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I’m a woman and I’m not the type to post pictures of myself on social media in lingerie or sexy outfits but I was wondering why women do that?
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It could be any, either, or all three of these reasons:
#1, they want attention, #2, they want validation that they are "beautiful," and #3, just because they're bored. I don't send people photos of myself in lingerie or sexy outfits either, but I definitely understand why girls would. Sometimes it's just nice to have some reassurance that you look nice from people whose opinions matter to you- but also because it tends to be hard for guys to visualize exactly what you look like without seeing a real picture of you and you want them to see proof that you really do look crazy sexy awesome 😉😋😁
But I also have a naughty friend that claims that she sends dirty photos and posts them on her socialmedia pages, (but, lol, then again she won't tell us what her profile names are and so there's still some iffiness and questionability about whether or not she really does that.) She says that she just does it when she's bored- and dresses up all nice and sexy and takes a nice photo to send to someone with a curious caption like, "do u like," or, "yummy eye candy, yes or no?"
Once again, I've never done this before; I just understand why someone would. And of course girls obviously aren't the only ones guilty of these types of things- guys definitely do it too and way more often, at that. It's not smart to send photos like this online or to post them on socialmedia- but sadly many girls as well as guys do post pictures like this of themselves nowadays. The main reason is just to get attention, and the rest of their reasons follow. Just note that you should never send a pic like this unless if you're totally confident that you won't regret it afterwards- which I doubt that many people ever don't. Don't let anyone pressure you into sending them pics like this, either- people've tried to do it to me and so I've made it a rule of thumb that I don't send any pictures online unless if they're to people I know very personally and in real life too- which has kept me from putting myself in lots of crazy situations.
Anyways, I don't do it, but that's why I understand lots of people do.
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They are insecure and miserable and do it for validation because nobody pays them any attention in the real world. They also heavily photoshop and filter their photos so they suffer from mental health issues and are even more insecure in the real world because they don’t actually look like the photos they edit. They portray themselves to be what they wish they looked like.
Secure women don’t advertise themselves because they’re not teenage girls or insecure women with issues and a need for attention and validation. These insecure women put their accounts on public because they get high on compliments from thirsty strangers. They have inferior intelligence and want to feel like celebrities while on the app whilst in real life they have achieved nothing.
Intelligent and secure women work towards their education and their careers and make something of themselves. They enjoy their private life with their family and don’t need thirsty people to validate their existence or tell them they’re beautiful to know that they are beautiful.
Social Media apps are stupid people’s heaven. It gives them the escape and false sense of belonging they need. It is a toxic place which is better off dying out soon.
In other words you are a secure and intelligent woman who values reality and you don’t need fake compliments to know your worth. You are secure.
Insecurity is loud and confidence is silent. Confident and beautiful people do not require advertising and screaming off the rooftops.
I only value real life and face to face interactions. Not online things. Online is a fake word and I know that. My life is the people around me. My friends and family and the few good people I meet.
My guess is to stimulate desire. Desire is one of the most potent qualities either sex has. To have the best of the opposite gender, or whichever gender we want to fuck, requires desire. It isn't the same as beauty either. Yosemite is beautiful but it has kept few men awake at night masturbating at the thought of half dome or el Capitan. If someone desires you, you almost own them. Desire is the loudest your body can scream "I want" & the object of that holds tremendous power of those who desire. Women in lingerie usually look far more desirable. You could call it sexy or hot but that doesn't capture the dynamic of desire. The most common fantasies of men and women have to do with desire. The fundamental truth of what has been called the "rape fantasy" that is one of the most widely shared fantasies ever scrutinized is about a woman having so much appeal that men will take her by force because their desire for her is that strong.
Every Master of the Universe Bond trader for Morgan Stanley who barely can scrape together rent money spend his vast fortune on a car, house, or a lifestyle he believes will make him more desirable. So my guess is that women buy, dress and/or display themselves in lingerie do so because it makes them feel more desirable and it usually works.
If you wonder why longer term relationships can have the sex go flat it has nothing to do with the physical act, everything still feels as good as it always has but during infatuation, desire is at it's peak
Possibly since most people now days have no clue just how much what they post on social media will affect their chances or hurt their potential professional careers. So, unless you aspire to become a lingerie model and are thus posting examples of your work... that shit will come back and haunt you.
Not many even care about the possible consequences of showing it all can have on their future... but once you put it out there, it will go everywhere. If you are actually a good looking person... shit people will steal your picture and use it for themselves and even pretend to be you. A little Photoshop experience and you can make anything look like you want it to be.
