> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 19:27, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Lots of us old hippie women are exhibitionists and I could advertise >> and >> get a few of us to pose. Then the young guys would have to discuss >> whether the 19 year old or 60 year old breast/nude/buttock etc. is more >> appropriate for an article. >> >> Hope that also engenders a good laugh.... >> >> Carol in dc >> > It's actually a serious point, though. It would be great to provide > images for those articles that don't portray women the way certain men > want to see them portrayed. I recall the Body Shop did that a couple > of decades ago -- started using images of women that fell outside the > usual range that tended to be objectified (older, not thin, etc). They > produced some very good ads as a result. The difficulty for us would > be in finding those images, then in maintaining them on the pages. > > Sarah
The concept of "being objectified" needs to be explained to the community and incorporated into our style guides. This has to make sense rather than being misunderstood. Fred _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
