Posting T&A threads helps to create a hostile environment for women here.

[Flatulo]

705. No, I would not display that in the workplace. But there's a tradeoff to be made. Censuring

someone for posting a swimsuit pic on the internet is silly, IMO. I do understand that many people are concerned about objectification of women, but really, any picture depicting anyone in a flattering way can be used for prurient purposes. I find that professional women dressed in conservative business suits really does it for me.

And if the workplace is going to be the standard by which we measure the appropriateness of posts, then I would submit that F-bombs are also inappropriate. This would leave some people, myself includes, nearly speechless. For example, Redqueen (this isn't a a callout, just a factual observation) uses the F word quite liberally. If I were a Mormon, I might find this to be horribly offensive.

Skinner has to make certain tradeoffs - he has to balance the right of some members to not be offended (a right that I maintain doesn't exist), versus making DU a place where people can post all sorts of ideas, many of them truly terrible, without fear of being censured. Debated, yes - but censured, no.

My remark about thought control was in regards to recent posts in HoF encouraging people to consciously alter their thought patterns in order to make objectification impossible. Ick. Thoughtcrime.