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Note: An earlier version of this chapter first appeared in J. Feierman Ed. Pedophilia: Biosocial Dimensions. Anthropological studies of human sexual behavior traditionally are difficult to conduct and to interpret. Usually this is because so much of any sexual behavior is private and must be understood through reporting by others rather than through direct observation.

Ed Stafford survived alone, naked and marooned for 60 days on a tiny island. The hard part was when he returned home. Interview by Mark Frauenfelder What do you do after you walk the Amazon? Ed Stafford -- adventurer extraordinaire and Guinness World Record holder for walking the length of the Amazon River -- likes a challenge. Casting about for an adventure that would top the extraordinary feat he recounts in Walking the Amazon , Stafford decides to maroon himself on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. His mission: to survive for sixty days equipped with nothing -- no food, water, or even clothing -- except the video cameras he would use to document his time.

Toplessness refers to the state in which a woman's breasts , including her areola and nipples , are exposed, especially in a public place or in a visual medium. The male equivalent is barechestedness , also commonly called shirtlessness. Exposed breasts were and are normal in many indigenous societies. However, developed countries have social norms around female modesty , often enforced by legal statutes , that require women to cover their breasts in public.

For photographer Rhiannon Adam, the story of Pitcairn Island always represented a rebellious ideal. However, after journeying almost 10, miles for a three-month trip to the isolated British colony, she soon discovered that its romantic past was overshadowed by its ominous present. It would never return. After reaching its first destination in the October of , the crew — a total of 46 men, captained by the austere Lieutenant William Bligh — remained on Tahiti for over five months. There, they are said to have enjoyed an idyllic way of life, during which many of the men formed relationships with native Polynesian women.