I don’t know about other bloggers, but I rarely think about how revealing a blog can be. For example, over four million people have seen my naked body. That’s a big number. My face is the only part of me that hasn’t been published here. Every single orgasm since 2014 has been graphically documented here. Any adult can read about my sex life.

I suppose that was my goal when I started publishing. I certainly didn’t think about this in detail. I wanted to write about our adventures with male chastity. Well, duh, that had to include a lot of information about my penis—much more than I expected.

What I wanted was a chance to offer real information about male chastity. Mrs. Lion contributes every day too. She makes sure that what I write is accurate and fills in missing details. The result is a lot more than authoritative male chastity information. It’s a no-holds-barred look at my sex life.

I’ve gotten a lot out of writing here. Mrs. Lion learns how I’m feeling and what I might want or not want. I learn her reactions to what we do. The blog fine-tunes our activities. We are only two readers. There are many more. It’s not the same as just having sex in public. Our readers know what we offer and come because they are interested.

Still, I have no control over who gets to see my bare, spanked bottom or my hairless genitals. If you want to see it, you can. I can’t stop you. I’m generally aware of this on some level. When a reader reacts positively, it’s exciting and makes me want to do more. When the response is hurtful, I wonder why I did this in the first place.

I also thought about which image makes me feel most exposed. Ironically, it isn’t a closeup of my erect penis. It’s a picture I took outdoors a few years ago. I’m standing naked on our deck. All of my imperfections are clearly visible—lumpy lion. I’m not sure I ever published it. It’s me at my most vulnerable.

I thought a lot about sharing this image. It dispels any fantasies about my body. It’s unlikely you will find me sexy after you see it. I doubt you read the blog because you are attracted to me.

Before running a few very small surveys on my @theCagedLion account on Twitter, I made assumptions about what our readers would like to see over the years. I don’t want to offend people who read our posts or follow me on Twitter. When we started this blog almost nine years ago, I assumed that pictures of a soft penis (usually mine), either bare or in a chastity device was what readers would like to see. I believed that showing erections might offend some of our female readers.

I maintained a loose standard of limiting penis pictures to the flaccid. If my surveys are accurate, our female readers prefer hard penises. They also don’t mind seeing balls. How about that? The guys like to see caged cocks. I assume erections are viewed as neutral images. Everyone is OK with my bare bottom, spanked or unspanked. That doesn’t mean any particular reader gets off on my aroused cock. I would be very surprised if anyone got turned on by it. I’m average at best. Like my friend Julie at strictjuliespanks.blogspot.com, we find it a turn-on to show you our naughty bits.

There’s a feeling of vulnerability created by publishing such intimate images. Julie has it better than me. It isn’t obvious whether or not she is aroused when she shows her pussy to us. My penis, on the other hand, very obviously communicates its sexual interest. I can’t pretend to understand what specific reactions these images of me inspire in our female readers. I hope they are arousing. I assume male readers react neutrally.

When we publish CBT images, I am hard in almost all of them. I don’t know how our female readers react to them. I feel another survey coming on. I hope they are educational at the least and arousing at best. I imagine that some male readers will find them exciting since they can imagine themselves in the same predicament.

We also considered avoiding images entirely. A lot of bloggers post pure text. They don’t get involved with pictures. Some bloggers post highly sexual photos of their activities. Male bloggers seemed more inclined to do this than females. Many female sex bloggers post “art” shots of their bare bodies. They often publish close-ups that are skin but not readily identifiable as to exactly what skin is being shown. I think the female body is much more photogenic than the male. That may be my bias as a heterosexual male.

I admit that I like naked images. Cock shots don’t offend me. Few interest me. Spanked bottoms are interesting. I like seeing how others end up after a spanking. Bloggers rarely post videos. They are much more difficult to produce. Also, the ones that manage to get into blogs are generally poorly lit and not very revealing. A stationary camera/phone on a tripod won’t yield a particularly fun spanking or sex video. A camera operator and some help with lighting are needed to produce a worthwhile recording.

