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Is it just me or does anyone else find pictures of men on here showing an erection offensive?
Return to DiscussionsI have seen several profile pictures on here of men with an erection. I thought these pictures were not allowed and even as a man I find it disgusting to post a picture like that, especially on your profile. It doesn't surprise me that most couples and women do not want to be friends with single men. I am married and willing to prove it but it is very difficult us married men with non nudist wives to connect when there are men on here with those types of photos.
If they want to post pictures like that at least they should be for their friends only. I don't like going to the search link and the very first profile that pops up is an erection.
Please excuse my rant. I am new to the nudist lifestyle and maybe I am just old fashioned.
It is sad. There are profiles, both male and female, which promote a sexual side by the way they either position their bodies or by showing erections.
So here is a question, then. Our own Pearl has at least one spread leg picture. Did anyone complain about it? I have noticed a double standard, in that if a woman posts a picture that "promotes a sexual side," she is seen as expressing confidence and empowerment, but if a man does so, he is seen as a likely predator. And this carries over onto textile beaches. At least among the younger crowd, thong bikinis are more and more the norm for women; but let a man appear in anything more revealing than baggy knee length board shorts, and people get uncomfortable.
If somebody is offended by an erection, they should be just as offended by open crotch shots of women. Can't hide behind art...if that was the case I have an erection shot that is VERY artistic (as it was meant to be) but I can't post it. Double standard when you consider all the spread eagle shots.
If you look back you will see the initial question came from a man.
Sitting with open legs is more comfortable for both men and women, especially if it's hot and intimate parts might get sweaty. Any open leg shot shows the genitals fully. It is very full exposure. If that is seen as sexual it may be down to the thoughts of the viewer.
Erections can happen unexpectedly, especially amongst men much younger than me. Yes, he could wait for the erection to subside before the photo is taken. Having said that I have found that being asked to pose nude by a woman (including my sister) can cause me to have an unintended erection, without any erotic thoughts
I just wish I had to worry about being offensive! However, such is not the case for me. If I were in a social setting, and I saw an erection, would I be offended? Nah. Envious? Yep. Of course, context is always key.
it just goes to the content of the situation. The site has rules and they should be followed and if you really need to post an erection then do it on TS. I really don't see the point of posting it, we all know what it is and we've all seen them, sometimes by error and others times we've gone looking for them (hey lets be honest!). But when you don't expect them and they are posted, are they not basically not carrying about the spirit and trust of this site? I personally don't care to see them and if a 'friend' does post one, I'm like "OK" he's gone from my friends list. I'm personally not on here to be sexually stimulated and don't care to be, I'm happy from where I get it. Now about the mods, well at least my pics don't go thru a mod, they now post right away, no more waiting days for 'approval'. Guess it's now up to each individual to police themselves and/or us the rest of the members. My two cents worth.
It is amazing to be how many times this discussion keeps coming up(pun intended). We are all different and we need to work towards accepting people as they are not as we want them to be. This culture of being offended is getting as old on this site as it is on Facebook. If you don't like it, move on. If you do like it, click like and move on.
We are all individuals and cannot be easily confined to a single definition. If we as nudists can't accept each other then how can we ever expect the non-nudists to accept us?
I think its pretty awesome that we could have this discussion here. My personal belief is that men get erect and for the most part it cant be controlled, ( I wish I could tell my dick to go down, and for it to just listen)...lol. if hard things make you uncomfortable, I think pics with perky nipples on both men and women should be taken down,
This thread keeps appearing in my feed because I get alerted to my friends' posts. As tiresome as the whole "erections are just uncontrollable and entirely normal" is to me, there remains the matter of what the site rules are. So if they have decided against men sporting erections in their pics, then I think all of us have a responsibility to not submit them. Playing "let's see what I can get away with" is sophomoric. Complaining is a right, of course. But that doesn't equal ignoring the site standards.
To those guys who just can't control their boners, please take all the pics you like, just post them somewhere where they will be welcome, even admired. Eventually you will accidentally catch a pic flaccid, and then post it here.