Re: [Gendergap] Bikini example

I just found an example which seems to me exemplary of a male dominated disaster : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini In the Article page what struck me as wrong was : 1) The Sports bikini in beach volleyball photo, which has non pertinent erotic content imho 2) The chapter about male underwear, which seems to me so inappropriate AND ridiculous I can't even begin to describe it. In the Discussion page there is totally male point of view discussion about whether the girl in red is in good shape enough. Then there is the raging Outrage comment which I fear might become systematic if you leave the door opened for that. I have never seen a kid being shocked by going to the beach and seeing bikinis. That's a perverse erotic assumption imho, under the guise of high morality. I took the time to have a look at the German page : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini 1) The first photo is semantically right, it shows better that bikinis are used to go the beach and swimming 2) The history chapter is better developed 3) The gallery and the drawings aptly show different kinds of bikinis 4) No ridiculous male underwear content Also, there was a beach sports photo which seemed to me much better and devoid of erotic content yesterday. But sadly it's been removed at the moment I speak. It was this one : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beach_volleyball-Huntington_Beach-Ca… Ah yes and also the discussion on the German page is more competent and calm imho. So as a conclusion, the German bikini page represents for me a right state of mind and proper educational content, fit to be used in a school with students interested in fashion. The English page seems to me more influence by more or less lunatic authors, or authors less interested in knowledge. Arnaud _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap