The dick pic. Or should I call it: genital gerrymandering?

Today's episode focuses on just how common are dick pics? Why our penis princes send them? And what to consider before concocking a photo creation.

Citation and things I read for this episode:

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Beres, M. A., Herold, E., & Maitland, S. B. (2004). Sexual consent behaviors in same-sex relationships. Archives of sexual behavior, 33(5), 475-486.

Dietzel C. (2022). The Three Dimensions of Unsolicited Dick Pics: Men Who have Sex with Men's Experiences of Sending and Receiving Unsolicited Dick Pics on Dating Apps. Sexuality & culture, 26(3), 834–852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-021-09920-y

Klesse, C. (2016). The spectre of promiscuity: Gay male and bisexual non-monogamies and polyamories. Routledge.

Mandau, M. B. H. (2019). ‘Directly in Your Face’: A qualitative study on the sending and receiving of unsolicited ‘dick pics’ among young adults. Sexuality & Culture, 24(1), 72–93.

Marcotte, A. S., Gesselman, A. N., Fisher, H. E., & Garcia, J. R. (2021). Women’s and men’s reactions to receiving unsolicited genital images from men. The Journal of Sex Research, 58(4), 512-521. 

McKie, R. M. (2015). "Just say yes” - Sexual consent and boundary setting on- and offline: An inter- national perspective of men of varying sexual orientations (Master’s thesis). Retrieved from Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection. 

Muehlenhard, C. L., Humphreys, T. P., Jozkowski, K. N., & Peterson, Z. D. (2016). The complexities of sexual consent among college students: A conceptual and empirical review. The Journal of Sex Research, 53(4–5), 457–487.

Oswald, F., Lopes, A., Skoda, K., Hesse, C. L., & Pedersen, C. L. (2020). I’ll show you mine so you’ll show me yours: Motivations and personality variables in photographic exhibitionism. The Journal of Sex Research, 57(5), 597-609.

Salerno-Ferraro, A. C., Erentzen, C., & Schuller, R. A. (2022). Young women’s experiences with technology-facilitated sexual violence from male strangers. Journal of interpersonal violence, 37(19-20), NP17860-NP17885.

Snell Jr, W. E., Hawkins, R. C., & Belk, S. S. (1988). Stereotypes about male sexuality and the use of social influence strategies in intimate relationships. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 7(1), 42-48.

Tziallas, E. (2015). Gamified eroticism: Gay male “social networking” applications and self-pornography. Sexuality & Culture, 19(4), 759-775.

Waling, A., & Pym, T. (2019). ‘C’mon, no one wants a dick pic’: Exploring the cultural framings of the ‘dick pic’in contemporary online publics. Journal of Gender Studies, 28(1), 70-85.

Y. (n.d.). Yougovdickpickdataset. YouGov. https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/dick_pics_data.pdf

artwork referenced in today's episode: https://imgur.com/mosaic-of-donald-trump-made-with-500-pics-0PEkVxx

cover art: bofenglin

I want to hear from you. What are things you meant to say naked— the truths, the questions, the unsent texts?