Nudity and Shame from Torah to Today

(כה) וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ עֲרוּמִּ֔ים הָֽאָדָ֖ם וְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֖א יִתְבֹּשָֽׁשׁוּ׃

(25) The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, yet they felt no shame.

(ה) כִּ֚י יֹדֵ֣עַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֗י בְּיוֹם֙ אֲכָלְכֶ֣ם מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְנִפְקְח֖וּ עֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם וִהְיִיתֶם֙ כֵּֽאלֹהִ֔ים יֹדְעֵ֖י ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע׃

(5) but God knows that as soon as you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like divine beings who know good and bad.”

(ז) וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙ עֵינֵ֣י שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם הֵ֑ם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ עֲלֵ֣ה תְאֵנָ֔ה וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם חֲגֹרֹֽת׃

(7) Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they perceived that they were naked; and they sewed together fig leaves and made themselves loincloths.

(י) וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֶת־קֹלְךָ֥ שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בַּגָּ֑ן וָאִירָ֛א כִּֽי־עֵירֹ֥ם אָנֹ֖כִי וָאֵחָבֵֽא׃

(10) He replied, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

What is the definition Shame?...Shame is a painful social emotion that results from comparison of the self's actions with the self's standards....or ideal social state.

FCC Decision in the Janet Jackson Breast Exposure Case

During the days and weeks that followed the February 1, 2004, Super Bowl broadcast, the Commission received an unprecedented number of complaints alleging that the CBS Network Stations aired indecent material during the program.[6] Specifically, the complaints state that the halftime segment, which featured musical performances by Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock and Justin Timberlake, contained indecent material, including “crude,” “inappropriate,” “lewd” and “sexually explicit” dancing and song lyrics, culminating in a performance by Ms. Jackson and Mr. Timberlake that concluded with Mr. Timberlake’s removal of a portion of Ms. Jackson’s bustier, exposing her breast to the camera.[7]