On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On 4/29/13 12:20 PM, Sarah wrote:
>
>
>  I was reverted when I tried to remove them all, so I started an RfC on
> the talk page, and alerted WikiProject Feminism. In turn, the editor who
> added them (who uses a woman's name) alerted WikiProject Pornography, so it
> seems likely that some at least will be kept; the article is now down to
> two images of porn stars and starts with Christine Lagarde,
> director-general of the International Monetary Fund. The editor who first
> added the images wrote on talk that, if we really want the images to be
> representative of women in general, "we should be looking for images of
> nurses, waitresses, school teachers, barmaids and prostitutes."
>
>
>
> O_o
>
> Well, we also know that PETA is a big fan of pushing celebrity - let alone
> naked celebrities (or "hot" models) for the sake of vegetarianism and
> animal rights. I'm sure that doesn't help the situation!
>
> -Sarah
>

Yes, indeed, that was mentioned and cited as a reason (or excuse).

Sarah
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