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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
How was it an unfair process? We had a lengthy discussion with the community on the subject and I know personally I read every post in the thread about it.This is actually an example of where we took steps to engage the community and gather input before making a decision.
And I think in your post you actually provide good insight into why the thread was offensive:
""girly pics" as it was our venue to share something we enjoyed with other fellow CPers just as though we were talking Flames, cars or food"
Women don't like to be talked about like they are cars or food.
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First off I'd like to express that I am very grateful for the CalgaryPuck site and honored to be a member. I was a big fan of the BurgerQuest
As asked, in my opinion I felt the process was unfair because the debate first started out demonizing the creation of the YLYL thread but then quickly went of topic and started to look at sexism plaguing the entire forum which is unfortunately when i stopped reading. As I've mentioned before, I personally didn't see a direct correlation between the existence of the YLYL thread to certain individuals misogynistic behavior as a whole across the CP site. As well to my own fault, i viewed the threads poll as a measure to whatever potential outcome might happen, never did i believe the entire thread would be deleted and so quickly or without notice, it just never crossed my mind.
I feel as though you misquoted me by leaving the first part out of my sentence.
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Originally Posted by Iceman57
I really don't believe this thread is actually lamenting the loss of our "girly pics" as it was our venue to share something we enjoyed with other fellow CPers just as though we were talking Flames, cars or food.
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My intention wasn't to compare women to cars or food but instead only to describe the tonal nature of the thread. As others have pointed out and i too believe for either male or female models, their printed portfolio, which is accessible to anyone on the web, could be seen as a commodity and is admired by many and continually used within our society.