Decency 891678 219864915 2008-06-17T05:36:50Z The Polar Man 5631888 decency is NOT "Порядочность", see "Integrity" (which is close to "Порядочность" {{unref|article|date=February 2008}} '''Decency''' is conformity to [[Society|sociocultural]] standards of conduct and speech. Standards of decency vary greatly depending on the cultural context. Most nations have [[law]]s against indecency which regulate certain sexual acts, and restrict one's ability to display certain parts of the body in public (see ''[[indecent exposure]]''). ==Definitions of ''indecency'' in England and Wales== The terms ''indecency'' and ''indecent'' have wide application in [[English law]], but are not defined in any [[legislation]]. Historically, the words' dictionary definitions (as opposed to legal definitions) helped to resolve legal disputes concerning the scope or application of the terms. *In '''R v Stanley''' ([[1965]]), Lord Parker attempted to differentiate ''indecency'' from ''obscenity'': <blockquote>"The words ''indecent'' or ''obscene'' convey one idea: namely, offending against the recognised standards of propriety&mdash;indecent being at the lower end of the scale and obscene at the upper end of the scale."</blockquote> *In '''Knuller v DPP''', Lord Reid said that indecency includes "anything which an ordinary decent man or woman would find to be shocking, disgusting, or revolting." *In '''R v Graham-Kerr''' ([[1988]]), Stocker L. J. said that the appropriate test in the case of the [[Protection of Children Act 1978]] was the application of the "recognised standards of propriety" stated in '''R v Stamford ''' ([[1972]]). [[Obscenity]] is defined in the [[Obscene Publications Act]]. ==See also== *[[Taste (sociology)]] *[[Communications Decency Act]] *[[Public indecency]] *[[Indecent exposure]] *[[Norm (sociology)]] *[[Grotesque body]] ==External links== {{wiktionarypar|decency}} * [http://www.publicdecency.net Public Decency, Seeming Child Porn and the Web] *[http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/libraryexpression.aspx?topic=indecent_speech First Amendment Library entry on U.S. Supreme Court Cases re Indecent Speech] *[http://www.americandecency.org/indecency.htm American Decency Association] * '''2005, Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Cmte. Hearing on Decency in the Media''' archive at CSpan. [http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=190192705] *[http://www.esrb.org/ESBR Entertainment Software Rating Board] [[Category:Sociology]] [[Category:Sex laws]] [[de:Anstand]] [[fr:Décence]] [[nl:Fatsoen]] [[pt:Decência]] [[ru:Приличия]] [[sr:Пристојност]]