# Uh, thanks, but I'd rather not see pics of your newborn's genitalia **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178 "2013-08-26T03:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/41 "2013-08-26T15:02:09Z")
the full body does have some importance. if the baby is in good shape people like to show it is a normal healthy baby. they’re so cute when they’re young. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/42 "2013-08-26T15:03:46Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > I don’t think that’s weird, because you really can’t see much in an ultrasound. 4D ultrasounds have resolution almost as good as photographs. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/43 "2013-08-26T15:50:50Z")
You can buy postcards here featuring hilltribes. In some hilltribe villages, the children are often running around buck naked, and some of the postcards capture this. It’s all rather innocent really, but still, one time when the wife wanted to buy a couple to send to friends in the US, I nixed the idea. I said someone in the postal service might alert the authorities to “child pornography” being distributed through the mails. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/44 "2013-08-26T16:14:50Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > 4D ultrasounds have resolution almost as good as photographs. True, a 4D ultrasound is different, but I’ve only seen it done with the regular blurry ones. If I had another baby and Facebook I might even post that. It’s better than those 6 week ultrasound pictures people are always trying to show you, like it looks like ANYTHING. At least it will look kind of like something at the age where you can determine the sex. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/45 "2013-08-26T16:31:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > It’s all rather innocent really, but still, one time when the wife wanted to buy a couple to send to friends in the US, I nixed the idea. I said someone in the postal service might alert the authorities to “child pornography” being distributed through the mails. This is kind of the same thing that came up in the “is rescuing a drowning child pedophilia” thread. No one touches or even looks at other people’s kids anymore, out of fear that someone, somewhere might think they are pedos. Some small percentage of the population gets some hangup over an issue, and everyone else starts policing themselves. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/46 "2013-08-26T16:38:05Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Naked baby pictures are okay in context, and I’m not going to avert my eyes and call the authorities. I just think it’s a little weird to use a naked photo for a birth announcement, or to show off at work or online. When you’ve got tons of photos of your new baby to choose from, why use a naked one? > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I wouldn’t be offended, but I’d kind of go WTF, dude? I mean, it’s not like you have no choice about photos these days - you have unlimited “film” and can see all of the image choices, edit photos, crop on the spot, etc. I’d think you’d want an image of a nice, clean, swaddled baby with a cute close-up on the face, so that everyone can coo over how the baby looks like mommy/daddy/Yoda. I’d really rather not see your baby naked unless I’m on diaper-changing duty. Both of these. Hell, I have 6 goddaughters, 4 nephews and a niece and a passel of cousins I have helped with over the past 35 years, I am not unaccustomed to nekkid babies. I just don’t need to see pictures of them. Show me a wrapped up kid, or one dressed and sitting playing and I am fine. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/47 "2013-08-26T16:38:25Z")
Naked baby pics bother me less than the giant pregoo stomach pics that are all over my FB page. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/48 "2013-08-26T16:49:20Z")
Some people should work on genetic research and figure out how to have babies born with a fig-leaf-shaped flap over their genitalia. Honestly, I can’t believe some of the people on this thread. **Nava** , thanks for pointing out what has been mentioned numerous times on this board: vaginas are INSIDE women/girls/babygirls, so they can’t accidentally show up in pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/49 "2013-08-26T16:58:56Z")
Yup, vulva, not vagina. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/50 "2013-08-26T17:07:19Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > On another consideration, I had a work colleague who returned to work very soon after the birth of one of his children. He was trying to pick a photo to send out to the company, and thankfully I was looking over his shoulder. He was about to send the photo to about 50 people when I pointed out that his wife’s uncovered breasts were visible. Bless him, his focus was so much on his new child that he didn’t even notice. When my daughter gave birth to my first grandchild, I emailed my mom a delivery room photo. She emailed me back to ask if I could send a picture that didn’t show my daughter’s boobs. Oops! I was focusing on the babby. At least I didn’t post that one on Facebook! To respond to the topic, I think the picture of the (naked) newborn on the scale is pretty much _the_ iconic just-born picture. No biggie. It’s just a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/51 "2013-08-26T17:15:24Z")
Yeesh, it’s just a baby. Seriously, do you freak out when you see someone change a diaper in public? (Well, as long as it’s somewhere sanitary, like say, at the park and not at the grocery counter, or a restaurant table) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/52 "2013-08-27T03:12:11Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > In fact, what bothers me more is that a naked baby does not seem like the most normal thing in the world. That. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/53 "2013-08-27T06:46:28Z")
It is not that it is unnormal, babies are very normal [as is the vomit and poop and drool … thank god they are insufferably cute or the race would die out!] It is simply that we have evolved past living on the veldt and have invented clothing and receiving blankets and cute little stocking caps. Dress the little bugger, I don’t need to see a naked baby that isn’t one I am responsible for. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/54 "2013-08-27T06:54:45Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > It is simply that we have evolved past living on the veldt and have invented clothing and receiving blankets and cute little stocking caps. Dress the little bugger, I don’t need to see a naked baby that isn’t one I am responsible for. If more clothing = a higher level of civilization, why aren’t we all wearing burqas? Or do you think we should be? ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/55 "2013-08-27T08:29:33Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Dress the little bugger, I don’t need to see a naked baby that isn’t one I am responsible for. You need to stop thinking of newborn babies as naked. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/56 "2013-08-27T08:55:16Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > You need to stop thinking of newborn babies as naked. Hm, I never thought of vermix as clothing, but then again Wendy O Williams used to go on stage in shaving cream and a couple bandaids … ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/57 "2013-08-27T10:09:00Z")
I found a picture of me naked in my parents’ albums–they were holding me over a bucket of water. I asked “Was this when you turned me over to see if I was a boy or a girl?” (Answer: girl) They said they were just giving me a bath. Though given my nature I’d suspect they were trying to drown me. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/58 "2013-08-27T11:34:28Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > True, a 4D ultrasound is different, but I’ve only seen it done with the regular blurry ones. If I had another baby and Facebook I might even post that. It’s better than those 6 week ultrasound pictures people are always trying to show you, like it looks like ANYTHING. At least it will look kind of like something at the age where you can determine the sex. My favorite proof of this is a [STFU Parents submission](http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5fjlmcMif1qzqeg0.jpg). But there are no words to describe how much I loathe those 4d ultrasounds. I agree that they definitely can capture amazing detail and you can actually see a fetus instead of a staticky blob. But godDAMN they are creepy as fuck. They look like they’re from some _Doom_-esque video game level where you have to go through a bizarre demon world where there’s a wall that has shapes of distorted people or creatures trapped (or gestating! :eek: ) in it. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/59 "2013-08-27T12:16:05Z")
Strange reaction to a very innocuous thing. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178/60 "2013-08-27T12:17:20Z")
A lot of people have assumed that the OP thought there was something sexual about a naked baby. They probably need to consider where their mind is at if they automatically think “pervert”. Nothing wrong with a naked baby. Out of consideration for the future grown up, I would think those would be better in limited circulation - family and close friends, not everyone in the address book. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-thanks-but-id-rather-not-see-pics-of-your-newborns-genitalia/667178.md?page=4)