you haven't spotted me dancing naked under the full moon in my back garden.

(And you don't know whether I'm joking or serious, do you? Well .. my beloved cbg would know. But otherwise ... ;) :D )