page_title: Nudity
section_title: Imposed nudity
hierarchical_section_title: Nudity / General issues / Imposed nudity
caption_attribution_description: English: One of the many iconic photographs of the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal: Lynndie England forcing an inmate, known to the guards as "Gus" to crawl and bark like a dog on a leash. England is holding a leash attached to a prisoner collapsed on the floor, U.S. Army / Criminal Investigation Command (CID). Seized by the U.S. Government.
context_page_description: Nudity is a state of being in which a human is not wearing clothing or specifically is not covering the genitals. In some societies, partial nudity is defined as not covering other parts of the body that are deemed to be sexual.
  Nakedness, or the loss of body fur, was one of the physical characteristics that marked the evolution of anatomically modern humans from their hominini ancestors. For many thousands of years, humans wore no clothing, which continues to be the norm in some isolated indigenous societies in tropical climates. It is generally accepted that the widespread adoption of clothing occurred as people migrated to other climates which required protection from the elements. In addition, as societies developed from being hunter-gatherers to being agrarian, clothing became part of cultural evolution as individuals and groups became differentiated by status and class. In early civilizations such as Egypt, slaves, children, and others with lower status often continued to be naked.
  The modern understanding of nudity is culturally complex due to different meanings given various states of undress in differing social situations.
caption: One of the iconic photographs of the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal: a naked prisoner being forced to crawl and bark like a dog on a leash.
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