Exposed is figurative of a lack of self-discipline; see “abdomen”; if cord, see “umbilical cord”...
If any portion between the navel and knees is seen as exposed, it means a person’s secrets will be divulged to the people. How much will be divulged depends on how much of that p...
This is the image of inner, psychic tension between openness and retreat (isolation), between risk and security....