Even still images are often poor quality. Phones and point-and-shoot digital cameras have come a long way over the years. It’s rare to see out-of-focus pictures. Unfortunately, it is equally rare to see well-framed shots. Most of our photographs are taken with a Canon point-and-shoot camera. It does a good job (we always use the flash!). I always improve the image in Photoshop. This is a valuable tool to use. Adobe offers a “Photographer” subscription for about $10 a month. It’s worth the money. Learning to use it isn’t that difficult.

In my opinion, blogs are almost always improved if images are added. The images need to be of good quality and identifiable. Blurry “art” shots annoy me. Naked bodies of both sexes are worthwhile in my book. Clear illustrations of sex play, like CBT, are always appreciated.

Our current position on what we publish in The Journal is that we will show erections and, when available, sexual activities and play. Do you have an opinion about our use of images? Please comment!

I put another quick poll on Twitter. I’m trying to learn how our readers, at least those who follow me on Twitter, feel about pictures of my ass and cock in this blog. So far, 80% say they like seeing both. The remaining 20% vote for one or the other. Nobody said they don’t like them at all.

Here you go! 90% of respondents want to see my cock.

This surprises me. I imagined that most of our readers had seen enough of my nether regions. I’ve intentionally stopped posting them for that reason. If you want to vote, this is the link to my page. When it comes to naked pictures of me, Mrs. Lion has said she likes seeing me hard. She also likes my butt. She is in the 80% majority.

I figured there would be some interest in seeing the results of my spankings. They aren’t pretty but serve to illustrate the seriousness of my punishments. Now and then, I have published pictures of my unspanked bottom. Since we don’t get feedback on our photo choices, I’m not sure which you prefer. The bruised and bloodied bottoms outnumber the pinups of my rear.

My “moon side” as Mrs. Lion calls it.

When it comes to pictures of naked women, I prefer the front view to the rear, but do enjoy a nice ass. I strongly prefer hairless pubes. As you know, I don’t have any pubic hair. Turnabout is fair play.

Since there is a clear preference for explicit images, I will do my best to provide them when they fit the post. Now that we know your preferences, Mrs. Lion will need to get out the camera when we play.

The only positive feedback I got from yesterday’s post was verbal from Mrs. Lion. No comments from either women or men saying that they like seeing me naked. This is disappointing but not unexpected. Most women don’t react positively to naked strangers. This is probably an evolutionary adaptation. Men react almost all the time. Also, female bloggers tend to post nude pictures of themselves or female friends. Clearly, they prefer seeing other females even if they are heterosexual.

The nudes of me that readers like

As a male sex blogger, this puts me at a disadvantage. About half of our readers are female. They don’t particularly like seeing my penis in or out of male chastity devices. The male half of our readership appears to enjoy images of my penis locked in chastity devices. That’s fair; it’s one of the main things this blog is about.

Both male and female readers (and Mrs. Lion) like to see images of my spanked, naked bottom. There is a certain sexiness about this. Other men who are spanked or want to be spanked enjoy imagining what produced the marks. I think our female readers enjoy the evidence of Mrs. Lion’s authority. In over seven years, no one reacted positively to the unspanked images of my naked ass.

The ones they don’t.

I realize that I have a fairly typical butt. For that matter, my penis is average too. The only reason anyone would react positively to my unspanked ass or erect penis would have more to do with feelings toward me as a person. Some level of sexual interest is probably needed before a woman would have any particular interest in my sexual parts. At the very least, an emotional connection is required.

What I get from the lack of reaction to my picture is that my writing fails to create an emotional connection with readers. About one-third of our readers come in from searches. These people are looking for information, not connection. In the past, we received comments that some people like following the flow of our relationship. Even though this is a sexual blog, the interest doesn’t appear to extend to sexual interest or curiosity.

Another possibility is that maybe our readers would instead create mental images of us and find photographs irrelevant or disturbing. What about me? What do I want? I like that you take the time to read our blog. It’s important to me. I guess I would be happier if you also liked my pictures. I am OK with sticking to text-only. The exhibitionist in me wants to show you my naughty bits. Oh well.

The logical decision is to limit images to direct illustrations of our topics. The images don’t have to be of me. You have spoken. More correctly, you haven’t said anything.