On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 19:27, carolmooredc@verizon.net wrote:
Lots of us old hippie women are exhibitionists and I could advertise and get a few of us to pose. Then the young guys would have to discuss whether the 19 year old or 60 year old breast/nude/buttock etc. is more appropriate for an article.
Hope that also engenders a good laugh....
Carol in dc
It's actually a serious point, though. It would be great to provide images for those articles that don't portray women the way certain men want to see them portrayed. I recall the Body Shop did that a couple of decades ago -- started using images of women that fell outside the usual range that tended to be objectified (older, not thin, etc). They produced some very good ads as a result. The difficulty for us would be in finding those images, then in maintaining them on the pages.
Sarah
The concept of "being objectified" needs to be explained to the community and incorporated into our style guides. This has to make sense rather than being misunderstood.
Fred