Hi, Quoting Adam Borowski (2015-08-13 05:58:09) > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 04:28:37PM -0400, Jack Hill wrote: > > Even if the image were free it is still disparaging to women. From the > > lintian message [0]: "Moreover, Lenna photo has been pointed to as an > > example of sexism in the sciences, reinforcing gender stereotypes." > > What exactly is sexist in an image of a woman's face and shoulder? If the image came without context, probably nothing. Unfortunately, its context is: - it came from the centerfold of the November 1972 issue of the playboy magazine (which might be considered to objectify women) - the full image shows the model in full nude (it is easy to find the full image online when searching for "lena playboy nude") - the image is used in a male dominated environment (image processing) for its "sexappeal" My own anecdote: when I was taking image processing classes not so long ago (four years), my (male) professor was also using the lena image in their slides. When the slide came up I remember my professor quickly grinned at the sight of it and one could hear quiet chuckles around the (male dominated) classroom. I can totally understand if this kind of thing happening is deterring women from working in that field. Thus, I'd welcome if instead a neutral photo was used by image processing software. There is no reason to risk alienating one sex by using this kind of material. cheers, josch
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