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She's beautiful. What's so wrong about appreciating someone's body? You don't see this kind of reaction to nude male models - that is where the real sexism is,

She's beautiful. What's so wrong about appreciating someone's body? You don't see this kind of reaction to nude male models - that is where the real sexism is, IMO.

quasque 14y ago
Imagery of nude male models (or sexualized masculinity in general) rarely features in material related to computer science or software development, so a lack of reaction in this context is to be expected.
- CamperBob2 14y ago
  Just as a sanity check: you are aware that graphics texts and papers don't use the entire Playboy photo, correct? I wonder if we're arguing about the same thing.
- jrogers65 14y ago
  Point still stands that the material used in the software development field has no nudity in it what-so-ever. So it's a crop from a nude, big deal. Is it also wrong if a non-nude image of a porn actress is used? What about a non-nude of a regular woman? She's been naked at some point, after all. Why is the fact that it's from a nude shot considered demeaning? Because it's from a porno magazine? So what? I could kind of understand if it was a segment of an image from a hardcore scene but the full photo is actually quite tasteful. If I ever get the opportunity, I'll use a crop from a nude male photo to prove my point. I would bet a year's salary that there would be no backlash. There are far bigger issues in the world to be indignant about than this. We have people dying of thirst and hunger when we technically have enough resources to feed every person on the planet yet there are individuals full of anger regarding trivialities like this where everything is consensual, nobody was hurt and nothing bad happened. I believe that the correct term for this is "theatre of the absurd".
  - quasque 14y ago
    "There are far bigger issues in the world to be indignant about than this. We have people dying of thirst and hunger when we technically have enough resources to feed every person on the planet yet there are individuals full of anger regarding trivialities like this where everything is consensual, nobody was hurt and nothing bad happened." By this logic, one could never discuss anything other than poverty, famine, and other terrible plights upon humanity. Yet here we are, talking about such a variety of different topics.

She's beautiful. What's so wrong about appreciating someone's body? You don't see this kind of reaction to nude male models - that is where the real sexism is, IMO.

quasque 14y ago

Imagery of nude male models (or sexualized masculinity in general) rarely features in material related to computer science or software development, so a lack of reaction in this context is to be expected.

CamperBob2 14y ago
Just as a sanity check: you are aware that graphics texts and papers don't use the entire Playboy photo, correct? I wonder if we're arguing about the same thing.
jrogers65 14y ago
Point still stands that the material used in the software development field has no nudity in it what-so-ever. So it's a crop from a nude, big deal. Is it also wrong if a non-nude image of a porn actress is used? What about a non-nude of a regular woman? She's been naked at some point, after all. Why is the fact that it's from a nude shot considered demeaning? Because it's from a porno magazine? So what? I could kind of understand if it was a segment of an image from a hardcore scene but the full photo is actually quite tasteful. If I ever get the opportunity, I'll use a crop from a nude male photo to prove my point. I would bet a year's salary that there would be no backlash. There are far bigger issues in the world to be indignant about than this. We have people dying of thirst and hunger when we technically have enough resources to feed every person on the planet yet there are individuals full of anger regarding trivialities like this where everything is consensual, nobody was hurt and nothing bad happened. I believe that the correct term for this is "theatre of the absurd".
- quasque 14y ago
  "There are far bigger issues in the world to be indignant about than this. We have people dying of thirst and hunger when we technically have enough resources to feed every person on the planet yet there are individuals full of anger regarding trivialities like this where everything is consensual, nobody was hurt and nothing bad happened." By this logic, one could never discuss anything other than poverty, famine, and other terrible plights upon humanity. Yet here we are, talking about such a variety of different topics.