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 _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap