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1. “I hate them and guys just don’t seem to get it. Whenever I receive one now I send back a pic of the hugest, veiniest one-eyed monster I can find as my reply. Don’t. Send. Me. Dick. Pics.”

—Janice, 23

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2. “I find it sort of amazing as a phenomenon. Before Snapchat and smartphones you couldn’t really do this. Like, the equivalent in the 1980s would have been just pulling your dick out in the middle of a conversation with a woman aka flashing them. People used to get arrested for that.”

—Loretta, 31

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3. “It can be hot if there’s chemistry between me and the guy and we’ve already had sex because he’s telling me he wants me. But from a stranger it’s juvenile and offensive. It shows me you don’t have an ounce of creativity in you.”

—Irene, 24

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4. “Dicks look weird and I don’t think guys understand that. Dicks aren’t attractive all on their own.”

—Michelle, 28

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5. “Outside of sexting, a dick pic is literally the worst thing you could send a woman second only to a picture of you having sex with your ex.”

—Natalie, 22

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6. “If you want to send me a sexy picture then send me one of your whole body in your underwear. That’s sexy. A dick in and of itself just isn’t sexy no matter the size or shape. Be proud of your junk but don’t make me look at it when I didn’t ask to.”

—Amber, 24

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7. “Men and women get turned on by different things and it seems that neither men nor women understand this sometimes. Guys are visual so a picture of a vagina or a boob is going to do it for them but it’s not going to be a turnon for women since most women aren’t primarily aroused visually. It’s all a terrible misunderstanding on the part of dudes who send these.”

—Faith, 30

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8. “I hate dick pics but even worse I hate flaccid dick pics. A dick pic itself is lazy enough but if you can’t even be bothered to get aroused prior to taking it then you’re a double nope. First guys stop opening doors for women then they send sleepy ass pictures of their dicks. This is how civilization ends.”

—Sara, 25

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9. “Dick pics are offensive but the impulse behind them is just hilarious to me. I can’t help but picture the guy who sends it sitting there on his bed thinking ‘maybe she’ll sleep with me if I do this, maybe she’ll affirm me!’ No, you just made yourself look like a thirsty idiot.”

—Sabrina, 24

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10. “The only way a dick pic could ever be attractive is if the dick is included in a larger picture of the man it’s attached to and if that man is attractive to me. Of course then the dick just becomes a part of a picture of his body and not the focus. So, it’s a question of composition. If there’s a hot guy in the picture with the dick then I’m a lot more likely not to block your phone number and never speak to you again.”

—Valerie, 31

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11. “They do nothing for me. Occasionally my boyfriend has sent me one or asked to send me one and I’ve pretended to be all excited about it. I’ve even asked him to send me one when I could tell he was turned on and wanted to but that’s all for him.

In my perfect world, cameras are technically unable to take pictures of dicks, like mirrors and vampires.”

—Miranda, 28

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12. “Obviously I don’t want them from a stranger. I do have a running joke with a girlfriend where we send one another pictures of dicks as a joke every few months. I find that hilarious but I don’t want to receive them from dudes.”

—Leah, 22

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13. “I like them if I like the dick that I see. None of my girlfriends do but I’m a fan of a nice thick cock.”

—Jessica, 28

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14. “Not interested, dude. If I’m interested in you then I’m interested in you, not your dick.”

—Sherry, 26

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15. “If you send me a dick pic you’re going to get a two word answer in reply and that word will be ‘had better’. They’re disgusting and the men who send them unsolicited are thoughtless.”

—Vera, 26

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16. “I’ve asked my boyfriend for one before when one of us was out of town. This is usually followed by dirty talk and mutual masturbation on the phone or a quick and dirty Skype call. But unsolicited from someone I’m not seeing? No, no thanks, creeper.”

—Erin, 25

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17. “Two things guys need to understand about dick pics. If you’re not my boyfriend and you send me one then I’ll be grossed out both by it and you. Secondly, it will get shown around to my girlfriends and they will also think you are gross. You’re really just setting yourself up to be made fun of.”

—Anna, 21

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18. “It better be the most gorgeous penis the world has ever seen. Like, it better be a religious experience unparalleled by all others. Otherwise, you’re just a creeper sending me a photo of a sweaty dick in the desperate hope that yours is the greatest looking penis ever made.

Those odds aren’t in your favor.”

—Maggie, 27