Oh, goodness gracious...
I have difficulty understanding how someone can be so naive. Pictures like that send the message that a man thinks he can do whatever he wants to me just because I get paid for what I do. I hate being forced to remind people that providers are still ladies and should be treated as such.
Originally Posted by China Doll
These anecdotes were in my original post that got erased when I tried to go advanced (timed out)...but may expand upon the rationale.
When I was a 21 year old college student, I picked up a 33 yr old alumna who was visiting for the weekend. We were both drunk, but she had me drive her Porsche back to the frat where I lived. At the time, I was a wrestler in college and was an okay physical specimen. When we got to the room, she had me undress first, then just stand in front of her, completely hard. She gave this kind of sigh and had this look of longing on her face. It was a pretty powerful moment for a relatively inexperienced guy, but it did sort of validate the idea that a woman could be affected just by a visual, and to some degree also validated the premise that exhibitionism in the right setting could be erotic.
Fast forward quite a few years when I was first discovering the possibilities of adult chat and camming on yahoo chat. I'd noticed that more than a few of the women had nudity, some of it graphic, in their profile pics. I figured fair's fair, and my first profile pic was of my hard-on. I genuinely thought it would be well received and was consistent with the community.
I started to participate in a couple adult chat rooms interacting and looking for the occasional lady or couple on cam. I remember being in a room with a couple women who were audio chatting, and we were engaged in a decent conversation.
One or both of them checked out my profile and made a comment to the other that had a pretty obvious tone of amusement (and not the good kind), and pretty much ignored me afterward. I also started to notice how many multitudes of male profiles had cams open and it didn't take me long to get exactly how many guys had a similar idea and how sad it was.
With no small chagrin, I changed my profile pic and had some fun times on yahoo over the next few years. After that, for the most part, I only went on cam when I had a lady friend to play with me, and at those times I noticed that both men, women and couples often took an interest.
Having spent a lot of time in strip clubs and getting to be pretty good friends with quite a few of them, I know there are misogynists out there who think sex workers are not deserving of respect and who no doubt would get a kick out of "thrusting" themselves upon a provider with a dick pic for the reasons China stated. At the same time, I'm certain that there are also plenty of guys who think they are doing something appropriate, albeit naughty, and are actually trying for the erotic version of the golden rule.