Editing Intimate part (section)

== Definition ==
Definitions vary by context and culture, but the term usually refers to parts of body that are habitually covered by clothing in public places due to cultural norms, including areas such as the [[buttocks]], [[groin]], [[human anus|anus]], [[perineum]], external [[genitalia]], and [[breasts]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yokokawa |first1=Daiki |last2=Uehara |first2=Takanori |last3=Sato |first3=Rurika |last4=Ishizuka |first4=Kosuke |last5=Li |first5=Yu |last6=Shikino |first6=Kiyoshi |last7=Tsukamoto |first7=Tomoko |last8=Tamura |first8=Hiroki |last9=Yanagita |first9=Yasutaka |last10=Kojima |first10=Jumpei |last11=Yamashita |first11=Shiho |last12=Ikusaka |first12=Masatomi |title=Survey of Physicians on the Need for Female Chaperones Based on the Body Areas Examined in Female Patients by Male Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study |journal=Cureus |date=9 January 2025 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=e77208 |doi=10.7759/cureus.77208|doi-access=free |pmid=39925509 |pmc=11807408 }}</ref>

The term ''intimate parts'' may be construed to mean only the external body parts that are visible when [[nudity|naked]], rather than the body parts more commonly referred to. For example, when naked, a woman's pudendal cleft is predominantly visible rather than the vagina, and a man's scrotum is visible rather than the testes which are contained within.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/nine/000957635.htm |title=Health Information—Find Articles, Tools, and Tips at MerckEngage.com |publisher=Mercksource.com |date=2011-06-25 |access-date=2011-08-21 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>