> As someone earlier pointed out, the images that people are complaining
> about are not "adult" images. Adult images implies nudity, and possibly
> sexual act portrayal. Mostly just the suggestion of sexual acts. The
> images we frequently see on theme screenshots are of movie stars, models
> and comic book characters. Most of them I have easily identified as coming
> from supermarket magazines and mainstream comics. They are sexy, yes, but
> not quite what classifies as adult.
My impression was different (and erroneous, from your description). I was
specifically referring to those themes that contain adult images -- for
reference, consider the two links Vinnie posted. I considered the first
link with the girl in lingerie lying on her side to be adult, whereas the
picture of the girl in the bikini was not.
>
> The difference between walking into a room with Adult images on the walls,
> and images of actors/models is WAY different in my eyes.
I agree with you. It depends of course on how the actors/models are
portrayed.
>Still, the former
> would feel inviting to me, for both sexes. I guess I will chalk that up to
> the number of gay/bi friends I have. Its never occurred to me that the
> images themselves represented an unwelcome atmosphere. Its always been the
> people who put the images up, and their attitude towards other people that
> tells me I'm not wanted :)
I don't know. Certainly there are times and places when the images
themselves do not represent an unwelcome atmosphere. For instance, I go
to an industrial/fetish club quite often and there is all sorts of stuff
like that there. It does not bother me nor threaten me -- the images
have a context in which they are welcome and expected. In many of the
themes mentioned, the pictures do not have a context in which they are
expected. To me, that's where the assumptions about your audience come in.
Cat
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