# is sending uninvited pictures of your genitalia to someone online indecent exposure? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 30, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744 "2016-06-30T00:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dickensign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dickensign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dickensign)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/1 "2016-06-30T00:22:23Z")
I was reading this old post [Can I be charged with indecent exposure if I stay on my own private property? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2887/is-it-indecent-exposure-if-im-visibly-naked-while-on-my-own-private-property) and thinking it would be awesome to update it with the answer to this question. Since, like, 2016 and all. šŸ˜ƒ It could maybe be relevant to a few folks. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/2 "2016-06-30T00:25:15Z")
Best User Name/Thread Title combo ever. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/3 "2016-06-30T01:17:07Z")
Depends. Are you male or female? ---
**Author:** ![dickensign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dickensign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dickensign)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/4 "2016-06-30T08:25:45Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Depends. Are you male or female? Why? Do you want to see it? ---
**Author:** ![dickensign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dickensign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dickensign)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/5 "2016-06-30T08:29:12Z")
Um, letā€™s just say guyā€¦ iā€™m er, asking for ā€œa friendā€. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/6 "2016-06-30T12:01:30Z")
Is this ā€œfriendā€ located a little below your belly button? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/7 "2016-06-30T12:27:46Z")
Does your camera have macro capability? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/8 "2016-06-30T16:52:57Z")
I think the article clearly answers your question, check the local jurisdictions in both places. If one should do this they can expect to be a registered sex offender for the rest of their life. Here, we have the qualifier of ā€œthe intent to cause sexual arousalā€, so we can drop our draws in front of a doctor to get a hernia examination. Sending a pix of your ding-a-ling uninvited, thatā€™s just plain rude and profoundly indecent. ---
**Author:** ![wainskote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9bd4f/32.png) [@wainskote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wainskote)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/9 "2016-06-30T20:31:58Z")
It is clearly indecent, and it is clearly exposure. I think Iā€™d defer to an attorney about whether it is indecent exposure in the legal sense. Either way, donā€™t do it, because really do I have to say why? ---
**Author:** ![Ponygroom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Ponygroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponygroom)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/10 "2016-07-04T15:17:25Z")
[https://www.change.org/p/hannah-beth-jackson-update-ca-penal-code-314-to-explicitly-classify-unsolicited-obscene-selfies-as-indecent-exposure](https://www.change.org/p/hannah-beth-jackson-update-ca-penal-code-314-to-explicitly-classify-unsolicited-obscene-selfies-as-indecent-exposure) Someday, the laws will be better. [https://www.facebook.com/EndVirtualFlashing/](https://www.facebook.com/EndVirtualFlashing/) ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sending-uninvited-pictures-of-your-genitalia-to-someone-online-indecent-exposure/758744/11 "2016-07-11T15:34:56Z")
True story: Iā€™ve actually sent a picture of my genitals one time as a joke to an online forum one time, and I havenā€™t gotten a subpoena yet. Course Iā€™m sure that doing it on the internet (albeit idiotic and surprising ballsy- pardon the puns), jurisdiction is going to be hard to come by. And before someone starts yelling at me, the forum was in an adult-oriented sub-forum, with links to other genitals and sex positions, so what I was doing was legal, in that sub-forum anyways.