304 points

Both variants are pretty wtf to me. Not necessarily showing the pictures but explicitly pointing out their genitals.

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Showing pictures too.

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221 points

I would argue the top picture is also a big no no.

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78 points

I thought that is the point

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28 points

Dark Arc is saying that it is generally considered a bad thing, contrary to the comic which is implying that it is generally considered good or neutral when it should be considered bad.

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17 points

you guys missed the point. neither should be bad. it’s only bad because of how we sexualize eveything. it’s the sexualization that’s bad, and honestly, that wouldn’t even be that bad if it weren’t for the patriarchal exploitation of sex.

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7 points

I think krippix’ point (as well as the comic’s point) is that the first is socially acceptable while the second is not. And that then suggests that the first scenario should also not be socially acceptable.

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8 points

I don’t think it really takes a side … just kind of points out that it’s super weird that it’s more socially acceptable in one direction than the other.

I do hope the author intended for what I said to be the point though.

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3 points

You’d think so, but a disturbing number of people think the problem is there is a difference, not the nude photos.

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Yeah that’s kinda the point.

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6 points

Definitely, there’s nothing “cute” about nude photos of children.

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4 points

My mom has a picture of me when I was a baby taking a bath. My grandma made her censor my genitals with masking tape. I miss my grandma.

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Dude, my mom covered our genitals with a washcloth. The only pic of me naked shows my bum. I had no idea nude baby pics were so popular.

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126 points

I get a chuckle about Ultra sound images as well. It’s fine if a woman wants to post those photos of her insides on the Internet. But I’m the bad guy if I say “Jessica pop that pussy open let’s see it in person.”

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43 points

Thanks for ruining ultrasound for me

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33 points

Anytime pal. lol wait till you learn mens nipples and womans are 100 identical.

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31 points

I hope this isn’t a long wait

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5 points

Mine are hairier. Like the jet.

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3 points

Uhh. Nah.

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But they arent tho. I am a trans woman who has been on estrogen for 4 months. In that time i have absolutely noticed my nipples changing, both growing and getting hard more regularly than before.

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4 points

You make it sound like you have ultrasound videos in your streaming queue.

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20 points

You can’t see the baby without the ultrasound. It’s not like you could grab a speculum and get a good look in person.

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19 points

You’ve obviously never been in one of those flashlight enthusiasts groups. They’ll gladly tell you how you can see anything if you light it enough.

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7 points

Ultrasound is just really slow light

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5 points

Not with that attitude

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Is it a baby or is it just cells? Am I viewing cunt cells or nah?

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You’re not viewing cunt cells in ultrasounds people share. You’d be viewing a fetus, uterus, placenta. But that’s all internal. Not external.

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If you think someone posting photos of anatomical scans and sexually harassing someone are comparable, then idk what to say.

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2 points

You’re*

The most ironic spell-check I’ve ever given.

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85 points

I think it might be the clinical word vagina vs wee wee, but vajayjay still would be weird in this context. Honestly, dont show strangers your kids genitals.

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Yes, all genitals seem weird to show people. I don’t even show them to my parents. I tried not to take them at all, and instead tried to take a few with angles that obscured any private areas. I think my parents have seen a couple of those, but I don’t even send them.

Perhaps the comic is from the mindset 40 years ago. I could easily see parents of that era doing this and thinking it was fine.

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At first I thought you were talking about your own genitals. It really confused me when you wrote about not taking them. Or only at angles.

I was like, was there a choice? Could I have chosen to have no genitals? Or ones with different angles?

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I was wondering why you are showing your nudes to your parents and then I realized you are talking about your own kids

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2 points

🤣🤣 I honestly did the same

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6 points

I think home photography was still pretty new 30-40 years ago, might be why some families were weirdly oversharing with baby photos? Idk.

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I think it’s more that adults sexualizing children wasn’t considered a frequent risk, people didn’t think anyone they knew would look at babies that way. Gen X parents really shifted a lot in terms of culture in the US, under their generation child sexual abuse cases have dropped significantly, and that’s adjusting to unreported numbers.

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I can’t say world wide, but in the U.S., home photography was not new 30-40 years ago. I was a kid 30 year ago and I had real camera and various disposable ones over time. Maybe home videography was becoming more common 30-40 years ago, but photography had been around.

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Yeah, home photography wasn’t new in the 90s, it’d been worked on for a bit.

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1 point

Also back then you didn’t have photo previews plus limited number of photos

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4 points

It probably differs more across cultures. There are even cultures where public virginity tests are acceptable.

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Eh. I have plenty of pictures of my daughter naked as a baby. The weird part of this is showing off the naked picture to a stranger on the bus and making mention of the genitals in specific.

Anyway, everyone knows that naked baby pictures are used to torture children in front of their serious romantic partners brought home for the first time. This has not happened in my 14-year-old daughter’s life yet, but I hope to one day have this privilege that comes with parenting.

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Oh ew that’s some borderline pedo shit. “Here’s the person you’re fucking as a baby. Hahaha you’re sexually attracted to a baby. I created child pornography just to make you uncomfortable because you’re a normal, non-pedophilic person”

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4 points

Sorry, you think taking a photo of a baby when they’re born is done with the express purpose of doing something decades later?

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My response, when my mom showed my first partner naked baby pictures was to nudge my partner and say "don’t worry, I’ll send you some more recent ones.

My mom super didn’t appreciate the joke, but she never pulled out baby pictures for future partners.

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6 points

This is hilarious. Good comeback.

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18 points

LOL, mom busted out the baby pics for every gf. My. Turn.

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17 points

Gonna show your new step dad all the naked pics of your mom you have?

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7 points

That’s weird

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4 points

Torture? Why people have such trouble with their romantic interest seeing pictures of you naked when you looked totally different?

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4 points

It’s not actual torture. It’s just embarrassing your kid over something that most people would consider trivial as a form of ribbing them.

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Nah it’s basically waterboarding…

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Wrong, it is a form of mental torture and a violation of your privacy and consent

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That second paragraph is pretty creepy actually, I think you’ve missed the point of the comic.

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I’d say it’s okay to show someone your child’s genitalia when they’ve already seen it anyway.

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Yep, my wife has seen my little baby wiener. The awkward teenage pictures were far more embarrassing though. Hers are buried in a hoarder house so I might never get to see her embarrassing school band photos.

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Seeing someone naked as an adult isn’t the same thing as seeing them naked as a minor.

You do see that, right?

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NO IT IS NOT

Always get the consent of the now adult that was in the picture as a child or don’t take the picture if they are still a child

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It’s all fucking weird. I never took photos of my child naked. I don’t get the idea at all.

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7 points

I’m glad someone else sees it.

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Downvoted because taking pictures of your child is still weird even though you don’t show them to anyone

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Sorry… taking pictures of a child is weird?

Do you think cameras steal the soul or something?

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