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Subject: Re: Politicaly correct?
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:49:56 -0700
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On 3/29/24 18:30, Don Y wrote:
> On 3/29/2024 5:04 PM, jim whitby wrote:
>> This is from an rss feed today.
>>
>> On Wednesday, the IEEE Computer Society announced to members that, after
>> April 1, it would no longer accept papers that include a frequently used
>> image of a 1972 Playboy model named Lena Forsén. The so-called "Lenna
>> image," (Forsén added an extra "n" to her name in her Playboy appearance
>> to aid pronunciation) has been used in image processing research since
>> 1973 and has attracted criticism for making some women feel unwelcome in
>> the field.
>>
>> Why? What could possibly be demeaning about a (above the shoulders) 
>> female
>> photo!
> 
> Perhaps the date is singificant?
> 
> 
IEEE sense of humor? There must be a committee for that! Or it might 
just be an oxymoron.