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by coldtea 4302 days ago
First you have to prove why it's inappropriate.

Is it because some people have a magic ability to give dictums to what other people can and can not enjoy?

Or because the naked human form should never be considered pleasant to look at, and hang at walls, as wallpaper, etc?

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It's inappropriate because the field of engineering is in dire need of more women, and it doesn't help the situation. Imagine if you wanted to go into a field such as nursing and all of the men in the text books were oiled up shirtless muscular dudes.
>It's inappropriate because the field of engineering is in dire need of more women, and it doesn't help the situation.

That's marketing thinking though, not a real moral objection.

>Imagine if you wanted to go into a field such as nursing and all of the men in the text books were oiled up shirtless muscular dudes.

This is not text books though. It's a student page. If another student, a woman, has pictures of shirtless ripped-abs male actors in her page, I wouldn't bat an eye.

I dunno. I'd probably enjoy the textbook more. I suppose I'd be the target demographic, though.