Although often used interchangeably, 'naked' and 'nude' are also used in English to distinguish between the various meanings of being unclothed.Ĭontemporary social norms regarding nudity vary widely, reflecting cultural ambiguity towards the body and sexuality, and differing conceptions of what constitutes public versus private spaces. Nakedness and clothing are connected to many cultural categories such as identity, privacy, social status and moral behavior. Partial nudity may be defined as not covering the genitals or other parts of the body deemed sexual, such as the buttocks or female breasts. In any particular society, these meanings are defined in relation to being properly dressed, not in relation to the specific body parts being exposed. Nudity is culturally complex due to meanings given various states of undress in differing social situations. Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. Sunbathers at Müggelsee lake beach, East Berlin in 1989
