# Have you ever taken photos of your genitals and sent them to someone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244 "2011-06-12T20:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/1 "2011-06-12T20:35:03Z")
In light of the Weiner episode, I was just wondering how common this is. I suspect more common than most would admit. Anonymous poll to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/2 "2011-06-12T20:40:02Z")
Ah, no. Never would have even considered that this would be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/3 "2011-06-12T20:48:19Z")
Are we talking about a photo of _just_ the genitals, or would it count if you sent a full photo of yourself in which the genitals were also visible? Sub-question, do breasts count as genitals for the purpose of this question? I am asking for a friend who wants to know, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Enn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dave_enn/32/426_2.png) [@Dave\_Enn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Enn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/4 "2011-06-12T20:50:06Z")
I guess I’m kind of a fuddy-duddy, but, WHAT COULD DOING THIS POSSIBLY ACCOMPLISH? [\SHOUT] ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/5 "2011-06-12T20:52:51Z")
I’m male, I have sent pics a few times, and have received pics from 4 or 5 different women in the last 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/6 "2011-06-12T20:53:55Z")
> [@Dave\_Enn](#): > > I guess I’m kind of a fuddy-duddy, but, > > WHAT COULD DOING THIS POSSIBLY ACCOMPLISH? [\SHOUT] If you have to ask, you’re doing it wrong ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/7 "2011-06-12T20:57:49Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Are we talking about a photo of _just_ the genitals, or would it count if you sent a full photo of yourself in which the genitals were also visible? Sub-question, do breasts count as genitals for the purpose of this question? > > I am asking for a friend who wants to know, of course. Any picture which includes the genitals counts. Female breasts? Depends. I would have to see the pictures to make that call. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/8 "2011-06-12T21:00:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Any picture which includes the genitals counts. Female breasts? Depends. I would have to see the pictures to make that call. My “friend” says, nice try. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/9 "2011-06-12T21:04:36Z")
Oh lordy yes. There was this girl I had the biggest crush on and I knew I needed to do something spectacular to get her attention. Took me a long time to get up the nerve. I had never done anything like this before. Eventually with lots of vodka and pain killers I got it done. It did make quite the impression. Ohhh…photos…nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/10 "2011-06-12T21:10:31Z")
What about posing for pictures where nutsack was unintentionally visible, then the photographer sent the prints to your house, but due to a post office foul up the envelope containing the photos was forwarded to your grandparents’ house? If that counts, then I guess…my friend…counts. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/11 "2011-06-12T21:15:07Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Oh lordy yes. There was this girl I had the biggest crush on and I knew I needed to do something spectacular to get her attention. Took me a long time to get up the nerve. I had never done anything like this before. Eventually with lots of vodka and pain killers I got it done. It did make quite the impression. I am still wondering why you ever thought it could be a good move. I’d be as likely to score a girl by sending her photos of my anus than I would sending her photos of my junk. Unless you’ve got the most beautiful dick in the world (and I would need some cites or pics to back that up), how could that plan ever work? ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/12 "2011-06-12T21:15:44Z")
No, and I would not consider doing so. I have never taken photos/had photos taken in any state of undress, for any purpose. It’s a very popular activity for both men and women, and boys and girls, judging by the people I know anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/13 "2011-06-12T21:19:22Z")
Yes, I have. I have gotten positive feedback and nude photos in response. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/14 "2011-06-12T21:21:54Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > There was this girl I had the biggest crush on and I knew I needed to do something spectacular to get her attention. Took me a long time to get up the nerve. I had never done anything like this before. Eventually with lots of vodka and pain killers I got it done. It did make quite the impression. I hope that it was done the refined, dignified way, with Ketel One and Oxycontin rather than the trailer-trash method, using Popov and generic Tylenol 3. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/15 "2011-06-12T21:57:53Z")
I have never taken pictures of my girlie bits, period. Not even breasticles. I wouldn’t judge a person who did, however. It’s just not my cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/16 "2011-06-12T22:19:52Z")
I have taken pictures of my genitals, but never sent or shown them to anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/17 "2011-06-12T22:30:21Z")
I used to, but my digital microscope broke. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/18 "2011-06-12T22:43:01Z")
Weiner is my age. I cannot imagine anyone my age thinking that this could lead to anything other than what it led to. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/19 "2011-06-12T22:47:10Z")
Fuck no. I’m a guy. Why any guy would think sending a woman a picture of his junk is a good idea is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244/20 "2011-06-12T22:48:36Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Are we talking about a photo of _just_ the genitals, or would it count if you sent a full photo of yourself in which the genitals were also visible? Sub-question, do breasts count as genitals for the purpose of this question? > > I am asking for a friend who wants to know, of course. Also, I think a reasonable distinction can be made between distributing such images to people with whom one has already established a sexual relationship, and to people one has not actually met. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-taken-photos-of-your-genitals-and-sent-them-to-someone-else/585244.md?page=2)