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Gotta remember the gender power imbalance. Women are more likely to be harmed than men for showing their pictures than men are.

That being said, there are plenty of women who are happy to share their pictures very early in the conversation. And at the very least, you can just wait until you build up rapport and trust before asking for pics. Never hurts to play it face.

Eh. If there's no reason to ask a question then it's never just a question. There's a purpose to the question I would hope. And if the purpose is to see someone, is that really "just" a question? That is to say if the answer doesn't matter to you then why would you ask the question at all.

(The answer is that there is no such thing as "just" a question )

I don’t mind sharing photos of myself but only if I’m comfortable talking with the person. It’s nice to put a face to a name but I don’t expect anyone to share anything they aren’t comfortable with

Personally, I don’t mind sharing pg pics of body, have plenty posted already. I do like to know who I’m talking to though and feel unbalanced when a blank profile wants to carry on a conversation.

I understand the issue of safety, but I’m not sure how personally identifying age/ht/wt are.