To post lingerie shots on my social media..

[Junglejane8]

Right here me out here..
Long term lacking in body confidence. Have never felt very beautiful or feminine. I've been working on my self-esteem recently and a friend who is a photographer treated me to a burlesque shoot. She said it would be a very empowering thing to do, and it was. I actually felt sexy and beautiful and powerful.
The pictures have come through and I'm so happy with them. I want to post them on my social media but am worried that it will come off as vain, desperate, attention seeking etc.
There is lots of crap on social media but then I think of some of the women I follow who post lingerie / swimwear images and I don't judge them at all. I think they are beautiful and confident. I want to do that too.
Or is it vacuous and shameful?

I wonder what would happen if the OP was a guy who just lost weight and wanted to celebrate his new body by posing with tight shorts in an exotic beach location and hiring a professional photographer. He would never open a thread asking this question in a mans forum nor he would get the backlash (attention seeker wanting validation etc..) the OP is getting. He would just post the pics in his social media and nobody would give a toss.

The misoginy is alive n kicking.

THIS. ZOMBIE THREAD!!!