Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Teenage Boys Beware:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_05_22-2005_05_28.shtml#1116879770
In Indiana and Tennessee, the crime of public nudity is defined to
include (emphasis added)
the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or
[Indiana only:] buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering,
the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque
covering of any part of the nipple, or the showing of covered male
genitals in a discernibly turgid state.
So if you're in a public place and find yourself with an erection, you
are legally obligated to sit down until it goes away.
The statutes are Indiana Code 35-45-4-1 and Tennessee Code Ann.
7-51-1114. Mississippi law (Miss. Code 19-5-103) also authorizes some
counties to enact a similar prohibition; there's currently a bill
pending in the legislature (House Bill No. 1480) that would extend the
authorization to all counties.
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