Facebook Removes Photo of Pregnant Woman’s Painted Belly

To some of the comments here. If you are offended by this picture, why did you come to this site to see it.

Man, I'm wondering what the previous commenters would have said if Da Vinci or Michelangelo or any of the renaissance artists had posted their artwork on facebook today... While I'm not trying to equate this particular portrait to the works of the latter, my point is... a naked human body isn't always erotica... which pronography is. And if it's getting you all hot and bothered, then perhaps you need to get laid more often or watch actual porn so you can discern the difference between the two.

What do you wear to work? Let that answer guide your impulse to show more of yourself than society-at-large wants to see. Public space isn't your living-room.

Umm, If you are showing so much of your body that you would be arrested at, say, the mall then you are probably violating Facebook's or anyone else's nudity policy.

Although I do think this is one of the most beatiful works of art I have ever seen....I don't think it is facebook appropriate. I can see why facebook took it off.

A naked pregnant woman is still a naked woman. They have a no nudity policy. Why are you suprised? If she had on some underware, we wouldn't be having this conversation. If she had on the skimpiest of skimpy bikinis, they wouldn't have taken it down. No nipples...no crotch shots. This picture has both. I get that pregnancy is beautiful, but naked is naked. And Facebook says no naked.

She's not breastfeeding or wearing clothing, so technically it is gratuitous nudity. And if she wasn't fully shaven it would be a full-on pubes shot- the fact that we know she's shaved proves she's showing a bit too much. Not everything is an attack on parents, and this photo has nothing to do with breastfeeding. If she wasn't pregnant, no one would be surprised or have anything to blog about. Pregnancy does not make a woman a goddess who is above all the rules governing mere mortals.

This is a beautiful photo... but without a little cropping on the top and bottom, I don't think it's Facebook appropriate. I think they're trying to avoid what happened with Myspace. A little concession here and there eventually led to full-blown smut on the website. Gorgeous artwork, though.

yes the pregnant form looks pretty, however i would NEVERr have posted a nude picture of me with my two past pregnancies...its indecent and weird for your facebook friends. my parents would be really upset if they saw a picture like this on my facebook. i would take a picture like this and save it for myself. remember everything that you post online can come back and haunt you later in life.

This is why all censorship is bad censorship.

I'm more concerned as to why hypocritical Shine blatantly uses the "f" word in this article, yet censors all cuss words in their users' posts....

Facebook isn't disrespecting the sanctity of breasts; it's rules are incredibly straight-forward. If you knew how to set your privacy settings and block offending users, you wouldn't need to see the latest pair of basketball kicks and f*** me heels. If you don't like the rules, get the heck off Facebook. You don't get special treatment just because you're a mother, especially on the internet. If that's a tit, it gets deleted. End of story. Deal.

Here's the thing they allow this this every hoochie is going to be exposing themselves in the name of empowerment and art. The issue is not the belly it's the breast Facebook has a clear policy on exposer it'is a blanket policy. Not to mention not everyone wants to see your breast or is comfortable with it. If you don't like it don't use facebook plain and simple

The photo violated Facebook guidelines, and it was removed. If they allowed certain amounts of nudity under certain circumstances, it would be a nightmare to have to decide on a case-by-case basis about what constitutes "appropriate" nudity. From their company's standpoint, I completely understand the blanket policy regarding inappropriate content is in place, and frankly necessary. That being said, I have no problem with the photo (wouldn't do it myself, but more power to the chick willing to bare all). If you don't like Facebook's policy, then delete your account.

If it was just the belly showing in the pictures then I can see why all the upset, but the woman was naked, and nudity violates their policy.