intimate parts

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Intimate parts are the genitals, buttocks, and (for women) breasts—body areas typically kept covered and associated with sexuality or privacy.

The phrase appears in legal contexts describing indecent exposure or sexual assault: He was charged with touching her intimate parts without consent.

Also called private parts.

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family jewels · down there · vulnerability · body autonomy · consent · body awareness · privacy · groin · modesty · taboo · breasts · buttocks · shame · emotional connection · penis · testicles · thighs · nudity

Opposites
visibility/exposure norms

intimate partsface

Head's anterior surface

hands · arms · extremities · legs · feet

sexual/erotic significance

intimate partselbows

Arm's middle joints

knees · earlobes · torso · back

Family

intimate, intimately, intimacy, intimacies, intimation, part, parts, parted, parting

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