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Why do girls post racy pictures?

Especially on GaG. I honestly don't get it. GaG users are strangers, not your guy friend or boyfriend. I'm not pointing fingers, so don't get upset, but seriously... I hope they realize what they're doing is wrong. They're also disrespecting themselves. Why not post cute innocent yet flirty pictures? That would be much better, and guys will like them for them, not because she's in a bra. Anyway, that's my thought on this topic. What do you think?
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Most Helpful Guys

  • A profile picture, at its simplest form, is a reminder of who the person is. It is the picture with which the person is slowly associated. And that's why we need some time to adjust when a friend changes their profile picture. =)

    This "signature" effect is amplified even more in a website like GirlsAskGuys, because none of us have any mental image of each other, since we never actually met each other.

    Of course, this means that while you are choosing your profile picture, you are defining yourself for the world. You are saying "I am a person that can be summarized with this picture. I AM this picture."

    At that point, it is all about how each individual defines themselves.

    For example, as you can see, my profile picture is of a white cat sitting on a chair. More specifically, MY cat sitting on MY chair. If you analyze that, it tells a lot about me. It reveals not only that I love animals (especially cats), but also the fact that my identity is at least slightly dependent on something related to a white cat. May be my attitude? May be my personality? You can't tell. All you can know is THAT is how I want to be seen. THAT is how I want to be remembered in this website.

    Coming back to people with suggestive pictures in their profiles, I can say that THAT is how they define themselves, and therefore THAT is how they want to be remembered on this website. May be they feel that they are sexy, or may be they define themselves some other way that is related to a suggestive picture of themselves. We can't know what the connection is. Just that there is a connection, and that their identity is at least partially dependent on that connection, so they choose to represent themselves with those suggestive pictures.

    I am not saying that this is something bad. I am also not saying that this is something good. I am completely neutral about it. I am just saying that people put up those pictures, because that's how they want to be seen by others. Putting up a less suggestive picture would cause them to not reflect themselves as well as they do now.

    Finally, I am not saying that anyone does this "deliberately". Nobody analyzes every picture of themselves based on how the picture "fits with their identity" or anything like that. They simply "like" a picture, or find it worthy for the profile picture slot, or etc. but there is an unconscious decision behind that. As all psychologists know, we almost never make a decision with pure and conscious logic. There is always an unconscious factor, mainly driven by emotions, and slightly modified by the sensory signals we receive from our surroundings at the moment. That unconscious factor is what I am pointing at here.

    Like I said, nobody thinks that deeply about their profile. That is why they usually give MUCH more information about themselves than they intend to. Same for me, you and everyone else. The more you think about it, the creepier it gets. =P

    Anyways... Hope this helps. =)

    • fantastic

  • Many girls are attention whores. Girls, especially younger ones, get an emotional high when they get boys all hot and bothered. Emotional immaturity plus a desire to be constantly told how "hot" she is generally born of deep insecurity that requires constant affirmation from others.

Most Helpful Girls

  • lol Those are the kind of girls that make me so mad!

    I don't hate them or anything, but it makes me confused to whether guys really like it or not..

    I think they do it to get some type of attention. And if a girl knows she's hot, she can use that as a way to get attention from guys. I think that kind of behavior is a result of a ton of issues a girl can have.

    Think about it, I'll walk into school on any given day, and hear guys comment on a picture of a girl half naked and Photoshopped beyond repair, of how she's so hot. When a girl who is insecure might hear that, she can take it in a way of "oh, well I guess I have to dress and look like that for guys to like me". And they don't understand that the attention that they're getting is temporary, and the guys just see them as a body, not much more, as you seem to express...

    lol...Sorry for sort of ranting, it's late!

    Have a good one :)

    • That is so true they usally attract pervert like guys only seeing them as a sex object and a girl that's easy that would be willing to lye on her back for them and use not take the time to know the real them and respect them as a person.

  • Everyone puts what they are comfortable showing to a public, whether it be an innocent picture, an exposed picture, a fake picture or simply an image!

    Someone could for example ask why other people decide to put images as their profile pic. For instance lets say hands in the shape of a heart, instead of a an image of themselves. It's preferable to put a face to the person you're answering a question too. And again the answer would be the same, doesn't matter what the reason is.. Simply "because they want to." :]

  • They are girls that want attaintion from guys it usally attracts the wrong sorts of guys the sleeze bags young teen age boy perverts dirty old men not any decent guys that have respect for women that don't see women as objects and just want to scew them that's all nothing eles thoughs types of guys see them as a piece of meat nothing more.

    • True

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  • I posed for my first profile pic in my thong but the outcry and rage was too great so I toned it down. I must admit I feel less like a trollop for the effort.

  • I am sure they realize what they are doing.

    If she has a nice body, what's stopping her.

  • Maybe I'm blind, but I haven't seen that at all on here? o.o But, even if it is happening, who cares, that's on them. If all they want to be good for is their body, than they put it on themselves

  • I know some girls say who cares who see's my body. I want the whole world to see it xD

    funny stuff.

  • They want attention and want to feel desired, or want to show off their bodies. Since sex is so easy to get now, everyone seems to think there's no point in being modest. Just show off and take half naked pictures because hey, "everyone is doing it", I think we should have a little more respect for ourselves and our bodies. Not just the girls but men too, you should love yourself enough to not let everyone have these racy images of you

  • does my picture offend you? ;)

    • Your fine haha.

    • your pic is way coolie

    • thanks!

  • yeah, though they aren't going to get much respect, they'll sure get the attention they crave : /

  • Imo, I think it's a way of a female to feel empowered.

    The fact that she can post racy pics of herself, for guys to see, and they respond with comment or IMs complimenting her body...

    ...

    ...as a woman yourself, you can probably understand the "feminine charm powers" of sexually attracting men.

    These girls who post racy pics just take that thirst for sexual empowerment to a higher level than the ones who don't.

  • I think most users on this site that posy pictures like that are fakes

  • Who cares if she wants to show it off so be it, I won't complain.

    • You don't care obviously because you're a guy... but seriously, I bet you won't take her serious for a second.

    • of course not.

  • Fishing for compliments, perhaps?

    That'll backfire on this site. ^^'

    • My question is going to backfire?

    • No, fishing for compliments will. Your question may also backfire somehow, IDK.

  • I have nothing against it. As long as she's hot, why not show off?

  • cause they don't care and they like to get some attention probably

    • Thats right

  • Alot of the time there fakes and it's not even them in the pic there probably fat ugly people who wish it was really them it's like a fantasy for them sometimes it really is the person to and there just girls that are looking for attention and want guys to comment about how hot they look they only get looked at like objects the guys only see them for there body and looks that's all not them as a person.

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