In fact, all of his non-technical images are of scantily clad or posing women. That's fine in some contexts, but definitely not professional or welcoming to female students.
> In fact, all of his non-technical images are of scantily clad or posing women. That's fine in some contexts, but definitely not professional or welcoming to female students.
The professionalism of the photos on a university website is an entirely different issue. I was addressing the point of the photos objectifying the women.
There was a convention in my state this past weekend that had plenty of "cosplayers", men and women, who were dressed similarly to the women in these pictures. They were scantily clad as you mentioned. I'm sure many of these people wish they could dress that way on a day to day basis but it's not yet acceptable in today's society so they don't. Hardly anyone would say they were objectifying themselves, so how is this any different without making assumptions about the source of the photos? Maybe these women also choose to dress this way?
I think that objectification is part of the reason that many cosplayers do not dress as they do on a normal basis. We live in a culture of sexual repression, and as a result: sexual objectification.
The professionalism of the photos on a university website is an entirely different issue. I was addressing the point of the photos objectifying the women.
There was a convention in my state this past weekend that had plenty of "cosplayers", men and women, who were dressed similarly to the women in these pictures. They were scantily clad as you mentioned. I'm sure many of these people wish they could dress that way on a day to day basis but it's not yet acceptable in today's society so they don't. Hardly anyone would say they were objectifying themselves, so how is this any different without making assumptions about the source of the photos? Maybe these women also choose to dress this way?