Colleague has sent me a dick pic

I don't think it's a "dick pic" if he's fully clothed. Completely inappropriate though, there's no doubt about that!

TBH, I'd just block him.

If you are chatting about non work stuff outside of the work environment, is it really something for HR?

So an obviously aroused penis does not constitute sexual harassment?

I work in HR and this would absolutely be a disciplinary matter in my organisation. Also while you may be confident in laughing it off he may be also doing this to younger more vulnerable staff too. I would report this

@Pootles34

its not a dick pic though.

It's a bloke in shorts. You're all getting OTT & you haven't even seen the photo. They're discussing holidays & tans. Calm
down

Please dont reply any laughing emojis, give any smart quips are play into any reply. Just block or completely ignore.
It's your choice whether to report to HR. I think I would.
If you don't, you could make it known amongst the other women at work that this has happened out of solidarity and he's probably done it before so it could embolden someone else to report him. Disgraceful man.

It doesn't make it better or worse it just doesn't make it a 'dick pic'. So when you report it to HR I'd report 'an inappropriate photograph of a colleagues erection under his clothes,' rather than a 'dick pic'. N

Report...if he's going to do this, what if he's staying away from the office with a female colleague in a hotel...sorry but I'm a bloke and would never send such a pic to my colleagues

Oh sorry! I (mis)understood that you’d already sent the emoji. Yeah, definitely hold off on that.

Straight to HR with that one. He is counting on you not wanting to do anything due to your embarrassment. He's a sodding adult and should know that his actions have consequences. Possibly losing his job is one of those consequences.

Definitely don’t send the laughing emoji. It may backfire if things ever escalate and be used as evidence you were happy/not offended

Do you work in the police op?

Just eurgh what a creep.

I'd block. Or just reply nope, bye.

You must have an HR partner, find out who it is for your business area, or who the HR is that deals with employee relations. Put some time in their diary and discuss it in person, show them the picture or screen shot. Tell them you feel uncomfortable, you dont know how to handle it. That you want them to know because you dont think its appropriate, he may have a history of inappropriate behaviour with female colleagues.

I think that would be very unprofessional and disrespectful of yourself.

Either deal with it formally (HR) or shut it down professionally.

Don't reply at all ffs, just block.

100% report him. That’s very low of him

Don’t.Blame.You, ok?

You responded with a laughing emoji. You were doing what so many women do when we feel unsure, uncomfortable, inept at dealing with the sudden shift in parameters. You probably felt like you suddenly couldn’t read the dynamic between you two, a dynamic you thought you had understood. It takes a minute for weird shit to land. You kept it ‘lite’. It’s a normal response and it takes a while for the ‘Wait a minute! What the fuck?’ to land. It’s landed! Don’t be hard on yourself. He’s the one in the wrong.

Please do not forward the pic!! It's illegal and he could turn it round on you. Or the police could..

You won't be jeopardising his career he has already done that himself.
I'd be asking myself how I would feel if I said nothing and he went on to sexual harass another woman because I stayed silent (which he will expect you to do)

if you don’t like your current job, report to HR and take a couple of days off for the stress.

hes 100 percent flashing you intentionally. you really need to report as this man sexually harasses women and work need to know so they can support other staff members

if they continue to employ him and he harasses you again- record, report and pursue

Block and report. This is completely unacceptable, and he deserves everything he gets.

Strangely enough the mansplainers never seem to want to give women an insight into thought processes like this.

Funny, that ...

dont send anything back that could be constrewed as a postive response