I have to say that viewing pregnancy as a "medical article" seems to be a rather male point of view :) I also find it telling that maternity clothing isn't even mentioned in the article (but I guess that makes sense if pregnant women don't wear clothes).
Ryan Kaldari On 9/6/11 12:04 AM, Arnaud HERVE wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap