Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Said: >What I really feel bad about is, this is a mixed audience of ladies, >and I'd hope some of us are still gentlemen who look upon this kind of >crap not for mixed company. It's called respect of a lady! i've stepped up to the plate every time i thought something sexist and innapropriate was being said in this list, at a time when _many_ of the good old boys on the lug thought there was nothing wrong with a little sexist joke between friends. which might show an interesting dichotomy in intergenerational gender propriety. some things that i view as sexist and patently offensive, someone brought up 20 years before me might see as good fun ribbing. and my ideas of feminism might seem bizarre in the other direction. that said, my message contained _two_ warning as to the content at the other end of the links. i've enough faith in the women on the lug and persons of all genders to make up their own minds before clicking on a link that says "graphic sexual content". we all, as photographers, have tremendous potential power to affect the world and the way that people view it. and i see a _lot_ of photography every day (especially on onemodelplace.com) that i find absolutely reprehensible and without thought. however, this series doesn't bother me as much as some cheesecake glamour shot of a woman who got talked out of her clothes by someone who said he was a fashion photographer and all the girls do it. i think there was thought behind this. and for $3500 i can own all nine images ..... - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html