Thanks for the link, Brandon. 

I had raised this in the image filter discussions on Foundation-l yesterday (as well as on http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:Kurier ), and it seems to have triggered some thought, which is all for the good.

Here are searches that deliver similar results in Wikipedia and Commons:

pearl necklace

cucumber

Zahnbürste (German for toothbrush)

toothbrush

electric toothbrushes

jumping ball

underwater

... and likely many, many others.

Andreas

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From: Brandon Harris <bharris@wikimedia.org>
To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 21:31
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Commons Searches


    Funnily, I just answered that question on Quora:

http://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-second-image-returned-on-Wikimedia-Commons-when-one-searches-for-electric-toothbrush-an-image-of-a-female-masturbating


On 10/12/11 7:48 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> Brandon,
>
> On a matter that originally arose in Meta and on the Foundation list,
> but may be of interest to this list as well, do you know the answer to the
> question posed here ...
>
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-October/006290.html
>
> ... or do you know someone who does?
>
> Andreas
>
>    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    *From:* Brandon Harris <bharris@wikimedia.org>
>    *To:* Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects
>    <gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org>
>    *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 6:13
>    *Subject:* Re: [Gendergap] Mind the Gap Award is here.
>
>    (offlist)
>
>    I think your efforts are perfect, and above and beyond. I don't need to
>    step in here.
>
>
>
>    On 10/11/11 10:10 PM, Jutta von Dincklage wrote:
>      > Brandon, I still think we need to remake the logo. This was just
>    a quick, basic whiz.
>      > I would still love your graphic skills on this one if you can
>    spare the time
>      >
>      > ... cause I am a woman and I truly appreciate amazing design
>      > ... and this award deserves it ;-)
>      >
>      >> Ah, too fast for me! I was about to remake the entire thing, but got
>      >> stuck trying to find an acceptable replacement font (the real
>    one is for
>      >> sale at the princely sum of $299.00!).
>      >
>      >
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