inappropriateness

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Synonyms of inappropriate include improper, unfitting, unsuitable Burtons Legal Thesaurus 5th Edition: Over 10,000 Synonyms, Terms, and Expressions Specifically Related to the Legal Profession, page 871, William Burton - 2013 and indecent. Although social ills are usually outlawed in wider society, there are many examples wherein various jurisdictions give their inhabitants full discretion over certain aspects of their lives so they can police themselves without any intrusiveness.Policing Citizens: Authority and Rights - Page 31, P. A. J. Waddington - 1999 For instance, although it's legal to flatulate in a crowded elevator, there are strong social pressures not to do so.{{cite book|last1=Arthur|first1=Robert|title=You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos|date=2012|page=III}} Other socially contentious behavior, such as smoking while pregnant, may procure a statement from a public health organization rather than from a law enforcement organization.{{cite web|url=http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/alcohol-and-smoking-in-pregnancy|title=Alcohol and smoking in pregnancy - nidirect|date=12 November 2015|publisher=nidirect.gov.uk}} The term has also been used to negatively refer to the usage of recreational drugs.Language and behavior - Page 169, Charles G. Russell - 1993 Increasingly, the term is used in the context of sexual misconduct, especially touching of erogenous zones such as the genitalia or sending photos of said private parts.Alagiakrishnan, Kannayiram, et al. "Sexually inappropriate behaviour in demented elderly people." Postgraduate medical journal 81.957 (2005): 463-466.

In the United States, the Supreme Court has ruled in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978) that the Federal Communications Commission has the power to punish constitutionally protected but "indecent" expression on radio and broadcast television.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Phb_wsA1J8C&pg=PR16|title=Not in Front of the Children: 'Indecency,' Censorship, and the Innocence of Youth|author=Marjorie Heins|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=2007|page=xvi|isbn=9780813543888}} The FCC released guidelines on indecency in 2001.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ki1j9LxsvGAC&pg=PA33|title=The FCC and Regulating Indecency|author=Paul Ruschmann, Alan Marzilli|publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2009|pages=32–33|isbn=9781438106236}} The radio and television broadcast of indecent material is prohibited between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTSPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|title=Broadcast and Internet Indecency: Defining Free Speech|author=Jeremy Lipschultz|publisher=Routledge|year=2008|page=189|isbn=9781135596286}}

Indecency and good morals laws became more common in 19th century San Francisco as the population of women increased. Very frequently, immigrant women were targeted for being indecent regardless of whether they were a sex worker or not. European men criticized Chinese, Mexican, and South American women for being improper, immodest, and impure, articulating a stark boundary between racialized and gendered legality.Sears, Clare. “Against Good Morals.” In Arresting Dress: Cross-Dressing, Law, and Fascination in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco. pg. 41-60. Duke University Press, 2015. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1220nx9.

• Indecent exposure
• Immorality
• Outraging public decency

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