I have never taken a nude photo of someone I have been with

[edhopper]

let alone shared it with someone else.
This is abhorrent.
I know people sext each other these days with nude photos of each other (which is always foolish, and will always get out) but to take a nude photo of another person to show to someone else is a gross violation of privacy and decency.

[bluedigger]

1. Back in my day, you had to commission a portrait artist.

[edhopper]

2. Did you grow up in

Renaissance Italy?

[Aristus]

3. What about Renaissance Holland?

Peter Paul Reubens was really ahead of his time on the subject of body positivity!

[edhopper]

5. That is also true

but Reubens was Baroque, not Renaissance.

[Aristus]

6. I didn't know. Thanks!

[ret5hd]

8. Back in MY day you had to use clay!

[lapfog_1]

9. I have some of my old cave drawings to shoe you... n/t

[edhopper]

11. Old flame of yours?

[ret5hd]

13. Man...what mam...i mean memories!

She was good to me.

[edhopper]

25. Just to let you know

this is the oldest figurine every found. At least 25,000 BCE

[vlyons]

4. They see women as only pleasure unit objects

It speaks a lot to the emptiness of their own self-worth. Why else would a guy need to prove that he's a stud, except that he doubts his own self-worth as a man? We can never know all the causes and conditions that make people be the way they are. Perhaps as little boys, they grew up in a dysfunctional family and were told they were stupid and worthless and would never amount to anything.

Has anyone ever come along in their lives to inspire them to be better men? Now-a-days, I try to remember that such dysfunctional and ignorant people are the cause of endless suffering for themselves and others. They will teach their boys to be like themselves, because that's all they know. And so the pattern continues, generation after generation.

[dawg day]

10. I suspect in a roch family like Gaetz's...

The parental message wasn't that you're worthless, more that you're worth more than anyone else... everyone else is for you to use for your own pleasure.

[bluestarone]

7. Thev QTHUGS are truly a different breed of people! (animal)

That's for sure!

[SMC22307]

12. LOL, please. Nudies and sexting are quite common among many couples...

without the images always getting out. If consenting adults are the ones engaging, then so be it. The issue is when it's not consenting adults, teens or young women pressured into it by horny guys (I can just hear the Matt Gaetz's of the world now...), sharing pics/videos others without consent, etc.

[redstatebluegirl]

14. It is still stupid.

I have gotten 2 or three texts of some man's stuff. I assume that some girl on campus gave a man a bad phone number and it ended up being mine. I turned one over to the police, it was the most obscene thing I had ever seen. I guess women today enjoy this kind of thing, I think it is superficial and nuts.

[Piasladic]

16. some man's stuff

two or three? -- lol

turned it over to the cops-- lolol

most obscene thing you ever saw??? - lolololololo

btw: women today don't generally like that

[SMC22307]

17. It's never been my gig, but if others want to indulge, have at it.

Just know that the photos *may* get out. Plenty of Matt Gaetz's in the world. And assholes like Katie Hill's ex-husband who had the camera rolling unbeknownst to her (I think that was the story...). About 20 years ago I was on match.com after a divorce and damn, was I surprised at the number of great-on-paper men more than happy to share unsolicited dick pics. It was a good way to weed them out...

[PTWB]

19. Some people lead very, very sheltered lives apparently.

I’m sorry you received content you found objectionable.

[Celerity]

15. +100000

[Johonny]

18. Yeah

I've never done it, but I get it. Younger people that grew up with cell phones with instant cameras and instant messaging... it seems just very common. This is clearly just a generational thing.

In my day, when you had to go get the tri-pod out and take the film to some stranger to get developed, I can see how it would dampen the mood a bit

[SMC22307]

20. LOL, yeah, I'm picturing myself marching up to the 1-hour photo at Peoples Drug Store...

uh, can I have these nudes developed? I'm even wondering how I made it through college without whipping out the Polaroid... instant fun! There are plenty of drunken party pics, but no nudes, and there were *a lot* of drunken parties. I guess generation does play a big role...

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

21. One of my older cousin's worked at the photo place

in the local mall while he was in high school and college. He said it was surprising on the amount of nude photos they developed, to the point that the store had a sign up telling customers to mark the drop off slip private so they don't put them in the machine in the display window.

[Stallion]

22. Yes Some Times its Actually the Girl Sending the Nudie Picks Too

[SMC22307]

23. Oh, I know. I just think there are more Matt Gaetz's in this world...

pressuring women for pics ( "you can trust me, baby" ) or snapping away without their consent.

[edhopper]

26. I acknowledge

that sexting is common now. I think it is a stupid thing to do because it will never stay private.I am not making a moral judgement, just a rational one.
I explicitly said how this is different. This is exploitation. He took pictures to show others, not to share with his partner.

[honest.abe]

24. Me too plus my wife would smack me if I tried.