Some men simply do not know how to try and attract women. One model wants to help them learn.
While many women ignore unsolicited dick pics, model Emily Sears and her BFF Laura have found a much more productive way to deal with them.
Emily Sears -- a Los Angeles-based model from Australia -- has built a large social media following of 2.3 million fans, which she engages with often.
A photo posted by #EMILYSEARS (@emilysears) on Jan 21, 2016 at 11:47pm PST
She enjoys keeping her followers up to date on her life by posting photos of herself and her modeling shoots. However, her fame has come with a serious price -- unwanted dick pics.
After she began receiving one or two dick pics a day, Sears decided to take a stand and share those pics with the girlfriends and female family members of the senders.
My favourite hobby is searching for men who send me disgusting DMs online and replying with pics of their female family members and wives.— Emily Sears (@tweetemilysears) January 25, 2016
Mashable chatted with Sears via email to learn more about her crafty response to the pics and thoughts on this inconvenient burden that so many women deal with.
"I got the idea from my best friend Laura, who also has a big page because she's a DJ," Sears said. "Once I saw this is how she handled it, I have been doing it ever since."
After Sears went to block a sender, she noticed that his profile was filled with pictures of him and his girlfriend.
"It's really genuinely surprising how men think they're anonymous when it is so easy to search their username and find their other profiles online," Sears said.
She took matters into her own hands and contacted his girlfriend to inform her of his behavior.
Here's when happens when you send me dick pics to DM. I do not play. Names hidden to protect this woman's privacy. pic.twitter.com/IDZnkUpfXB— Emily Sears (@tweetemilysears) January 18, 2016
"I think some men probably see this as an online peeping Tom thing and like tormenting women, I think others truly just don't understand that these pictures are disgusting and not wanted, she said.
Either way, she feels it is her duty to inform the ladies in their lives of their less than gentlemanly behavior.
Sometimes the girls will even send a screenshot of the wife’s or girlfriend’s profile to send to the disrespectful men. Sears said she "would like to think that this teaches people in relationships to be accountable for their actions and know that this type of behavior is just as inappropriate online as it would be in person, on the street."
"For those men who are single and sending these messages, this is definitely the worst way to approach women," Sears said. "I hope in sending back pictures of female family members, they're reminded to treat women with respect."