you can't use men to sell things. women are objects; men are consumers; it'd be a weird freaky mismatch if there was some bald dude in a flannel shirt on your desktop. but when i design a computer that is totally what it will have.
Why would this picture be off-putting for female customers? I'm happy to get on my feminist soapbox willy-nilly and at the slightest provocation these days (ranting is excellent when procrastinating) but am hard pressed to find this picture offensive. I t
Oh, I agree that her features are oversexualised, it was just that the image was introduced as 'dauntingly heterosexual' which I don't think is necessarily the case - I believe a homosexual female has commented that she finds the image pleasant enough :)
But then I think about sexuality is something that's always evolving, changing. I'm sick of the binary thinking in terms of sexuality; straight/gay. There's so much more in between.
I find her a bit creepy, but is just having a female image really a sign of heterosexuality? Would a male image be a definite sign of homosexuality? It's just a human image who happens to be female.
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sSsStephensonNn 682 days ago
SCARY!!! :S
alecwills 684 days ago
She's just finished spaghetti and the strain has caused her iris to go purple
IanBHunter 684 days ago
intheradiator - I get the feeling you've half read the 'idiots guide to psychology'
intheradiator 684 days ago
you can't use men to sell things. women are objects; men are consumers; it'd be a weird freaky mismatch if there was some bald dude in a flannel shirt on your desktop. but when i design a computer that is totally what it will have.
happeningfish 684 days ago
perhaps more like dauntingly cosplay and Elfstones of Shannara, perhaps.
IanBHunter 684 days ago
I think she's whistling 'Colonel Bogey'.
ruleistherule 685 days ago
it's only heterosexual if you're a dude. funny mouth shape, though. blow-up doll?
jimeikner 685 days ago
Definitely belongs on black velvet...
Diableret 685 days ago
I hope its not like maya. i spent last semester at uni battling with autodesk maya...
spotrick 685 days ago
Photoshopped. ;)
SnarksAndSparks 685 days ago
Why would this picture be off-putting for female customers? I'm happy to get on my feminist soapbox willy-nilly and at the slightest provocation these days (ranting is excellent when procrastinating) but am hard pressed to find this picture offensive. I t
arprice 685 days ago
It's sexy. Perhaps that's the image they were after.
RantsTheDog 685 days ago
Christ, can see what you mean by 'dauntingly heterosexual'. Do they not want female customers?
_parallelogram_ 685 days ago
Oh, I agree that her features are oversexualised, it was just that the image was introduced as 'dauntingly heterosexual' which I don't think is necessarily the case - I believe a homosexual female has commented that she finds the image pleasant enough :)
nongenderous 685 days ago
But then I think about sexuality is something that's always evolving, changing. I'm sick of the binary thinking in terms of sexuality; straight/gay. There's so much more in between.
nongenderous 685 days ago
No, it's more the posture of the face was just thinking; "objectified again!"; the big, pouting lips. Would rather see something more gender neutral.
_parallelogram_ 685 days ago
I find her a bit creepy, but is just having a female image really a sign of heterosexuality? Would a male image be a definite sign of homosexuality? It's just a human image who happens to be female.
nongenderous 685 days ago
Doesn't Apple want any female costumers? *coughsexismcough*
IanBHunter 685 days ago
It's like walking into an 'Athena' shop back in the 90's
HamzaRehman 685 days ago
hey i know her ... she's republican. except the mole. bill's an animal!