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Why? Its just an example gallery that happens to be of a photo shoot of Emma Watson. The photo's aren't even remotely suggestive... Are your female co-workers

Why? Its just an example gallery that happens to be of a photo shoot of Emma Watson. The photo's aren't even remotely suggestive... Are your female co-workers that sensitive and/or unable to rationalize? Would you have kept looking at the demo if it was filled with similar pictures of Brat Pitt? Not trying to be mean or anything I genuinely don't understand and would like to know. EDIT: I do see and agree that a more varied subject matter would probably do better to showcase the usage of the plugin but I still think that your reaction is slightly extreme as it seems like you look down on your female co-workers by removing their agency in the matter :S (although that might be taking it to the extreme from my side...)

ceejayoz 11y ago
If nothing else, it's almost certainly copyright infringement.
- tjallingt 11y ago
  I definitely agree that that is a problem and a creative commons image library would have been better but for the discussion at hand (the reaction of the female co-workers of OP) I think that is an irrelevant point.
explorigin 11y ago
Besides, Emma Watson (of all possible examples) is an outspoken advocate of women's rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson#Women.27s_rights_work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson#Women.27s_rights_w...). I feel reasonably confident that she would have no problem with this application (IP issues aside). EDIT: I'm not making any point about the appropriateness of this for your workplace. That depends entirely on your workplace.
laumars 11y ago
It's not so much the content of the images but more the lack of variety. So rather than looking like the placeholder images you often find in empty photo frames, it starts to look more like an Emma Watson fan page. Which might make some people feel unfortable if their workplace has stricter guidelines about internet usage.
- cazum 11y ago
  Not sure why this is getting downvotes. The simple fact of the matter is that a lot of men and women wouldn't be comfortable clicking around a gallery of <cute-girl-photoshoot> in front of their peers for fear of becoming "that weirdo who spent 6 minutes zooming in on Emma Watson's elbow". This may not apply in small workspaces where everyone is chummy and socially comfortable, but not everyone has this luxury. Whether or not this is sexism is one thing, but it's still a very real concern.
  - tjallingt 11y ago
    > "that weirdo who spent 6 minutes zooming in on Emma Watson's elbow" Hahaha I can see how that'd be a problem but OP specifically mentioned the gender of his co-workers which struck me as weird.
- tjallingt 11y ago
  Thanks! That makes a lot of sense... Although I do question whether OP meant the same thing as he specifically mentioned the gender of his co-workers which in such a scenario would be rather irrelevant. Since I'm in the comfort of my own home I totally overlooked this option :S
Jean-Philipe 11y ago
Yes, I for one would have kept looking at the demo if it was Brad Pitt. But that's not the point. Sexism, in reality, favours men and hurts women. That's why an image of Brad Pitt is okay, whereas an image of Emma Watson is not okay! (and by the way, they are suggestive) Any argument that goes "But if we switched genders, then it would be fine!" is completely missing the point that we are still living in a de-facto patriarchy, where objectification of men is not even an issue. In any case, I found the choice of images immature and closed the website right away.
- mycroft-holmes 11y ago
  > Yes, I for one would have kept looking at the demo if it was Brad Pitt. That makes you the sexist in this instance.
  - Jean-Philipe 11y ago
    Because I try to be sensitive to sexism and react accordingly, that makes me sexist?
    - mycroft-holmes 11y ago
      No, because you're treating each sex differently based on their sex.
  - ahoy 11y ago
    You should have read the rest of the post before commenting.
    - mycroft-holmes 11y ago
      I did.
  - ahoy 11y ago
    You should have read the rest of the post before commenting.
thefastlane 11y ago
i think it boils down to this: if you work in an office where browsing photo galleries of women is not frowned upon, then ok; but that is generally considered unprofessional (and immature) behavior in most workplace cultures -- that is, behavior you'd want to avoid exhibiting at work.
- elinchrome 11y ago
  Yeah. "Looking at pictures of hot chicks" is total bro culture, and unprofessional.
  - true_religion 11y ago
    If I need placeholders, I use pictures of classical art because there's no copyright encumberment, you get examples of human beings, and its aesthetically pleasing. As a side-benefit, even if the portraits are laviscious since its 'classical art', many people don't care.
dcre 11y ago
This is not remotely suggestive? ....Okay. https://fengyuanchen.github.io/viewerjs/img/emma-watson-4.jpg https://fengyuanchen.github.io/viewerjs/img/emma-watson-4.jp...
popmystack 11y ago
It has nothing to do with being sensitive. It is extremely suspect. They're not exactly a family photoshoot.
baldfat 11y ago
I'm in my 40s and I also have the same reaction. The LAST thing I want anyone to think of me as a dirty old guy. So if this was on my computer that would be my fear.

