Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's probably not best to title any photograph using a "term of endearment" as descriptor or in a description. It would not be appropriate in journalism. But National Geographic's photo of an "Afghan girl" is exactly that. Had it been of an "Afghan female", it would sound like a scientific paper. Jeffery On Jul 3, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 1:59 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > >> I've been a semi-invalid for the last week recovering from cancer surgery >> and I've found the last few editions of the LUG to be a good substitute >> for "War of the Sexes." They take out the stiches in a few days and I >> should be back to my usual acerbic self. >> >> >> I personally am appalled at the cultural insensitivity to sexist >> terminology exhibited by many male LUG members. Despite the fact that >> some of us disagree with Tina's excessive regard for Leica equipment, we >> don't refer to her as a senorita... > > > I have to agree that the way senorita is used here on the LUG, I find to > be disrespectful to women, condescending, demeaning, and > > ultimately sexist. We don't refer to young men by the equivalent. > > If one of my daughters were photographed by a LUG member and described in > these terms, that young lady would certainly not be > > happy, and neither would her father. > > > Steve > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information