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I've seen videos of the "naked cowboy" in NYC wearing his tidy whiteys.

If he can go out in public like that, theoretically couldn't a person wear a diaper in public.

Actually, it conceals more than plain underwear. (bulge if it's a guy)

I would never do this and I would NOT encourage no one else to either.

It would just make us as a community look bad.

But I have heard that some mentally unstable persons have done it.

And some get arrested for "indecent exposure"

Just wondering what would make a diaper worse than a bikini bottom or underwear?

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socially constructed perceptions of what is 'right' and what is 'wrong' and what is acceptable and not.

parents go through this dilema all the time, how do you explain to your young child that it is ok to wear a bathingsuit at the beach or the pool, but not ok to walk around in just your underwear?

the naked cowboy in new york city has made prancing around in his underwear and playing the guiter part of his 'costume' for the 'role' he plays... if you were doing performance art on the sidewalk and your costume involved a diaper, it is going to be looked upon differently than if you just walked down the street in a diaper for hell of it.

often the charges of 'indecent exposure' do not stick, but person who have mental disabilities and are unaware of their actions will often be arrested in an attempt to connect them with appropriate care, or to prevent them from causing harm to themselves i.e. being in just a diaper ine xtreme cold weather, or extreme sunshine that can cause severe sunburns, or even just to protect them from other people.

in our sociecty it is generally not acceptable to walk around in just your underwear, unless it is part of some performance or art

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what exactly is being "indecently exposed" if your wearing a diaper? I don't get it. Your fully covered, nothing is showing, it's an article of clothing. Why does everyone have to make a big issue out of it? just my rant for the day, I apologize :beer:

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My practice of law is limited to corporate litigation. My strong advice to anyone considering going out in view of the public wearing only a diaper is to retain a really good local criminal defense attorney (USA) or instructing solicitor (UK) in advance.

The question is not, unfortunately, if we agree with the law. Virtually all jurisdictions have laws against indecent exposure and conduct. In these times of government budget crunch frequently crimes considered minor are not prosecuted. This does not mean the law is no longer on the books.

Much would depend on what happened. Would it make a difference if a TV news crew saw a little girl in tears because she was upset about seeing a nearly nude adult on the street? Think if this would cause the local prosecutor to forget about the diaper or dip into the budget to bring the accused into court?

Consider carefully the downside consequences of showing off in just a diaper. Even if an investigating peace officer did not issue a citation or make an arrest, believe all the details about the diapered suspect will be part of an official report. From then on whenever any sort of lewd behavior is reported, the diaper suspect will become a person of interest. That could be an expensive hobby.

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Yeah I'm sure it's ok if the Naked Cowboy can do it. It's weird seeing him on tv and in photos and then after going to NYC several times and seeing him up close and personal so many times. It's not very pleasant to look at.

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It's highly dependent on local laws, who's doing it, where they're doing it, when they're doing it, and why they're doing it.

For example, the above pic of someone dressed as Baby New year. If done during New Year's as a similar stunt, you'll probly just get some chuckles and a few pictures taken so long as you don't bother anyone. Possibly, Halloween, as well, as there are "Adult Baby" costumes which basically just consist of a diaper, again so long as you aren't bothering anyone. Another possibility would be also dressing up as Cupid on Valentine's Day. These instances would most likely just be attributed to good-natured fun. But, if you were to do this at other times of the year, you'd be looked on more as a potential troublemaker or crazy person.

This is why wearing exposed diapers in public is frowned upon. Because the public considers it a sign that there's something wrong with those who do it. Often, a person wearing only their underwear may also be arrested, because this is also a sign of potential mental instability. On top of this, most people really don't want to see another person nearly naked, unless it's an attractive member of whatever gender they find attractive. Also, if you're wearing diapers in a place where there's kids, then you'll be targeted as a potential pedophile. Plus, this really is crossing the line of acceptable behavior even amongst the ABDL community, as it's really more of something that's done to get reactions than anything else. It's forcing others to be exposed to one's own fetish. Making that person's business the public's business. And that's a big no-no.