ceejayoz 11y ago

If nothing else, it's almost certainly copyright infringement.

tjallingt 11y ago
I definitely agree that that is a problem and a creative commons image library would have been better but for the discussion at hand (the reaction of the female co-workers of OP) I think that is an irrelevant point.

explorigin 11y ago

Besides, Emma Watson (of all possible examples) is an outspoken advocate of women's rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson#Women.27s_rights_work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Watson#Women.27s_rights_w...). I feel reasonably confident that she would have no problem with this application (IP issues aside). EDIT: I'm not making any point about the appropriateness of this for your workplace. That depends entirely on your workplace.

laumars 11y ago

It's not so much the content of the images but more the lack of variety. So rather than looking like the placeholder images you often find in empty photo frames, it starts to look more like an Emma Watson fan page. Which might make some people feel unfortable if their workplace has stricter guidelines about internet usage.

cazum 11y ago
Not sure why this is getting downvotes. The simple fact of the matter is that a lot of men and women wouldn't be comfortable clicking around a gallery of <cute-girl-photoshoot> in front of their peers for fear of becoming "that weirdo who spent 6 minutes zooming in on Emma Watson's elbow". This may not apply in small workspaces where everyone is chummy and socially comfortable, but not everyone has this luxury. Whether or not this is sexism is one thing, but it's still a very real concern.
- tjallingt 11y ago
  > "that weirdo who spent 6 minutes zooming in on Emma Watson's elbow" Hahaha I can see how that'd be a problem but OP specifically mentioned the gender of his co-workers which struck me as weird.
tjallingt 11y ago
Thanks! That makes a lot of sense... Although I do question whether OP meant the same thing as he specifically mentioned the gender of his co-workers which in such a scenario would be rather irrelevant. Since I'm in the comfort of my own home I totally overlooked this option :S

Jean-Philipe 11y ago

Yes, I for one would have kept looking at the demo if it was Brad Pitt. But that's not the point. Sexism, in reality, favours men and hurts women. That's why an image of Brad Pitt is okay, whereas an image of Emma Watson is not okay! (and by the way, they are suggestive) Any argument that goes "But if we switched genders, then it would be fine!" is completely missing the point that we are still living in a de-facto patriarchy, where objectification of men is not even an issue. In any case, I found the choice of images immature and closed the website right away.

mycroft-holmes 11y ago
> Yes, I for one would have kept looking at the demo if it was Brad Pitt. That makes you the sexist in this instance.
- Jean-Philipe 11y ago
  Because I try to be sensitive to sexism and react accordingly, that makes me sexist?
  - mycroft-holmes 11y ago
    No, because you're treating each sex differently based on their sex.
- ahoy 11y ago
  You should have read the rest of the post before commenting.
  - mycroft-holmes 11y ago
    I did.
- ahoy 11y ago
  You should have read the rest of the post before commenting.

thefastlane 11y ago

i think it boils down to this: if you work in an office where browsing photo galleries of women is not frowned upon, then ok; but that is generally considered unprofessional (and immature) behavior in most workplace cultures -- that is, behavior you'd want to avoid exhibiting at work.

elinchrome 11y ago
Yeah. "Looking at pictures of hot chicks" is total bro culture, and unprofessional.
- true_religion 11y ago
  If I need placeholders, I use pictures of classical art because there's no copyright encumberment, you get examples of human beings, and its aesthetically pleasing. As a side-benefit, even if the portraits are laviscious since its 'classical art', many people don't care.

dcre 11y ago

This is not remotely suggestive? ....Okay. https://fengyuanchen.github.io/viewerjs/img/emma-watson-4.jpg https://fengyuanchen.github.io/viewerjs/img/emma-watson-4.jp...

popmystack 11y ago

It has nothing to do with being sensitive. It is extremely suspect. They're not exactly a family photoshoot.

baldfat 11y ago

I'm in my 40s and I also have the same reaction. The LAST thing I want anyone to think of me as a dirty old guy. So if this was on my computer that would be my fear.