In this episode, we delve into the hot topic of sending nude pictures in the digital age. Responding to a listener's question, we unpack the risks involved and explore five key strategies to minimize potential harm: consent, self-awareness, anonymity, trust, and legal considerations. Whether you're contemplating sharing an intimate photo or just seeking insight into this modern phenomenon, this episode aims to equip you with the knowledge to make informed and confident decisions. Tune in!
In this episode, we delve into the hot topic of sending nude pictures in the digital age. Responding to a listener's question, we unpack the risks involved and explore five key strategies to minimize potential harm: consent, self-awareness, anonymity, trust, and legal considerations. Whether you're contemplating sharing an intimate photo or just seeking insight into this modern phenomenon, this episode aims to equip you with the knowledge to make informed and confident decisions. Tune in!
Show Notes:
[00:00:00] Michelle: Introduction
[00:00:11] Addressing a Listener Question
[00:00:48] Point 1: Consent and Agreement
[00:01:08] Self-awareness and Pressure
[00:01:36] Point 2: Anonymity
[00:02:13] Point 3: Trust
[00:03:04] Point 4: Secure Storage
[00:03:31] Point 5: Legal Considerations
[00:04:32] Final Takeaway and Conclusion
[00:04:57] Sign-off
[00:00:00] Michelle:
[00:00:11] I got a question about whether or not it's safe to send nude pictures to somebody. I wanted to tackle this by looking at five things that could decrease the risk of your nude picture getting into the wrong person's hands. When it comes to sending nude pictures, I don't think that there's a 100% way to do it that would make the risk zero that nobody else would be able to see these pictures.
[00:00:48] And so the first thing that you're going to want to do with whoever it is that you're sending nude pictures to is to talk about consent. What are you consenting to? What is the agreement between the two of you around what you're going to do with each other's pictures? Are you going to delete them right away?
[00:01:08] Are you going to save them in a very safe storage area on your computer? And it's also asking yourself, am I doing this because I want to do it or am I doing because I feel pressure. If you're doing it because you feel pressure, it's much more likely that you're going to experience a lot of anxiety around what happened to those pictures after you send them.
[00:01:36] So you're going to want to make sure that you send a picture that is in line with your values and also in a way that's going to make you feel more comfortable. So one way that you could do this is, you could be as anonymous as possible.
[00:02:00] So, making sure that you don't have any identifying features on that picture, such as your face, or maybe tattoos, a birthmark, I don't know.
[00:02:13] Jewelry that would be easily identifiable to pin to you. Another way is to make sure that this person who you're exchanging pictures with is somebody that you can trust. Either somebody that you've known for a very long time and are in a relationship with, and you know that neither of you have any intention of ever sharing this picture with anybody else, and that you trust that if the two of you were to break up, that they would get rid of that picture so that it would never come out again. And so the piece around that is that you have to be able to trust the person enough, because again, There's never 100% security in this.
[00:03:04] Another piece is if you're going to be storing your pictures somewhere, you should make sure that it's not easily accessible so that, for example, if you send your picture to somebody, you want to be confident that when they receive that picture, that their whole household isn't going to receive that picture as well, because I don't know, maybe there's like some sort of family sharing plan going on there.
[00:03:31] And yeah, you want to save it in a place that is password protected and only you know the password to. It is also very important that you know the age of consent in the area that you live, as well as the laws around sending explicit photos and whether or not you can send that explicit photo to somebody else. Because people can go to jail for both of these things depending on where you live. So I guess the takeaway here is, if you are extremely anxious about sending a photo of yourself, you're going to want to think about how to decrease some of that anxiety, right? That will likely mean either one, you send a picture where you're very confident that there's nothing on there to identify you, or two, you decide not to send any at all.
[00:04:32] And I think both are good decisions. That's all I have to say. I hope you have a great day, and I'll talk to you soon. Bye!