(Mods – I think this belongs in this forum, and I will be sensitive as to words used, but of course move to the Pit if you think it’s better there.)
I read a bit this morning about Jeff Bezos and the National Enquirer. It got me thinking about the practice of taking and sending to someone else a picture of one’s genitalia.
I am a woman. I have never taken a picture of my vagina or have sent such a pic to anyone. (I started out saying I have never taken one so of course have never sent one, but it then occurred to me that I could have sent a picture taken by someone else.) I have never received a picture of anyone’s genitalia. From various news stories (not just the current ones about Bezos) I get the impression that sending such pictures is not uncommon.
Men – Have you ever taken a picture of your penis? If so, did you send it to anybody? What was the relationship to you of the person you sent it to? What reaction did you expect? Did you in fact get that reaction?
Women – Have you ever taken a picture of your vagina? If so, did you send it to anybody? What was the relationship to you of the person you sent it to? What reaction did you expect? Did you in fact get that reaction?
Have you ever received a picture of someone’s genitalia? If so, what was your reaction?
(I was going to close with, “Inquiring minds want to know” but decided that with the whole Bezos thing that was probably too cliché.
Also, while on the subject – I assume that any pic sent of a penis shows it erect. Is this true, or do people sometimes send around pics of flaccid ones?
Male. I’ve never taken a picture of my genitalia and never will. Not even if somebody asks me to. That’s just weird.
I’ve also never received a picture of genitalia, but that’s probably because I don’t have a cell phone, don’t engage in social media, never participated in online dating, have no social life whatsoever…
Female: Never took pictures of my genitalia, nor received pictures of anyone else’s.
Unfortunately, in the pre-Internet days, I had the misfortune of seeing a few Polaroids of other people who did that sort of thing :smack: Even in that era, part of any complete sex ed program included telling kids not to do that, because you just don’t know who else might see them.
(My surgeon and radiation oncologist took pictures of my breasts while I was undergoing cancer treatment, but that’s not the same thing.)
Only once, to my wife. Since we both agree that penises are ridiculous-looking organs, it was meant to, and did, provoke a laugh.
I absolutely would not send a dick pic to any woman I was trying to woo. That’s a mating strategy that works for chimpanzees, but I’ve never known a human woman who thought a penis per se was sexy. The very best outcome to such a photo would I think be a laugh; and I don’t think I’d want the woman I was trying to seduce to laugh at my equipment. Not a great precedent to set. Also, it’s disrespectful to the recipient.
Well y’all should talk to the under 20 set. The lil’wrekker and all her girlfriends have some stories. I don’t think a month went by while she was in highschool that some boy didn’t send her a dick pic. As far as I know she has never returned the favor. With the young men it’s a thing. I assume they want it reciprocated.
Personally I’ve never gotten one or sent one.
When I was that age, or even a few years older, there would always be That Guy at a party who, if he saw a camera, would take it into the bathroom with him, and when the pictures came back, they’d be in for quite a surprise.
Male. I can’t even see my genitalia without bending at the waist, and I can’t imagine that anyone would be interested in seeing it/them anyway.
Thinking back to the days of my lusty young manhood, which was well before the internet, I once took pictures of one of my serial boyfriends’ junk, because it was a long-distance relationship and I wanted something to remember him by. I used a Polaroid because I didn’t think anyone would develop film photos like that. And when we broke up I did the honorable thing and cut them up into unidentifiable pieces before throwing them away (I couldn’t tear them up, the paper was very tough). At the time I took these pictures, he did not evince any interest in reciprocity.
I had just started dating someone. Somewhere, either in email or on the intertubez, I was sent/found a picture of a guy with an elephant head tattoo. The top of the elephant’s head came to about his belly button. The ears were on his thighs. You can guess where the trunk was. :eek:
We were joking around, via email, one night. I told her I was hung like an elephant; next email that photo was attached.
So no, I’ve never taken one, no I don’t intend to, either. However I have sent one of some, unknown (just a closeup of that region, no face) other person.
So many times I can’t give specifics. I’ve sent them at request for several girlfriends and my now wife.
I think probably 60 percent of the women I dated sent vag pics specifically. 100 percent sent nudes at some point.
I’ve never sent one unsolicited. Solicited ones were usually I guess bc they wanted me to demonstrate my arousal at whatever they sent me or were saying to me.
The only time I’ve ever photographed any body part of mine was following my knee replacement surgery last year. The bandage was off, but the 43 big staples were still in, and it looked so gross.
Other than that, I don’t even take selfies of my face.
My husband, on the other hand, was in a porn video when he was in college. He needed the money. Supposedly the video is still around, but I haven’t seen it.
I’d love to see pics of Jeff Bezos’ genitals. With his permission, of course.
Male, same experience. You know, IMHO human genitalia, male or female, are pretty unattractive. That’s why nature made it difficult for us to see our own unless we’re specifically looking for them.
I never have. It wasn’t possible when I was younger (no one would develop the film, and I didn’t have a Polaroid). By the time it was possible, I was happily married.
I have Taiwanese and Japanese friends who hang out on chat sites to study English, and it’s surprising (or sadly, not surprising) how many perverts there are out there.
I suspect that sending nakkid pics would be more common for couples who don’t live together or can’t meet regularly such as those who are having an affair.
