[Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

[Arnaud HERVE]

Intuitively I was not shocked by the nude pregnant woman. I found it 
very casual instead. Might be my European education, I don't know.

I think that for medical articles, all the relevant body parts must be 
fully exposed. And believe me I have seen much worse than a healthy 
pregnant woman, because i do website editing for a faculty of medicine.

In that case the part to be expose would be the whole swell of the 
belly, from pelvis to thorax. Including the breasts is ok to me.

Showing that part exclusively would not only be more medically relevant 
(because thighs and neck are not relevant here), it would also make the 
person non identifiable.

The clothed photograph seems to me more improper than the nude one for a 
medical article. If it is medical, then the body part must be exposed 
without clothes. Even if it might sound surprising, I also disagree all 
photographs showings hands on belly, nude or clothed. I acknowledge that 
it shows the mother's care, but for medical purpose it is the belly 
alone that must be shown.

What I find much more disturbing is WP being used to publish pictures of 
the photographer's wife. Even if he is very proud of her. It might be an 
unwanted precedent, first of people posting pictures of their children 
to show blond hair, tennis playing, whatever, second of people posting 
photos of their girl-friend at the first opportunity.

That might against the interests of female participation.

Arnaud