Did ladies who modeled for lingerie or swimwear catalogs know or suspect what their pictures were often used for?

And how does/did that knowledge make them feel? Is it something that they even give any thought to? Are there any ladies here who have done professional modeling of beachwear or intimate apparel? What's your personal take on this?

NOTE: This is actually a repost. The first time it was worded rather poorly as it was hastily written on my phone at work. Apologies for any prior misunderstanding. That being said, let's keep the discussion civil this time. Any trolling or flaming will not be tolerated, and will promptly reported to the site's moderators.

I missed this one. I used to model when I was a teenager and I did do some underwear sets for a local department store catalogue at around age 16.

Honestly, I didn't. It's not like they were sexy shots, these were basic full coverage panties and, in my case, singlets. Did boys masturbate over them? Well, knowing what I know about boys now, I'm going to assume 'yes', but at that age I never gave it a thought. If they had been sexy undies maybe I would have, but at that time, no, I didn't even think of it.

I’m sure that anyone who’s been asked to model, and get paid for it, is incredibly happy. So many people get rejected for that job. Are there people who collect pictures of models, to get off sexually? Absolutely, but there’s a huge difference between auditioning for a porn magazine, and a commercial advertisement. And honestly, it’s not like they’re going to have to worry about being harassed or threatened because they’re physically attractive. It’s actually unattractive people who get mistreated and ignored.

This is asked better than the first one so I will answer it now. Yes I have done modelling for lingerie and swimwear, and it has been to show the products worn but after that it has been also to wear for glamour shoots. My mum used to model too when she was younger so I think I knew more about it than a lot did going into it. Maybe I was a bit wiser because I listened to her. So when started doing shoots I sort of knew boys might see my photographs and use them for doing things with but I was not thinking about that all the time, and it did not inhibit me either.

For a while when I was maybe 14 or 15 years old the mail order catalogues which were around the house were a major source of masturbation material for me. I liked the swimwear sections but especially the lingerie & ladies footwear pages. This came to an end when I was able to buy soft porn magazines like "Penthouse" & "Men Only" I used to wonder if my mother or her friends who loaned her the catalogues noticed some of the pages being stuck together!

I used to draw thermometers coming out of the Bottoms of some of the models in the Sears Catalog. Mom never said a word about it.

They know, I’m sure, maybe they don’t mind.

Any woman who poses like that and doesn't realize that guys everywhere are jerking off to her picture is naive.