Oh, this was not good. I wonder how many of these were taken and uploaded voluntarily.
From:
cooties@mac.comDate: Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:12 -0700
To:
gendergap@lists.wikimedia.orgSubject: [Gendergap] Category:Nude portrayals of computer technology
Hi all,
Can someone please explain to me why
Category:Nude portrayals of computer technology (NSFW) even exists? How is a category like this, whatever about the image, remotely encyclopedic or useful to the project? It is populated entirely with sexualized images of women - almost all naked or semi-naked - with only tangential references to computer technology.
I'm a computer engineer myself, and a paid-up member of
SWE. Given the drive to get more women involved in STEM fields, I see stuff like this as being really damaging. And this is just one single example.
-- Allie
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