Comments on: Sexual harassment stock photography http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 13:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gravytop http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018124 gravytop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018124 Is it odd that "right thinking" people believe that workplace sexual harassment is really, really, bad and vile -- and yet, pictures purporting to depict it are considered delightfully amusing? Imagine that these were pictures purporting to represent, say, animal abuse. Is there any scenario under which boingboing writers or readers would find them funny? Even if they were absurdly overdone... I can't help but think that many who openly purport to abhor sexual harassment secretly don't think it's all that bad. Am I wrong? Not trolling, just find the phenomenon odd... Is it odd that “right thinking” people believe that workplace sexual harassment is really, really, bad and vile — and yet, pictures purporting to depict it are considered delightfully amusing? Imagine that these were pictures purporting to represent, say, animal abuse. Is there any scenario under which boingboing writers or readers would find them funny? Even if they were absurdly overdone…

I can’t help but think that many who openly purport to abhor sexual harassment secretly don’t think it’s all that bad. Am I wrong? Not trolling, just find the phenomenon odd…

]]> By: crnk http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017623 crnk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017623 penguinchris: I'm next to you here. I just can't see how someone can use stock photos (specifically, the people ones) and still take them seriously. I think this abundance of horrible stock photography is a great self reflection on our society. It represents the oversaturation of our senses that are pushed at us--and which we swallow whole. I see these photos as the same hyperrealism as reality television, CSI, pop divas (I'm looking at you, gaga), and most importantly...why so many people today are bored with life. penguinchris: I’m next to you here. I just can’t see how someone can use stock photos (specifically, the people ones) and still take them seriously.
I think this abundance of horrible stock photography is a great self reflection on our society. It represents the oversaturation of our senses that are pushed at us–and which we swallow whole. I see these photos as the same hyperrealism as reality television, CSI, pop divas (I’m looking at you, gaga), and most importantly…why so many people today are bored with life.

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017370 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017370 I want to work at the place where there is a serious lipstick lesbian workplace sexual harassment problem. Please? I want to work at the place where there is a serious lipstick lesbian workplace sexual harassment problem. Please?

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017388 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017388 Stock photography is *so bad* it boggles the mind. If you don't want custom photos taken or can't afford it (or just plain don't need it), don't have any photos at all on your website. I mean really, I don't trust any business that uses stock photography these days. That includes the smiling lady with a microphone headset next to the "customer service" link. It's so silly from the photographer's point of view, too - stock photography is so cheap these days, the best you can realistically hope to get is a couple thousand dollars a year, and that's if you've got thousands of photos, you actually know what you're doing, and add new stuff constantly. And if that's you, you could be making a living as an actual pro photographer doing real creative stuff. I suppose if you don't have that talent and you have a lot of free time, stock photography is a way to pay for some of your equipment (which you only need because you're doing stock photography... a strange cycle). Stock photography is *so bad* it boggles the mind. If you don’t want custom photos taken or can’t afford it (or just plain don’t need it), don’t have any photos at all on your website.

I mean really, I don’t trust any business that uses stock photography these days. That includes the smiling lady with a microphone headset next to the “customer service” link.

It’s so silly from the photographer’s point of view, too – stock photography is so cheap these days, the best you can realistically hope to get is a couple thousand dollars a year, and that’s if you’ve got thousands of photos, you actually know what you’re doing, and add new stuff constantly. And if that’s you, you could be making a living as an actual pro photographer doing real creative stuff. I suppose if you don’t have that talent and you have a lot of free time, stock photography is a way to pay for some of your equipment (which you only need because you’re doing stock photography… a strange cycle).

]]> By: ColHapablap http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017389 ColHapablap Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017389 It bothers me how many commercials there are where they say that a product (deodorant, shampoo, car) will make a man more successful at their job, and they demonstrate this by having some female coworker give them a "Let's bone" look. It bothers me how many commercials there are where they say that a product (deodorant, shampoo, car) will make a man more successful at their job, and they demonstrate this by having some female coworker give them a “Let’s bone” look.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018675 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018675 It's because it primarily happens to women, and women are second-class citizens on this patriarchal planet. It’s because it primarily happens to women, and women are second-class citizens on this patriarchal planet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018700 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018700 I don't know. Animal abuse is not at all funny, but a picture of a sad kitten looking up at a screaming action-hero with a hatchet intended to be an honest portrayal of what animal abuse looks like? I don’t know. Animal abuse is not at all funny, but a picture of a sad kitten looking up at a screaming action-hero with a hatchet intended to be an honest portrayal of what animal abuse looks like?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017695 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017695 Put all together like that, that looks like one of the funnest places to work. In the last one he's just standing on the desk with his winkle flapping in the wind, and she's just giving a bashful "ohh pleease, I have to work here" look. Put all together like that, that looks like one of the funnest places to work.
In the last one he’s just standing on the desk with his winkle flapping in the wind, and she’s just giving a bashful “ohh pleease, I have to work here” look.

