[Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

Shlomi Fish shlomif at shlomifish.org
Mon May 16 18:42:50 UTC 2011


Hi all,

On Monday 16 May 2011 05:03:26 Sarah Stierch wrote:
> Surely I'm not the only one who noticed this lovely gem of a photo of
> the day today. In my work environment - NFWS.
> 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
> 
> Direct link to image:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg
> 
> I mean really? /facepalm
> 
> This is the kind of imagery I have no desire to see on the front page of
> Commons. I'm a very liberal person, but, this makes me not want to even
> allow my MOTHER to use Commons.
> 

I should note that I agree that such an image has no place as the photo of the 
day on the Wikimedia Commons, due to its erotic/pornographic nature. It is a 
very æsthetic work of art, and I found it appealing, but it has no place being 
featured as the front page image.

And for the record, I am a heterosexual male, who opposes censoring 
pornography, erotica, partial pornography, etc. of all kinds[Censorship], but 
think there are contexts where they are inappropriate.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

[Censorship] - in fact, I would argue that such calls for censorship undermine 
a person's right on their body, and sexual freedom for both genders. 

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