If you're lounging around at home naked then someone unexpectedly knocks on the door, is it illegal to answer the door naked?
from JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 12 May 03:08
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/68678445

If you have a nice normal naked body, not shockingly disgusting

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rumschlumpel@feddit.org on 12 May 03:10 next collapse

I doubt that whether a naked body is “shockingly disgusting” plays a role in most countries’ laws …

Also, where? In a lot of countries, laws around nakedness aren’t even consistent between internal regional subdivisions.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 12 May 03:25 collapse

Probably plays more role in whether cops get wind of it at all.

lath@piefed.social on 12 May 05:07 next collapse

Yes. The door leads to a public space and the intent is to be naked for public eyes, therefore you a perv.

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works on 12 May 06:39 collapse

First, fuck body shaming. What someone looks like has no bearing on their rights under law, nor whether or not the can be nude when legal. That’s shitty thinking, and you should reconsider your mindset.

That out of the way…

Highly location dependent. Hell, afaik, there aren’t countries that have nudity laws. I could be wrong, but I’ve not run across it despite being interested in such laws

Here in the US, that kind of thing would be jurisdiction bases. City and/or county (or parish) level. I think some states have laws about it, but I can’t be arsed to look up which ones at 2 in the morning. I think there’s stuff on the books when you’re on federal land, but damned if I can recall the details. But there’s no blanket law that covers the entire country.

However, the public nudity laws as regard this question i’ve seen tend to be based around when a person has an expectation of privacy. Generally, you can be naked in your house, and fuck anyone trying to peek in the window. But once you open the curtains, you’re in public view for this kind of thing. You also run into specifics of what is and isn’t nudity. Some places don’t allow women’s titties, but do men’s. Some places are less strict about anything but genitals.

Just playing off of memory though, most places in the US would expect you to at least cover your genitals when answering the door.