Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Ryan Kaldari
That's a good point. Even here in San Francisco it's much easier to find female nudity in art and advertising than male nudity. I just wish people would stick to commenting on the art instead of the woman's body. Ryan Kaldari On 5/2/12 12:40 AM, Caroline Becker wrote: The problem is, we live

[Gendergap] sounds like a fun project... Re: Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Carol Moore DC
On 5/2/2012 3:40 AM, Caroline Becker wrote: Working harder to have awesome pictures of artworks with naked men ? Caroline I did the bio of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Feinstein_%28sculptor%29 as part of a GLAM event. Her husband does http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Currin does a

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Thomas Morton
Is there a perception bias here? There are many many fine art nudes of men in existence. And if you look at the body of work for nude sculpture then many are male - Pope Pius IX was so enraged by this he even went around sticking fig leaves over all the cocks in the vatican*, an utter travesty

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Heather Walls
Advertising not sexist. Really. I realize this is a tangent, but if I am going to see cumshot in my email list a few more times, I might as well join in. Hi all! Heather On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.comwrote: Is there a perception bias here?

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Thomas Morton
Advertising not sexist. Really. Well I'd be interested to hear rational arguments that it is... I've always found advertising to be highly sexualised, but refreshingly free of sexism. Tom ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Alison Cassidy
On May 2, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: Advertising not sexist. Really. Well I'd be interested to hear rational arguments that it is... I've always found advertising to be highly sexualised, but refreshingly free of sexism. You're kidding, right? Advertising is so jam-loaded

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Ryan Kaldari
Perfect opportunity to share one of my favorite blog memes: http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-water Ryan Kaldari On 5/2/12 2:20 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: Advertising not sexist. Really. Well I'd be interested to hear rational arguments that it is... I've always

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Thomas Morton
On 2 May 2012 22:22, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On May 2, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: I've always found advertising to be highly sexualised, but refreshingly free of sexism. I tend to agree with Heather...this strains credibility. It's hard to know whether to

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Thomas Morton
On 2 May 2012 22:27, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: ** Perfect opportunity to share one of my favorite blog memes: http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-water Ryan Kaldari *sigh* well I entirely agree with Alison's point. But that one is definitely perception

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Ryan Kaldari
Perfect opportunity to share one of my favorite blog memes: http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-water Seriously though, it doesn't seem that controversial to say that mainstream advertising heavily skews to female nudity. Next time you pass a magazine stand, count the

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Thomas Morton
On 2 May 2012 22:36, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: ** Perfect opportunity to share one of my favorite blog memes: http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-water Seriously though, it doesn't seem that controversial to say that mainstream advertising heavily skews

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Ryan Kaldari
On 5/2/12 2:38 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: On 2 May 2012 22:36, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org mailto:rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: Perfect opportunity to share one of my favorite blog memes: http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-water Seriously though, it

[Gendergap] Bias regarding male and female nudity in art

2012-05-02 Thread Caroline Becker
I looked at all the pictures I took at the museum of Fine Arts of Angers (France), since I still have all of them on my hard drive while the ones I took at Rennes are both on my hard drive and on Commons servers. I actually realized, at least concerning Angers, that they were an almost equal

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Wonderful. Don't miss http://thehairpin.com/2011/01/women-laughing-alone-with-salad Andreas On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: ** Perfect opportunity to share one of my favorite blog memes: http://thehairpin.com/2011/11/women-struggling-to-drink-water