After getting one too many ‘dick pics’, Emily Sears decided enough was enough.
The model, who lives in Los Angeles, has over 2.3 million fans and along with the massive social media following comes some unwanted attention.
Speaking to Buzzfeed, Emily said that she often receives one or two pictures a day and is “absolutely fed up with these kinds of disturbing and disgusting messages and comments”.
She sifts through the accounts sending the photos and when she sees the men in question have a partner, she lets their girlfriends know.
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 it provides an accountability that people seem to lose online; being behind a screen gives people a false sense of anonymity.”
“I have noticed since posting my responses as a warning that the number has been significantly lower. I think my followers are slowly getting the message” said Emily.
Her friend, Laura (pictured with Emily below), a DJ also based in LA, says she has encountered the same problem and now, she takes the same action as Emily.
“I actually find it really absurd that men are still sending unsolicited dick pics to women considering how much dialogue there has been about how much we don’t like it and how inappropriate it is” said Laura.