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what exactly is being "indecently exposed" if your wearing a diaper? I don't get it. Your fully covered, nothing is showing, it's an article of clothing. Why does everyone have to make a big issue out of it? just my rant for the day, I apologize :beer:

like mentioned above, diapers are underwear. people do not go walking around in their underwear to run errands. also, as mentioned above, if it is used in a performance, it will be considered part of the "costume." you would only be in the "costume" for the act and then go back to regular cloths. people would understand that being in only underwear is part of the act and adds to it in some way. i doubt that cowboy only wears his underwear to shop for food (I wouldn't want his money based on where he would keep it).

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Just an acceptance thing.

Look at the mass media. Full of borderline pornography. I'm a little surprised they haven't been arrested on indecent exposure charges. Also there are standards. In the Netherlands almost anything goes (at least so they say) and if something weird happens people might just laugh it up - or they might even intentionally stage something for fun or to make a point. In the UK standards might have them arrested for a short term or maybe only a fine. In Saudi Arabia shariah law would be less lenient - maybe public execution by firing squad. Japan's standards are probably pretty cryptic but there are some things at least for which the law is also very liberal. In Russia, most months of the year they don't have streakers... they just wouldn't last.

Unless they are nude, it should be up to people to put up with it. I've seen some strange things (so strange I don't even remember them). They happen, damaging nobody for more than a moment, then they stop, concluded. I've seen a few streakers over the years, a couple probably arrested. No difference to me. Only if they are naked and disrupting 'public order' should it really be an offence. Not being naked is common sense, because it is cold :lol:

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i tend to concider wearing just a nappy in public to be a bit of a daft idea, sure you can debate to death weather it is actualy legal or not, and generaly speaking it probably isnt actualy illegal (or at least your not likley to be prosecuted sucessfully) but it wil almost certainly cast the abdl community in a bad light and unles you live somewhere realy warm it would be a daft thing to do, its a fairly nice day here but its only about 10c outside, i dont go around in just a nappy even in my house cause id get cold! mabey in summer but not now! and certainly not at haloween brrrrr!

clothes are there to protect our (mostly) hairless boddies from the environment, be that sunshine or the cold!

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Legal? Absolutely yes in all states provided it wasn't considered exposed underwear. Back in the 80's the US Supreme Court decided a clothing case- maybe it's only one? Dunno that, but the ruling was that as long as clothing doesn't directly disparage any specifically protected minority it is legal :thumbsup: This ruling also made invalid thousands of local laws against crossdressing though many of them remain on the books anyway, but just because a law is on the books doesn't mean that it's enforcable- if a higher court overturned it it can't be used against you :)

Many places have laws against exposed underwear and those laws are enforcable. You can thank the kids who used to wear their pants ready to fall off for most of those laws but I was personally glad that 'fashion trend' died anyway it could :P It could be argued successfully that a diaper is like a pair of shorts and covers more than some shorts do and if it were covered by plastic panties it would be hard to make a case that any underwear was really exposed- but that won't prevent you from being arrested. Here in the land of "freedom and liberty" you actually have none of either of these :( You can be arrested for anything so long as you aren't actually prosecuted illegally :angry: and there's nothing you can do about it unless the cops make a habit of it :crybaby:

Legal or not, for an adult to go around weraring only a diaper is likely to end in some kind of conflict. Not to mention that it would set back the efforts that many have made to bring us into more of the public mainstream and gain us at lease tolerance if not acceptance -_- In some places like NYC or parades you might get away with it, but in small southern towns you won't- you'll land in jail. There are plenty of things that are legal but not very smart so don't look at just the legal issue- be smart B) And if you decide to press the legal side of things prepare for the long expensive tough public nightmare that is going to happen until you gain legal exoneration- that's the American way like it or not.

