Mooning

woman seen from behind. Engraving from Dominique Vivant Denon's Oeuvre Priapique. 1787|thumb Mooning is the act of displaying one's bare buttocks by removing clothing, e.g., by lowering the backside of one's trousers and underpants, usually bending over, and also potentially exposing the anus and genitals. Mooning is used in the English-speaking world to express protest, scorn, disrespect, or for provocation, but mooning can be done for shock value, for fun, as a joke or as a form of exhibitionism. The Māori have a form of mooning known as that is a form of insult. Some jurisdictions regard mooning to be indecent exposure, sometimes depending on the context.

woman seen from behind. Engraving from Dominique Vivant Denon's Oeuvre Priapique. 1787|thumb]] Mooning is the act of displaying one's bare buttocks by removing clothing, e.g., by lowering the backside of one's trousers and underpants, usually bending over, and also potentially exposing the anus and genitals. Mooning is used in the English-speaking world to express protest, scorn, disrespect, or for provocation, but mooning can be done for shock value, for fun, as a joke or as a form of exhibitionism. The Māori have a form of mooning known as that is a form of insult. Some jurisdictions regard mooning to be indecent exposure, sometimes depending on the context. ==External links== Queen 'mooned': Robbie Williams, Joey Barton, Gerard Butler, Anne Hathaway and more celeb backside exposure. Daily Mirror. October 24, 2011 Wickman, Forrest. Mooning: A history. When did people start baring their butts as an insult?. Slate. June 27, 2012 Cochrane, Kira. Mooning is back – and here's why. The Guardian. August 15, 2012 Wilkes, Sam. Mooning In Movies: A Supercut Everyone Can Get Behind (NSFW VIDEO). The Huffington Post. July 17, 2013

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