Phrases on Cosmopolitan Covers:
Naughty Sex - Bold, Black font, approx size 18-20
The Sexiest Things to Do After Sex - bold, white font, all caps, size 16
Guys Sex Drive - Bold, Yellow, All caps font, size 20
Girl On Top - black font, size 14
30 Sex Boosters - black, all caps, size 30 decreasing to 24
Sex Survey - yellow, all caps, size 30
Sizzling Sex Tips - yellow, size 20
That's from 4 magazine covers, which are typically displayed at checkout aisles in groceries.
IN magazines:
Advertisements:
Obsession for Men cologne, by Calvin Klein, featuring a nude Kate Moss
PETA ad, Charlotte Ross (NYPD Blue), Dominique Swain, Pamela Anderson, Kim Basinger, Sheryl Lee, and Christy Turlington - seperate ads, nude
Yves Saint Laurent - M7 ad widespread, full frontal nudity (male), used in GQ and W magazines
TV -
NYPD Blue has used both male and female partial nudity - FOX
Music video - Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" - presented topless models wrestling on the mud and the depictions of other sexual fetishes.
Music video - Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" - scenes of an orgy
Music video - Madonna's "Justify My Love" - featured scenes of partial nudity, homosexuality, mild sado-masochism.
Music video - Madonna's "Erotica" - appears doing nude poses
Music video - Alanis Morissette's "Thank U" - nude during entire video
Music video - Björk's "Pagan Poetry", - Björk in a dress designed by Alexander McQueen, that covered only the lower portion of her body. The video also included distorted images of sexual intercourse, fellatio, and a graphic display of body piercing.
Music video - Britney Spears' "Toxic" - Spears is seen entirely nude aside from several strategically-placed crystals on her body.
From wikipedia:
* 1993: The first episode of Steven Bochco's NYPD Blue aired on ABC. On that episode, Amy Brenneman exposed her buttocks. The actors who have done nude scenes for the show (during its more than 12 seasons) include David Caruso, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Melina Kanakaredes, Sharon Lawrence, Charlotte Ross, Rick Schroder, John Wesley Shipp, Henry Simmons, Jimmy Smits, and Sherry Stringfield, among others.
* 1994: Actress Meredith Baxter exposed her breast on the CBS made-for-TV movie My Breast, in a scene with her doctor examining her for breast cancer. The scene was not considered indecent due to its portrayal of nudity in a medical context. The movie carried a parental advisory disclaimer when it first aired, to which Baxter openly objected [citation needed].
* 1996: PBS aired ITV's Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders starring British actress Alex Kingston (ER). The actress showed her breasts in some love scenes.
* 1996: an episode of David E. Kelley's medical drama Chicago Hope broke a major network TV taboo by showing the breasts of a teenage girl after her character undergoes successful reconstructive surgery. The scene, like Meredith Baxter's, wasn't considered indecent due to the medical context of the scene. Note that Kelley's show was also the first to use the word "shit" on a network TV series.
* 1997: Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List was broadcast on NBC on the night of February 23 sponsored by Ford Motor Company. Per Spielberg's insistence, the network aired the unedited/uncensored version of his film. The telecast was the first ever to receive a TV-MA rating under the TV Parental Guidelines that had been established at the beginning of that year. Many Christian groups objected to the film being shown on network television, due to strong scenes of nudity, violence, and the use of vulgar language which weren't edited out for TV airing.
* 2000-2005: The US version of Queer as Folk, shown on Showtime, was known for its many instances of nude men and women, starting with a long scene in the first episode depicting a sexual encounter between the characters Brian and Justin.
* 2001: CBS aired an episode of its hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled "Slaves of Las Vegas" on November 15. The breasts and buttocks of a female corpse are seen on an examination table. A camera shot zooms in through the victim's nipple to focus on her breast implant. The episode carried a viewer discretion advisory, though it was likely more for the episode's strong sexual content than for nudity.
* 2002: FOX aired the first episode of John Doe. On the series, Dominic Purcell played the role of a man who woke up naked on the middle of an island, and did not know who he was. Trying to leave the island, he fell into the sea, exposing his buttocks. The scene was repeated in the opening titles for the rest of the series' run.
* 2003 Naked Beach Frenzy is a episode of the Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon. This episode was never aired on Spike TV on American television but is on the Lost Episodes DVD with 2 others. On the commentary, John K specifically asked Spike TV if he could show the nipples for which they replied "Sure! It's a MAN'S network" so they did. John K also said that the advertisers "freaked out" which is more likely responisible for the episode being pulled from air, not the nipples. John K blames Janet Jackson for this due to her infamous Super Bowl halftime show.
* 2004: CBS aired Super Bowl XXXVIII. During the halftime show, singer Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson's breast in what would later be deemed a "wardrobe malfunction". As a result of this incident, some episodes of America's top drama shows such as E.R., NYPD Blue and Without a Trace had to be re-edited before airing. (See Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy).
* 2004: The WB aired the first episode of the fourth season of their hit show Smallville. On this episode, Clark Kent (Tom Welling) returns to Smallville re-programmed as Kal-El. Lois Lane (Erica Durance) finds him naked in a cornfield and takes him to the local hospital. When they get there, Clark drops the towel Lois gave him, exposing the upper part of his buttocks.
* 2004: ABC premiered their new hit show Desperate Housewives. During the second episode, gardener John Rowland (Jesse Metcalfe) is seen partially (but not explicitly) with his rear naked. Just like Smallville's partial nudity, this was not considered offensive and got past the network censors.
* 2006: Blade: The Series, shown on Spike TV, showed the character Chase walking away from the camera. Her nude body was shown from behind.
These are just the tip of the iceberg of what is considered "acceptable" nudity in American media. Let's not forget the 50 million (numbers approx accurate) Victoria's Secret catalogs mailed out annually, or the numerous ads for soap, shampoo, etc which feature partial nudity on tv or in print.
Why should breastfeeding be something to do "discreetly", as it is so put, when nudity is blatantly shoved down our throats from every angle, so long as there isn't a child attached to said exposed breast?
(For the record, I have no issue with nudity, I'm rather like a nudist myself... but I am so ANTI-hypocrites)