# A question of nipples and censorship **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389 "2003-03-14T17:25:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/21 "2003-03-16T03:02:05Z")
Maybe they could find a male with female-looking nipples, and they could use him as a body-double for close up shots where the nipples are in view. Then when people call to complain, they can tell them “No, those were really male nipples. Those are OK.” and the callers will all say “Oh, OK, thanks.” Just a thought. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/22 "2003-03-16T05:49:59Z")
They said “prong.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/23 "2003-03-16T07:08:59Z")
Okay, Sol, you owe me a new monitor- this one just got diet coke spit all over it! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/24 "2003-03-16T07:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _falls out of chair laughing_ you cannot show something as simple as nipples on TV? Something as perfectly human? Methinks you live in an overcensored society. In the Southern part of the United States people still get bent out of shape if a woman nurses her baby in public! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/25 "2003-03-16T16:11:37Z")
Comedy Central is currently showing Dogma. No Spoilers- When Salma Hayek appears, she reveals that she is not human. Lifting her skirt, she exposes a pubis that is smooth and featureless-no hair, no mons veneris, no labia, no orifice, no features of any kind. Comedy Central cut the shot. They showed the view from behind, leaving the audience to conjecture exactly what Salma is displaying. ``` There's an earlier scene in which Metatron establishes that he is an angel and not a rapist by doing the same thing. Presumably, that was cut as well but I tuned in late. ``` ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/26 "2003-03-16T16:45:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*Can anyone tell me why in the world a woman would be exposing her nipples at a car wash, if not to tittilate viewers? That’s not a non-sexual context, that’s no context at all. \*\* At some topless car washes, the girls use their breasts to wash your car. That’s dedication, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Harald\_Bluetooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@Harald\_Bluetooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harald_Bluetooth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/27 "2003-03-16T16:56:01Z")
Sorry, **DocCathode** , and not to defend censor-hair-splitting, but… I just checked my DVD copy of Dogma. In the Alan Rickman/Linda Fiorentino scene, Rickman displays, announcing “I’m as anatomically impaired as a Ken doll.” There’s a camera shot of his (its?) lack of anatomy. In the later bar scene, Salma Hayek lifts skirt facing Fiorentino and says “I lack definition.” She is viewed from the side/rear, leaving all to our imagination. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/28 "2003-03-17T03:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Harald Bluetooth \* > \*\*Sorry, **DocCathode** , and not to defend censor-hair-splitting, but… I just checked my DVD copy of Dogma. In the Alan Rickman/Linda Fiorentino scene, Rickman displays, announcing “I’m as anatomically impaired as a Ken doll.” There’s a camera shot of his (its?) lack of anatomy. > > In the later bar scene, Salma Hayek lifts skirt facing Fiorentino and says “I lack definition.” She is viewed from the side/rear, leaving all to our imagination. \*\* I sit corrected ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/29 "2003-03-17T06:53:35Z")
One of those Discovery shows on Las Vegas had a guy who made a big bet that he would get breast implants for a year. He flashed, and they blurred. THANK GOD. ---
**Author:** ![the\_O-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9f8e36/32.png) [@the\_O-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O-man)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/30 "2003-03-17T14:48:38Z")
There once was an ordinance passed in an Ohio city (Cleveland or Cincinnati) that banned the display of nipples in public. This was directed mainly at female strip clubs or topless bars. It was interesting when a male body building contest came to town and they had to cover the men’s nipples with flesh color tape lest they run the risk of being raided. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/31 "2003-03-17T15:01:58Z")
So how come nipples seen through a thin shirt (think Kim in 24 in the Mountain Man shelter, or Rachel in Friends at any time) is okay? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389/32 "2003-03-17T16:58:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Walloon \* > \*\*The PBS miniseries _Tales of the City_ (1993) had bare female breasts. Local affiliates were given the option of showing a blurred or non-blurred version. Thankfully, my affiliate protected me from the corruption bare titties could have caused. \*\* TOTC contains bare female breasts _and_ full frontal and rear male nudity. My PBS affiliate pixilated the breasts but left the male nudity unblemished. God Bless America. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-nipples-and-censorship/161389.md?page=1)