I would suggest that "turning off" avatars is the same argument as "you don't have to click on the YLYL thread". It puts the onus on the offended person, rather than the offending person.
It will be a very interesting few weeks and months while the mods figure out the new guidelines and how to enforce same. I would suggest it is much more consistent to ban the sexy avatars on objectification grounds, which I think is at least part of the grounds for banning YLYL (recognizing that the commentary in the thread had to do with it as well).
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