Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals

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Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals
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If a sample image is "making some women feel unwelcome in the field" you may be too sensitive for life.

It's the sample image and dozens of other things. For example: people telling them they're too sensitive for life because they're feeling uncomfortable looking at softcore porn while doing their work or research.

The full picture is never used in academia, let me assure you of that. If it weren't for articles like these, most people would not know where it even came from or that the model was nude in the first place. Not defending the use of the picture, strange choice of a test picture for sure, if you know where it comes from but wanted to give you some context.

If you thought that making this comment was a good idea, you may be too misogynistic for life.

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