Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree and to me the problem is the singling out of women out to photograph on the street. Mainly cute ones. Often from the back. After that it doesn't matter what you call it its not going to go over with today's sensibilities. Sensibilities which I pretty much agree with. No we'd not want our daughters or wives or sisters to be put in this category. In this gallery of pix or stack of prints. It is a demeaning thing in a puerile way reflecting the sensibilities of a few decades ago which we are well over. Its now just viewed as low level voyeurism. Anything its titled it will be the wrong word. It not a semantical issue. On 7/3/13 5:11 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/