The cultural tendency to hide the female nipple under clothing has existed in Western culture since the 1800s. As female nipples are often perceived an intimate part, covering them might have originated under Victorian morality as with riding side saddle. Exposing the entire breast and nipple is a form of protest for some and a crime for others. The exposure of nipples is usually considered immodest and in some instances is viewed as lewd or indecent behavior.D. Leder, The Body in Medical Thought and Practice, page 223, Springer Science & Business Media, 1992,
The cultural tendency to hide the female nipple under clothing has existed in Western culture since the 1800s. As female nipples are often perceived an intimate part, covering them might have originated under Victorian morality as with riding side saddle Exposing the entire breast and nipple is a form of protest for some and a crime for others The exposure of nipples is usually considered immodest and in some instances is viewed as lewd or indecent behavior.D. Leder, The Body in Medical Thought and Practice page 223, Springer Science & Business Media, 1992,