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bookslover · #6 (**permalink**) 05-25-2007, 12:03 AM

"Thighs" and "nakedness" are probably meant to refer to the genitals. Somewhere in the Law there is a reference to making sure one is covered so that one's "nakedness" is not exposed while climbing steps.

Also in the Law, there are many references to the effect that having sex with the wrong person (as in sister, wife, mother-in-law, etc.) is to expose the "nakedness" of the other party in the proper relationship. For example, to have sex with one's mother-in-law is to expose the father-in-law's "nakedness" - that is, by having sex with one's mother-in-law, one is seeing (and using) the genitals of a person that only the father-in-law has the right to see (and use).