Reading a few of the opinions that all pointed out... that she is in dire need of attention... is a given. It's actually sad that I have even seen questions on here about how long should I wait before I send my nudes to them. I'm like, Damn! Just upload that stuff to any porn site and just link people to it and shit! If you want to be a Porn Star, like get paid for it and shit.
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Some women post sexy photos of themselves on social media because they're confident, attractive, and want to flaunt their body, which they have every right to do. They might do it for the likes, positive attention, and to attract a potential love interest. Maybe that special someone might like a photo of hers and hit her up. Some of the women are models and get paid to promote their pictures, or they could be aspiring models and hope that modeling agents notice the pictures and find them work. Others might work in the sex industry in some form or fashion, such as, for example, to promote their Onlyfans, which is very popular with sex workers nowadays because of COVID-19 restrictions. Some women might be the opposite and have low-esteem, resulting in them posting pictures of themselves strictly for validation. Sometimes, women with low-esteem can improve their self-esteem if enough people say positive things about their pictures rather than negative things. All in all, it depends on the woman.
I feel like people are thinking into it a bit much. While I think lingerie is a little more risky to post online plenty of people still do it and I don't just think that it because all of them are "whores". I mean why do some really jacked men post gym photos? Because they think they look good and want to show themselves off and it's nice getting comments about how great they look. That's not a bad thing though. I think it only becomes a bad thing when people start to depend on it. But If anyone, Man, women, or somewhere in between wants to post lingerie pictures of themselves who the hell am I say anything, nobodies forcing me to see them.
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I honesty don't understand either. There's other ways to have confidence in your body, even show off your body without having to expose yourself completely. What gets me the most, women will do this and then talk shit about men sending unsolicited dick pics... Not saying they should, but when women post half nude/to mostly nude pics aren't those unsolicited as well? Maybe a lot of men don't complain, but I don't wanna see unsolicited titty and ass anymore than I wanna see unsolicited dick 😂(oh and downvote all you want, won't make it less the truth)
ATTENTION! WOMEN ARE ADDICTED TO ATTENTION.
Women get high on levels of dopamine stemming for hundreds of likes on social media. Guys and other random strangers praising them for their looks and how beautiful or sexy they are. It is a rush. It becomes addicting. Then when they post something and only 2 people like it because they have clothes on the high of the feeling goes back down again. They feel ugly or unpretty and get depressed. So they keep posting pictures of low v neck shirts to expose their breasts and nipples. They have filtered face up shots with makeup on. They pose in bathing suits with their legs spread open to reveal their camel toe (the crevace outlines of the shape of their labia or vagina under clothes) in order to get hundreds of thousands of likes.Wow! This is an absolute flame fest!
Some people do it for attention.
Some do it for money (models, private fan stuff, etc.)
Some people do it to show off because they're proud.
I don't do it because I've worked hard, and I expect to enter a professional setting with extremely high pay, and I don't want pictures of me floating around to hurt my chances/money. I don't see the point in posting faceless pictures, because if I want someone to see any part of me, I'll show up and show them.
But if you're about that though, then more power to you. I'm proud to call you sister. We've been told that our bodies don't belong to us for an unknown number of generations, we've been told that our bodies are sin itself, fuck that.
If you're about it, then go get it.Honestly I get it. If I had a body that people would be happy to see and would even pay lots of money for a picture of me in underwear I probably would consider the option too. Unfortunately I don't and neither does the vast majority of men (fit or fat) but there is nothing wrong with doing it in my opinion it's not like it makes me think less of those women.
The only thing that makes me think less of some is when they make a fortune selling nudes and then begin to act like stuck up celebrities and look down on the rabble (like the Kardashians) these kinds of people are pathetic and disgusting. Like no you're not so smart and innovative and earned all that money you shamelessly stripped for it, nothing wrong with that but you also have to admit it.-
It can be a confidence building exercise, they may not have anyone that would give them a straight answer.
feeling good about themselves, positive praise is what we all like, some more than others.
some may do it as part of their. ‘Instagram brand’ so it’s then simply work and advertising.
others to attract attention from one or both sexes.
main answer really, is because they can.
it also sort of highlights how much body shaming goes on with guys, a guy posting must have a six pack, worked out in gym for ever. There is no chance a normal person could simply post a photo and heaven forbid, no six pack, maybe bit of bulge (tiny one) non muscle bound arms etc.
so while guys may try and shame girls, we have dug a seriously deep hole for ourselves to get out of. More importantly our sons who now have to be conscious that the perfect body is needed to post online and it MUST be masculine and straight. - Anonymous(18-24)
most times its for them not for anyone else. sometimes its confidence booster or a reminder. or maybe they want attention, but that's on them. if you got it, flaunt it. or don't. do you, I hope you aren't judging those women who do post those pictures. also it doesn't mean they don't have self respect, just because she posts pictures like that does not mean she doesn't respect herself, it means she wants to post what she wants. and the "society" want to see that, guys get mad if a women posts provocative pictures but they're the same ones giving them all the likes and follows.
