[Gendergap] Photos of girl-friends

[Arnaud HERVE]

On 12/09/2011 13:45, Sydney Poore wrote:
> No, not really. The assumption is toward the uploader having the 
> appropriate permission if it appears to be an amateur image and it has 
> not obvious signs of being a copyright violation. People have been in 
> disagreement about whether images that are "controversial content" 
> should be be held to a higher level of scrutiny. Some people say that 
> we are be biased if we require a higher level of scrutiny for images 
> of naked people. I disagree, but think that we really need to have a 
> higher level of scrutiny for all images with identifiable people.  By 
> requiring model consent, we would solve a large part of the problems 
> with the images on Commons.


Let us not forget that for many males the decision to post an image of 
their nude girl-friend online is a deliberate insult. Precisely, that is 
their revenge after they have been dumped by said girl-friend.

In such a context, any domestic nude photo should be deemed suspicious. 
Unless there is the explicit consent of the girl, but I assume I am not 
very far from truth in assuming all those photos are posted by males.

Less frequently, such a tolerance might also encourage the publication 
of incest. More concretely, in this "Korean" case today, a small but not 
neglectable probability exists that it is the author's daughter. It can 
happen.