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Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by mox@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The issue was that it did make some people uncomfortable, so it was harmful. You can't just ignore the reasons stated and then say it's pointless. The ban didn't come out of nowhere.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago

That logic makes me uncomfortable, let's ban you

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Well said. I feel like so many people here are missing one of the biggest issues with the photo as far as I understand it, which is encouraging women into STEM. For many women I think this photo felt a bit like walking into a professor's office to see they have bikini photos on their walls. It just cements the feeling that these sciences are boys' clubs.