Indecent exposure in the United States

[1874] For several days past, an Italian, who refuses to give his name, has been in the habit of standing on the corner of Fourth and Julian Streets in the city, and making an exposure of his person to school children.

About 4 o'clock this afternoon, after the officers had arrested him ...[2]In some areas of the United States of America in the early 1900s, women were expected to wear cumbersome dresses and pantaloon combinations when swimming.

In 1907, Annette Kellerman, an Australian swimmer, was arrested on a Boston beach for public indecency for wearing her trademark one-piece swimsuit.

[7] Indecent exposure is defined as a crime in the United States Armed Forces by Article 120c, Uniform Code of Military Justice.

[8] In Texas, a 2021 law extended indecent exposure to online activity, in which a person sends unsolicited nude or sexual images to another individual.

Man and woman in swimsuits, c. 1910 ; she is exiting a bathing machine
Annette Kellerman , early 1900s, in swimwear which she wore when arrested for public indecency