When naked pictures of you pop up at work...

[B_Hickboy]

...they're on my computer.

 

[earllogjam]

No everyone wants to know who the hot guy with the great chest is?

Are any of them as cute as you?

 

[nudeyorker]

Are any of them as cute as you?

Earl no one could be as cute as you...that's why you are on my screen saver!

 

[earllogjam]

Earl no one could be as cute as you...that's why you are on my screen saver!

Does the screen saver shuffle through the photos of Hello Kitty and the Olsen twins too?

 

[B_Hickboy]

...they're on my computer.

 

[jeff black]

This is one of my biggest fears - having naked pictures of myself somehow finding their way to work - a big disincentive of putting on-line naked photos even in disguise or head cropped out.

Surely it has happened to some of you or you may have seen compromising naked photos of people you work with. Embarrassing to say the least but what are the consequences?

How adversely has or would it affect you if these kinds of photos were made public at work or to your clients?

I actually share your discomfort on the idea of co-workers seeing photos of my dick/ass. It's one of the reasons why people are so protective of their identity.

It would affect my job, as it would to many others. People just don't need to see that.

 

[nudeyorker]

I actually share your discomfort on the idea of co-workers seeing photos of my dick/ass. It's one of the reasons why people are so protective of their identity.

It would affect my job, as it would to many others. People just don't need to see that.

So are you telling me that you want me to take your pictures off my screensaver at work also?

 

[jeff black]

So are you telling me that you want me to take your pictures off my screensaver at work also?

Just the perverted ones, please.

 

[HellsKitchenmanNYC]

A few observations:

I think you're worrying about something that has increasingly little impact in the world. There are so many nude pictures of so many people out there that it's becoming unusual for young people not to have at least one nude pic floating around the internet. You're not in a field where conservative Judeo-Christian personal values are necessary so I wouldn't worry about it at all. I tend to think that as people trend to putting nude pics of themselves out on the internet that Americans might finally begin to loosen their ridiculous obsession with nudity.

I also think that anyone who has seen your nude pics won't give a damn. Think of the venues where you might post them and then consider that for someone to admit they've seen your nudes, they have to admit they were looking for them. Your pics aren't going to just pop-up on CNN's homepage one morning. If someone says they've seen you nude, well then take it as a compliment and maybe even a come-on. If someone has the nerve to circulate your nudes around the office, that is fertile ground for a sexual harassment suit.

Regardless of what you look like, think about what Thadjock said. You're a man, you've got genitals. Of course you have a penis and testicles; those are what make you a man and gender is one of the few things the English language is very insistent upon. The very first thing someone does when they meet or talk to someone else is determine what sex that person is. It's not as though people don't know what you have under your trousers so what difference does it make? Muriel in accounting saw your penis! Horrors! BFD, Earl, BFD. Anyone who would purposely try to embarrass you is an asshole and the onus is upon that person. You can't be embarrassed unless you allow yourself to be.

I've run into one guy online who worked where I did at Time Warner who had nudes posted. I didn't know who he was until we chatted. The guy is really hung, nice, and has nothing to be embarrassed about. It didn't occur to me to circulate his nudes at work because it's no big deal to me and it had nothing to do with work. I suspect that's the case with most people.

No matter who you are or what you look like, there you are and whether people you know see you nude or not, it's ultimately not a big deal. We're all nude underneath clothing and like I said, what else did they expect to find?

Personally, I think you have absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about. Anyone who knows you well enough as coworker might knows the kind of man you are and wouldn't do these things to you. It takes a real sociopath to want to hurt a good person.

I'm sorry my friend but I'll have to disagree w/you. People might be desensitized by seeing stars nude or someone they kinda know online but.....I go to about 65 different companies and I traipse thru human resource departments and hear people talking about other people after job interviews all the time. These days it seems no one is hired till they're investigated on the net thouroughly and that includes MySpace and Facebook. Alot of employers have other search programs that are not available to regular internet users that can find other stuff out about you even if you use a screen name and had to register w/your own. I have 2 friends that want to be in the FBI and are studying forensic computing or some such program. Even they have scrubbed themselves free of any internet content that's not necessary. I don't think even now people are THAT used to it. I've heard conversations in these places where people were found on the internet nude and would NEVER be considered for a job placement or would never live it down in the workplace. Of course I've heard the conversations while standing next to those having them and didn't participate. Personally I don't miind it but trust me...employers do.

 

[B_Monster]

Great response ThadJock

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