Sending Nude Photos in Michigan Could Soon Cost You A Lot Of Money

Ladies, there's a unfortunate likelihood you may have been a victim of this. Some weird guy starts to send you a message on social media, and before you know it, a photo you didn't request pops up in your inbox.

You take a deep breath, open your inbox and you find exactly what you were hoping it wasn't: a photo of his "downstairs", plastered on your screen.

It's invasive, its alarming, and sometimes it can really make you feel like you've been attacked. And it's something that no one should go through, especially when it's super simple to ask for permission before you hit that send button.

Michigan lawmakers have acknowledged how upsetting this can be, and are now trying to act in order to prevent woman from experiencing this sort of harassment in the future.

A new bill that is in the Michigan house has a plan to help anyone who is sent a nude photo that they didn't ask for. One of the co-sponsors of the bill, Rep. Julie Brixie of Okemos says that this new law is intended to treat these messages like "cyber-flashing" and would be aiming to punish people just like they would if they were to flash you in person.

If the law passes, anyone found guilty of sending unsolicited nude photos to another person could face a fine of $500 for doing so.

But, if you're in a relationship that likes to do this, don't panic- any photos that are sent with clear permission, wouldn't get you into trouble. So if you like to keep things spicy in your inbox, this won't effect you.

As someone who has been a victim to this act in the past, I'm so happy to see our state taking action to keep people from doing this to people who are innocent.