Just a fun(?) aside...... In the early 90's a black lawyer who kept his hair in dredlocks got himself repeatedly arrested by simply walking on public sidewalks in rich Hollywood neighborhoods. They stopped him as a "suspicious person"(legal because most people don't recreationally walk in Hollywood but he did). Since he knew he wasn't breaking the law he refused to 'play the game' and provide ID when the cops asked for it though he did tell them his real name and address and didn't otherwise resist anything. They nabbed him for resisting arrest anyway. After the third dropped prosecution he filed suit- then he got arrested for the same thing even more frequently (I think the end total was 9 arrests). When he won a Federal court case and sucessfully sued the Hollywood Police for several million dollars they issued every squad car a picture of this guy with all the cops being told to be sure to leave him alone or be fired instantly. The explanation of the ruling was that the cops had neither reason to stop him from doing something legal or to ask for proof of ID unless they had good reason to believe they were being lied to.

Since the Federal passage of the Homeland Security Act they can now demand ID but they still can't habitually harass citizens with legal but unprosecuted arrests. The only part of this is the question of what constitutes "habit"- there was never a specific number given or decided on though it would have been easy for the Judge to do that. Once again "The American Way" prevails and the lawyers always come out on top regardless of who wins in the Courtroom :bash:

Sometimes you have to wonder why we put up with the insanity of our nauseating legal system. It seems to work only after deaths, police abuse, huge abuses of rights, and other unneeded harms which can never be repaid to the wronged innocent citizens. I may not know much about other parts of the law but these directly affected my own life so I know something about them. If you're going to push things to the edges of public acceptability you'd better learn something about the law yourself- you may find yourself needing to :o

Bettypooh

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Legal or not, for an adult to go around weraring only a diaper is likely to end in some kind of conflict.

Important part, this bit. Where I am, walking around in just a diaper wouldn't just be a bad idea from a legal standpoint, but you would most likely get the crap beaten out of you if not beaten to death. Any kind of deviancy in my town is viewed as sexual deviancy, and all sexual deviancy is a threat to children (yep, even something as boring and simple as just "being gay" is a threat to children as far as the idiots around here are concerned -- I actually had a woman tell me that people were gay because they were possessed by demons that were transmitted by touch, so just having a gay person touch your child would turn him/her gay). Hell, my town just got its first adult-toy shop about 2 years ago and the numbnuts are STILL out front picketing it and taking pictures of its customers to embarass them.

So anyway, yeah, even if it were legal in my town, it would still be a pretty stupid idea to walk around in a diaper.

--Floaty

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Yes, it's true that you usually don't see adults roaming the walks and streets in just their underpants. Small kids might get away with it, but as adults the perception is that we are old and mature enough to realize that adults just don't do things like that. Cops might wonder about why you were wearing just underpants, as if you have a mental problem or possibly might have just raped and murdered someone in an alley and had to flee before getting dressed because someone was coming and you could have gotten caught in the act. That's just a couple of things I might think of myself and I'm sure many other thoughts come to peoples mind if they see a guy walking or running down the street in his underpants.

Now, here is something that I haven't seen mentiond about someone just wearing a diaper out in public. True, it is a fetish item and why else would someone be wearing just a diaper out in public unless they wanted to show it off to everyone? That in itself shows their behaivier is exhibitionistic. Here is another point to think about. Speedos and bikini swimsuits are for the purpose of covering the privates when on the beach and when swimming in a pool. People don't gennerally poop and pee in their swimsuits (well, poop anyway - I'm sure when in the lake or pool many people have peed). The point is, when someone is out on a public street or park in a swimsuit, or on stage in a bikini for the Miss America pagent, they aren't going to poop or pee in their swimsuit! If someone is wearing just a diaper walking down a public street, sure people will look, laugh, be repulsed, any one of several different reactions. The thing is, people may see it as indecent for the fact that if someone is wearing just a diaper, they may be disturbed, retarded or a wierdo who just likes to show off the fact that he is wearing diapers to everyone. They may also figure, and this may be one of the most influencing things in their mind, that if a person is wearing diapers openly in public that they must also use them too.