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018223 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018223 At least you didn't work a temp job in the prison library during the female inmates' visiting hours. I can tell you that it was sometimes rather intimidating. At least you didn’t work a temp job in the prison library during the female inmates’ visiting hours. I can tell you that it was sometimes rather intimidating.

]]> By: betatron http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017478 betatron Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017478 Don't hate me because I'm beautiful: <i>Many</i> years ago i fixed copiers all over the Loop and was on the receiving end of the behavior depicted in that collection, several times a week. I sometimes look back wistfully ("i used to be hott"), but it was very annoying, distracting, unwelcome, stressfull and it <i> was </I> abusive. I pretty much had to take it, and pretend to like it, or lose my job. I swear i was on some kind of office manager list... "Dominating Businesswoman" really, really, takes me back! Thanks, Sean! Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful:
Many years ago i fixed copiers all over the Loop and was on the receiving end of the behavior depicted in that collection, several times a week. I sometimes look back wistfully (“i used to be hott”), but it was very annoying, distracting, unwelcome, stressfull and it was abusive. I pretty much had to take it, and pretend to like it, or lose my job. I swear i was on some kind of office manager list…

“Dominating Businesswoman” really, really, takes me back! Thanks, Sean!

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018255 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018255 With workplace photos like the one in the post, it seems that I obviously work at the wrong place. With workplace photos like the one in the post, it seems that I obviously work at the wrong place.

]]> By: Paul Coleman http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017497 Paul Coleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017497 Here's a question...If it's your job to be a photo model in one of these pics, can you sue for harrassment? Here’s a question…If it’s your job to be a photo model in one of these pics, can you sue for harrassment?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017757 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017757 A thought bubble saying "sproingggggg" would be most appropriate for that gentleman. A thought bubble saying “sproingggggg” would be most appropriate for that gentleman.

]]> By: capl http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017505 capl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017505 That collection is OK, but a better collection is what Corbis sells: http://www.corbisimages.com/Search#p=1&q=sexual+harrassment&s=200 Some of the captions are gems: "Man Pinning a Woman to a Train Car" "Businesswomen Standing in Bus, Spraying on Man's Face" "Businesswoman Grabbing Man's Buttocks" "Woman pulling off Middle Eastern businessman's necktie" "Man Flashing Women in Street" "French Soldiers During the War in Algeria" "Naked young woman lying on couch, holding stop sign" "HP names former SAP chief as chief executive" And my personal favorite: "Dirty Old Man with Buttons" http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=CHA083 That collection is OK, but a better collection is what Corbis sells:
http://www.corbisimages.com/Search#p=1&q=sexual+harrassment&s=200

Some of the captions are gems:
“Man Pinning a Woman to a Train Car”
“Businesswomen Standing in Bus, Spraying on Man’s Face”
“Businesswoman Grabbing Man’s Buttocks”
“Woman pulling off Middle Eastern businessman’s necktie”
“Man Flashing Women in Street”
“French Soldiers During the War in Algeria”
“Naked young woman lying on couch, holding stop sign”
“HP names former SAP chief as chief executive”

And my personal favorite:

“Dirty Old Man with Buttons”
http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=CHA083

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018023 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018023 There's a picture of Steven Seagal in that collection... that's harassment right there. There’s a picture of Steven Seagal in that collection… that’s harassment right there.

]]> By: Mitch_M http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017769 Mitch_M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017769 No secretary should have to give her boss massages while he works on his laptop. No secretary should have to give her boss massages while he works on his laptop.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018281 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018281 Ive got that B-roll anyone? Ive got that B-roll anyone?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1018552 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1018552 In stock photo land, women harass men more often than the other way around. I want to live in stock photo land. In stock photo land, women harass men more often than the other way around. I want to live in stock photo land.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/04/sexual-harassment-st.html#comment-1017839 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1017839 I was more interested/concerned/befuddled with "women laughing alone with salad." http://thehairpin.com/2011/01/women-laughing-alone-with-salad/ I was more interested/concerned/befuddled with “women laughing alone with salad.”
http://thehairpin.com/2011/01/women-laughing-alone-with-salad/

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