I don't have much of a following on Facebook yet, but I've been trying to do what I can to grow my audience. As such, I sort of just unabashedly accept all friend requests. Maybe that was a dumb move.

Because, you guys, I just get tons of unsolicited dick pics. So many, in fact, that I posted this status to my page this morning:

Hi Friends, old & new!

I feel compelled to to make clear the following: This Facebook account is strictly for my erotica, which I sincerely hope you check out, sample, purchase, and enjoy thoroughly. To do that, please see my new website, with my brand new, shiny URL!

I accept all friend requests, largely because I don't spend much time actually ON this account. Most of the content you see will be reposts from my website, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts.

That being said, I have had to turn off Facebook Chat because of the really just insane number of unsolicited dick pics I've received. It's just crazy. I've been on sites like Alt.com and AdultFriendFinder and FetLife and received fewer images of stranger's dongs. Your junk does not impress me; stop sending it. Please, and thank you.

Now, with that unpleasant business out of the way, why not head to my website and snag one of my latest publications? It'll give you something to do with all that genitalia.

Happy Reading -
*Juniper Leigh

So what is the deal with the cockshots? I just had to know. I mean, granted, I work on the fringes of the sex industry, but this is happening on facebook, not on dating sites where it can be more safely inferred that I'm looking to get laid. So, I did what anyone in my situation would do. I Googled "Why Do Men Send Unsolicited Dick Pics To Strangers On The Internet?" Here are some of the responses I collected:

“I think that 'lashing out' towards women on online dating sites, whether harmless annoyance or genuine harassment, is caused by being ignored so thoroughly by so many women. After a while, women on these sites aren't people with feelings; they're just thousands of profiles who all seem to dislike you for completely unknown reasons. Dick pics are, I think, a very specific form of this harassment — probably from guys who are more on the narcissistic side and perhaps overly confident about their bodies... The end goal of this little game is to elicit some kind of reaction — good, bad, or otherwise.” -- "Peter" [HA!] via Refinery 29.

“Men who send off penis pictures probably aren’t thinking at all, they’re responding to an unconscious, evolutionary urge likely inherited from our primate ancestors: male monkeys and apes routinely display their penis (usually erect) to females to indicate sexual interest.” -- Ogi Ogas, cognitive neuroscientist, via Salon.com.

And, finally, niceguyfl86 said, "...because I am 100% convinced that my penis is the greatest thing in the world." (Via PlentyOfFish) So. There you have it.