On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Neil ''Fred'' Picciotto wrote:
> >
> > but here's where the implied intended audience comes in. if LinuxUserA
> > chooses as the sample file in gimp an image that is clearly designed for
> > men to enjoy, then the screenshot tends to imply that the intended audience
> > for that screenshot is male. now because the explicitly stated intended
> > audience is all linux users, this in turn implies that linux users are men.
> > which often makes women feel unwelcome. now, you may think that they
> > *shouldn't* be made to feel unwelcome by this kind of thing, but the fact
> > is that many of them do. you also may not care whether or not they feel
> > welcome, but i for one do. and that's why i find it inappropriate and
> > offensive to include such images in that context.
>
> Please forgive the low content in this response but:
>
> That is a WONDERFUL statement of the point - thank you for analysing WHY
> we get upset - and I hope you don't mind (please) if I use this explanation
> myself in the future. Because I'd never actually managed to analyse it to
> this level, and it's so RIGHT!!
I guess this makes sense, I just don't see it that way. When I go to look
at a screenshot, and I see a scantily clad babe, I take it in stride. It
doesn't give me the impression that it was intended for male perusal,
especially given that there are a lot of bi/gay women out there. I have
always just assumed that someone had a cool image they thought would look
good in the screenshot.
Perhaps it comes from having hung out with the boys most of my life. I
just don't believe that a pic in a screenshot, an image UNRELATED to the
theme itself (assuming we are discussing the non-adult themes), makes that
much of a difference.
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