These people may wonder about the condition inside that diaper, if it's full of poop that might leak out or fall on the sidewalk or if it's wet and might leak as well. In cases where the diaper wearer had used it for it's intended purpose I'm sure that people would be able to clearly see that the diaper was soaked or even messy and that would be considered indecent and maybe even unsanitary by most people. Sure, that same diaper might be wet and messy if it was worn under a pair of shorts or jeans, but remember the old saying, "Out of sight, out of mind". Peoples perception of diapers is that they are for little babies but when adults may need them they shouldn't make it obvious. If that wasn't true, all those TV commercials for TENA and Depends would show the people with thier bladder control problems standing around in those diapers or disposable underwear whiel they talk about the benifits of them. Instead they are always properly dressed.

There will always be people who are radicals and go against the unwritten rules of society, but why make a statement to everyone by wearing just a diaper out in the open? What is the purpose and what statement are you trying to make? That being a citizen of a free country you should have the right to wear any type of clothing out among people, or is it really just to get a reaction from them? Be honest about it to yourself. What is your true motivation and reason for wearing just a diaper in public?

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In my opinion, I wouldn't see wearing only a diaper in public as being illegal. As many of you said, wearing a diaper covers more than underwear or a bikini. The problem comes from the stigma involved with adult diapers. I think that society feels that adult diapers, if being worn my someone, should be hidden at all time, as it is an "embarrassing" problem that no one would ever want anyone else to know about. With that being said, society would think that if someone were walking around in a diaper, then they are obviously doing it for attention/trouble, which is were the cops come into play.

So, if there wasn't such a huge stigma attached to wearing adult diapers, I don't think anyone would ever have a problem wearing them in public.

Now, I may not agree with someone walking around in public just wearing a diaper, but I also don't see it as being illegal(as long as the diaper provides decent coverage).

Thanks,

Speedy_D's

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I don't think that the indecent exposure charge should be based solely on the fact that it's a diaper, more so as to what the person is doing while parading around in a diaper. I've seen ABDLs who wear diapers in pride parades, at beaches, or in other totally innocuous activities and I don't see it as a problem. However I think when somebody is wearing a diaper out in public and displaying it prominently simply to get off, then that's wrong. Sure it may cover up more then regular underwear but if it's for purely your own exhibitionist sexual needs then that's gross and nobody should be exposed to it and I think the law may agree with me.

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I'm seriously considering going to an oriental massage to be able to wear just a diaper "publicly". Yes, I know it's still technically wearing in private, but it's in front of another person, a lovely woman, and I think that's really what people are after when talk about wanting to wear publicly.

Maybe I'm onto a different thread, but I see public diaper wearing as embarrassing and anti-social. I want my diaper wearing to be thrilling and arousing. For that, the person you're exposing yourself to has to agree to seeing you diapered.

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Here is the thing. If your intention is to be seen in a diaper to get your rocks off it might not be illegal now but it will become illegal. There was a news story about a guy who exposed his diaper to kids and he kept on getting away with it. During the news story they interviewed various people and they were talking about making it against the law because they were uncomfortable with it. There is no possible way for it to be considered normal to wear diapers out in public sans the costumes. It is wrong. Our laws are made to protect people against the wrongs of society. Because it is socially unacceptable it very well could be construed as lewd. Just the fact that you are thinking about doing it gives credence to recognizing that it could be lewd. It is lewd. Put yourself in their shoes. Image if a gay guy decided it was ok to wear a speedo that displays his weenie encased in speedo(I've seen it before) around you in a public restaurant with your kids at the table. I'd leave the table and get the cops.

SDB

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<_<

I'm surprised that nobody has said anything about the possability that you could be put in a psyche ward for evaluation, just to be sure that you pose no threat to yourself or those around you.

You might not care too much for that. It would give you the opportunity to experiment with all the new drugs they give you (sorry, no recreational drugs) however it might not be that much fun.

So you could have three negative things that would happen because of you actions.

