It seems the very annoymous nature of the web makes posting of "Just for you" mateial much easier. Before the web there were people making nude videos and photos for each other but there was no easy way to desimminate them.
The web changed this.
But the truth is now if you don't want the photos posted for general consumption don't take them because there is always the chance they will be posted. If you take a nude photo you should take it with the realization that it will be posted.
It seems that younger women are more likely the victim of this because they are still in the stage of believing "it's forever and he really truly loves me and he's special and would never do that to me". Whether or not a younger or older woman would be more embrassed by it I don't know. Also since it's young men these young women date they seem more likely to post the photos or videos as a prank or revenge then older men by virtue of their youth. I don't know if it works the other way around as well.
Yet a recent TV car commercial reinforences this behavior where a young woman after she buy a car, because the car is so affordable, has enough money to buy a billboard with a naked photo of her old boyfriend. She and her female friend gigle about this. I doubt they would have the commercial show a man doing this. It would seem to be an act of abuse and not cute like when the woman does it. But it makes it seem the behavior is perfectly acceptable. It's cute or funny when the woman does it. However I find the commercial childish and thinks it says alot about America's attitude towards sex and nudity.
A big part of this problem does stems from the American attitude about sex and nudity. Americans are embrassed about both. In Europe where I lived for awhile this is not much of an issue.
But Roxanne is right, if you don't want your photo posted the only way to ensure this is to never take them in the first place.
AS to the morality of looking at such photos, I don't know. Since the material is posted it becomes a personal issue and I am sure we all have lines we don't cross and material we wouldn't look at. And in all honesty I enjoy looking at pictures of naked women, especially average everyday women instead of prissy pampered models and movie stars.
AS to the poll, I really don't think a woman should be embrassed by a naked photo as long as it's not done in a cruel way, such as "this is my ex the b*tch ha ha". If it's done as "wow she's hot" I see nothing to be embrassed about. However the woman herself would have to be the finale arbitrator of that. If a woman found out a photo of her had been posted here and asked it to be removed I would hope it would be.
AS to the other question, I think photos of sex acts are too intimate to look at.
So I really couldn't vote.
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