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by chmod775 887 days ago
> Hands are completely different than genitals.

Completely? Yeah, I don't see it. Maybe because I'm German and there's very little fuss made about nudity over here*, which in turn makes me very confident it's just a cultural thing. Society taught you that there's something special about genitals, so you start believing it. Most people can probably overcome this through simple exposure or doctors would have a problem.

What's going to matter more is the setting. I'm guessing the pictures are supposed to be sexual, which might affect viewers more than the fact it's a picture of a penis.

> There are many women who are traumatized by getting sent dick photos.

I'm sorry, but if seeing a penis can traumatize someone, there's something wrong with them - and it's not the fact they've been sent a dick pic. It doesn't excuse others being intrusive or exploiting that vulnerability, but it's still a vulnerability that is way abnormal and should probably be addressed.

Overall I agree with you that it can affect someone, but I'd do so with more nuance than using words like "trauma".

*There's way more "extreme" examples than Germans, even ignoring our animal relatives.