On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 20:08, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 19:27, <carolmoor...@verizon.net> 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 >
It's the kind of idea that people would become hostile towards, because accepting how extensive the objectification is is part of feminist consciousness. I see text and images on Wikipedia that are very clear instances of it (in my view), but over the years I've learned to keep my mouth shut about it. Sarah _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