Even if you had confidence, what would that have to with posting sexy pics on the net for everybody to see? They obviously do it to feed their narcissism.. Everything today is about "self-love", and "putting yourself first".. Which is not bad in it's purest form.. But, today those things mean that life is about "me, me, me".. And when they post those pics that's basically what they are personifying.. They wanna feel good to feed their narcissism and like everybody else said get the attention they think they deserve.. It happens when they call themselves "ugly" too..
To get attention. They want some people validate them. In other words inside of them there is something missing.
Example: When you have a partner he tells you, "you are pretty" and you feel great and happy. When single who tells you? No one until you put yourseld exposed.
Then some may go beyond naked or up to renting their body for sex and up charge. Why that far? Because they want to take advantage being single, pretty or hot is what a man desires.
It also comes from their background what were they missing when she was a kid.-
I'm not the type of person to ever take a selfie nor post pictures of myself. Just cause of the cancel culture, but In the past I've two friends a close friend who said she also doesn't understand how anyone can post revealing or nude pictures. Same as you basically.
The other friend, lets just say she liked to show off. She had a lot of confidence even though she didn't have the best body, I'm pretty sure she was a exhibitionist or whatever term means she enjoys showing off her body, even with no clothing as it was fun, exciting and a huge turn on for her. She would often skinny dip in places she could get caught with groups of friends, and streak on a simple dare. Maybe some women enjoy the attention like this friend did, maybe its a turn on for them or exciting. -
I feel like it's an attention thing. Hey look at me. I have two accounts. A normal one. Where I look how ever I look. And a model account. And I have pictures in lingerie. But mine are basically there for work. So people can see my shape or whatever...
I have friends who tell me they do it for attention. More likes , thirst trap, to make other girls mad. But I think it's all about how u do it. U can tell whose trying too hard and whose not. They just copy they're idols and are followers. -
In all honesty I've done it. I don't post any lingerie pics, but I'll post a couple bikini pics after I go to the beach. In all honesty I'm proud I've been able to keep my body in such good condition (especially at my age). I like to show that. Yes, it does feel good when you know other people think you look really sexy. I don't post a ton of bikini pics, but when I do I'll admit I like the compliments that come from them.
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Fan base is the biggest asset in their perception.
This is how social media attracts specific type of people, likes make some people addicted. It's not only limited to girls, boys who are talented and show their work online can easily fall in this addiction as well.
In reality, people who stop uploading content get forgotten in no time, because there is always someone else who uploads fresh one. This is often the moment you realize those likes and followers are worth less then dirt below your shoe soles. -
A friend of mine does that. And when I told her in opinion girls do it because they don't have enough sex in their lives, she got furious because of that comment, because she actually got more than enough of it at that point.
It will always be vulgar to me. Another friend of mine said if a woman shows too much skin, it means she embraces her sexuality. I don't agree with him. It's still vulgar. A lot of them do it for attention. Others do it for money. Others do it because they're insecure and hope that a guy will talk to them even though they'd normally never do something like that.
I used to do this back when i was a teenager l, now i don’t because i had to sit back and ask myself the same question like “why am i even doing this” even tho it got lots of “likes” there’s no purpose of showing your body to the internet unless your a professional photo shoot &bwinf paid to be naked 🤷🏾♀️
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Because women like that (who are at least not in the professional branch) are often insecure about their own bodies and feel the need to fish for fame, attention and compliments. Many of them also do it for money by having OnlyFans (for example). I'm yet to find a true high value, confident and self-respectable woman to do these things. Because she knows that advertising her body for attention, fame or money will only make men perceive her as a sexual object.
680 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic. All humans seek validation. It's natural and normal.
But young girls and women learn that their sexual appeal is a very easy and efficient way to gain this. So much so, that they often forgo developing and expressing their mind, character, and personality. That's more risky and has a lower pay-off that takes work and vulnerability.-
honesty, it could make them feel sexy and feel good about themselves. i've posted my fair share of lingerie photos and just bra and underwear photos and whenever i do for some reason i just feel sexy. if i like the way i look in the photos, why not share them to my social sites? whenever i see another woman post a photo like that i honestly hype them up in all ways possible. there is nothing wrong with not liking or wanting to post these kinds of photos, and there isn’t anything wrong with posting these kinds of photos. your body your choice ❤️.
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