Painting nude males with clothed females

Victorian Era modesty ... for women only


Painting in the centuries often represented cfnm scenes.

In the prudish and puritan times of Queen Victoria, however, cfnm was the common standard in bathing at the sea. The painting of that era represent definitely that dress code.

The conservative Victorian era dress in these paintings reflects the extreme modesty women held of the day, while the boy is stripped of all modesty, and all his clothes.

Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923) was a Spanish painter during the Victorian and Edwardian era. Here he immortalized a boy and girl.  She wears a long dress covering most of her, typical of Victorian modesty. Her male companion, however, is completely naked.

As can be seen, girls of the period dressed very conservatively such that even their knees were typically hidden from the eyes of the boys (typical of Victorian conservatism).  However, at the same time and place, the boys playing in the sand and waters with these girls were often stark naked from head to foot with their entire bodies on full display for the girls to see.  

This painting feature the same young couple, holding hands in young romance as the naked young man escorts the beautifully dressed young lady to the water.