1.) you could be arrested, but not charged, (would be on your record though) or arrested AND charged (not good)

2.) you could get the crap beat out of you leaving you with terrible injuries, ones that could possibly kill you.

3.) you could be taken for a nut job, and be taken out of circulation for a good while (your room is padded).

In any event I can only see down sides to going out clad in just a diaper, and I can't find any plus side to it......Hmmmmm, I don't think I'd want to do this. That's just me now, I'd still like to think that pouring gasoline all over myself and striking a match isn't such a good idea either, and one that I wouldn't choose (maybe there are a few who would like to see me do this lol, just kiiiidding! It's funny cause it's true lol).

No, and I don't think most people would say to themselves "Gee, I think I'm gonna go parade around in nothing but my diapers today" yeah, happens all the time.

Rock on,

Vic :P

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if its a nice day, you need to wear nappies and want to do some sunbatheing i dont think you are very likley to get any complaints but if you walk down a busy high street in the winter in just a nappy its likley to be rather different circumstances make a BIG differance (not to mention the hypothermia)

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:lol:

Well of course it would make a big difference you silly!! In the cold like that, you'd have a hard time locating a penis in a frozen diaper! But there would be other problems, with the cold, he'd probably have a bad case of RT (rock titties) and so he probably would have to wear pasties so as not to offend.

Rock on,

Vic :P

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I think the best thing to do is to ask someone who actualy has experinace in wearing obvious AB attire out in public.

Since very few of us have that desire or courage the list is rather short.

As someone pointed out on one of my posts before it could depend on how good looking you are as to what you might get away with.. I'm not saying that this is right or sensable but honestly it counts. If you are a gorgeous women you can get away with more than the over weight middle aged man.

Second if you only wear just a diaper you are asking for trouble and contention. If you were to cover it up with say some rumba panties or a shortall you would be far better off. People would still know you were wearing a diaper but you would retain the knowledge of whether or not had actually used the diaper for it's intended pourpose to yourself. Unless you really stink.

If you want to wear out in public keep the facts that you are either wet or messy to your self as best as possible.

A bullgy and fluffy can be cute! Wet droupy and saggy is not! Thats jsut the way the general public sees it.

When Heidi Lynn and I were out in public I knew what kind of reaction we would get based on what type of coverup Heidi wore over her diaper. If she only wore a clear of translucent plastic pant over her diaper we would get critisum and scornful remarks or even be asked to leave a store or establishment. If you could easily tell that Heidi was wet or even messy the unber of negitive comments would increase. If she wore a rumba panty over her plastic pants we would not have any trouble at all. Heidi did not much care one way or the other.

I do so I always cover up. I cover up in a major way! There is still little question as to wether I am wearing a diaper or not it's quite obvious but undersated. As a result I never have any trouble at all other than some sinde comments from men who are homophobes or uncomfortable with their own masculinity. But I have never been asked to leave any establishment or premisis.

I also don't hang out in places where the main crowd is geared toward young children or the handicaped. I never want to get in a situation where people think that I am making fun of someone or I am out looking for children. I avoid these locations at all cost. If people have children with them I go around them unless they express a desire to say hello. Even then I keep it short and sweet. In other words don't do stupid shit! and don't go looking for trouble! Best way I know to stay out of it.

In the right time and place you can be yourself if you want to be.

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Tami

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Much would depend on what happened. Would it make a difference if a TV news crew saw a little girl in tears because she was upset about seeing a nearly nude adult on the street? Think if this would cause the local prosecutor to forget about the diaper or dip into the budget to bring the accused into court?

So the woman I saw at Revere Beach last weekend (2 wk ends now) who was is a Bikini top and a diaper and plastic pants is a criminal... Nope I don't think so. I live in the country but I go out and barbecue all summer in just my t shirt or not and my diaper and plastic pants. The neighbors wave is all. Course I am medically incontinent so I would guess the cops and prosecutors in our small community would have a hard time convicting me in front of a jury. Also what about Heidi? And on the news too.

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