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A recent study published in the Journal of Sex Research cheekily titled ‘I’Il Show You Mine so You’II Show Me Yours...” gives greater insights into female behaviour when it comes to receiving unsolicited dick pics. The study notes that women can have varied responses to receiving dick pics, not just revulsion or repugnance, “as women are not all the same and human sexuality itself is exceptionally diverse.”
Clearly, our notion and threshold on what constitutes indecency seems to be extremely high when it comes to online transactions.
One reason for this is the ubiquity and anonymity offered by the internet. Dick pics, by its very nature, rarely come attached to the man who is sending it, making it easier to circulate and difficult to trace the source. Besides, as the American singer Stephanie D’ Abruzzo crooned, “the internet is for porn”. So how scandalous can a dick pic be in an ocean of smut?
But what makes men send dick pics? Unless we try to understand the motivations behind it, we may have no hope of stopping it. We asked Dr D Narayana Reddy, a globally acclaimed sexual health specialist and a VVox expert.
Dr D Narayana Reddy: It’s similar to exhibitionism, a paraphilia or a sexual deviancy that’s classified as a disorder by medical science.
A man who sends a dick pic is looking for something specific: a look of shock or surprise on a victim’s face that can paralyse the person he is flashing.
People’s attitude towards receiving dick pics can vary. Nonetheless, sending unsolicited dick pics is a crime. The practice has become so widespread in the last few years that I have women and enraged husbands calling my clinic every week asking me how to handle it. There are only two realistic options. Either delete and ignore or report the matter to the police.