Title: Modesty - Wikipedia
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Modesty
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Modesty in medical settings
Main article: Modesty in medical settings
In dress
Generally accepted Western norms
Gender differences
Traditional indigenous
Religious traditions
Buddhism
Christianity
Anabaptists
Catholicism
Methodists
Quakers
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Hinduism
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Islam
Women
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Judaism
Women
Men
Cross-cultural and non-religious
In the arts
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Modesty, sculpture by Louis-Léopold Chambard, 1861
Recreation on a California beach in the first decade of the 20th century
Modesty, sometimes known as demureness, is a mode of dress and deportment which intends to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. The word "modesty" comes from the Latin word modestus which means "keeping within measure". Standards of modesty are culturally and context dependent and vary widely. In this use, it may be considered inappropriate or immodest to reveal certain parts of the body. In some societies, modesty may involve women covering their bodies completely and not talking to men who are not immediate family members; in others, a fairly revealing but one-piece bathing costume is considered modest while other women wear bikinis. In some countries, exposure of the body in breach of community standards of modesty is also considered to be public indecency, and public nudity is generally illegal in most of the world and regarded as indecent exposure.