Cultures vary in what is thought of as erotic, and thus in what modesty entails. For many medieval Europeans a woman’s bare feet were thought highly erotic, while the bosom was associated primarily with nursing. . . . Similarly, contemporary Fulani men say it is the sight of a woman’s thighs that stimulates lustful desires. They find it hilarious that Western women go swimming in suits that carefully cover the bosom, a matter of relative indifference to modesty, while flagrantly uncovering their thighs to the world. . . . For many Arab men, on the other hand, the mere sight of a woman’s hair
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