A question for fellow MFP users
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It is humorous that there seems to have been no complaints about this thread either.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/371100-ladies
Didn't see this thread before, so THANK YOU for point it out! Yum!0 -
While we debate this the mods are going around to a number of my friends and deleting their pictures. Why waste our breath?
Make people feel unwanted and they leave.0 -
I get irritated with people posting their *kitten* pics here because I have to look at them, which causes me to get no work done when I'm at the office. Thanks for all of the distractions! :flowerforyou:0
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Ok so alot of people seem to have a problem with some of the pictures on this site,and it got me thinking about some of the ads I see.
Now there has been A LOT of fuss over pictures people consider too risque,this is my question to those who have an issue with the pictures. I am not trying to attack,or start a war here im just generally curious if thoses pictures bother you because you log in from work or around your kids does having to see ads like this one bother you?
Now ive never put up booty pics or anything like that but ive always just viewed them as progress pics.I know others dont for the work/kids reasons I listed before. I just dont see the diffrence myself so I thought I would ask
Well it's no secret as far as I go. . I don't want my daughter walking by the computer seeing breasts or bottoms in the camera. . a bikini where you are standing back from the camera to show progress is perfectly fine. . nothing wrong with that. . So I just think it comes down to how you present the picture. .
Believe me when I get my boxing body back I will be showing my progress. . . but I think there are limits . . for me a tank top and shorts can show my progress just fine. . or perhaps a bathing suit.
Ok but you didnt answer the question about the picture i posted from the ad that is all over mfp. So do you have a problem with your daughter seeing that since it is a close up a butt i just cropped out the words on the ad. And if you dont why not?0 -
I have suggested 2 or 3 times to make viewing profile pictures optional. The way pictures are being deleted seems arbitrary and unbalanced.
Also...I think it is ironic that as I type this, I see a zumba ad that has a girl with what looks like her panties showing. *gasp*0 -
I have suggested 2 or 3 times to make viewing profile pictures optional. The way pictures are being deleted seems arbitrary and unbalanced.
How about just stop whining about the whole subject?0 -
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I have suggested 2 or 3 times to make viewing profile pictures optional. The way pictures are being deleted seems arbitrary and unbalanced.
Also...I think it is ironic that as I type this, I see a zumba ad that has a girl with what looks like her panties showing. *gasp*
it should totally be optional. I'm saddened.0 -
You make a great point... there are several adds that show women in bikinis or tight clothing... and that freaky jacked grandpa... I wonder if that is because most fitness related things include people's bodies...
I knew a website where all sorts of people would post their progress pictures and have fun with their friends.0 -
Jade come back so far your the only one who has an issue with those kind of pictures but you did not answer the question I asked0
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Great point, I love it!
I did see Mike's comment about "if you can wear it to work it's probably OK" - well I've just accepted a position at a topless club.....0 -
Ok so alot of people seem to have a problem with some of the pictures on this site,and it got me thinking about some of the ads I see.
Now there has been A LOT of fuss over pictures people consider too risque,this is my question to those who have an issue with the pictures. I am not trying to attack,or start a war here im just generally curious if thoses pictures bother you because you log in from work or around your kids does having to see ads like this one bother you?
Now ive never put up booty pics or anything like that but ive always just viewed them as progress pics.I know others dont for the work/kids reasons I listed before. I just dont see the diffrence myself so I thought I would ask
Well it's no secret as far as I go. . I don't want my daughter walking by the computer seeing breasts or bottoms in the camera. . a bikini where you are standing back from the camera to show progress is perfectly fine. . nothing wrong with that. . So I just think it comes down to how you present the picture. .
Believe me when I get my boxing body back I will be showing my progress. . . but I think there are limits . . for me a tank top and shorts can show my progress just fine. . or perhaps a bathing suit.
That's you. It's just too bad that we aren't subjected to the same rules as everything else in society. You watch TV? You will see and hear more, much more there than you would ever think of seeing here! we ARE adults. You are supposed to be to be on this site (though clearly that is only lightly enforced). PG-13 is pretty clear as far as the standards that should be enforced - no nudity. If you see nipple (ridiculous in and of itself that it is considered adult only - IMO), or crotch that's inappropriate. But seriously, unless you live in Gnome or Fairbanks, maybe Moscow, you see more during the summer on the sidewalks of Anytown USA, or at any public beach. Adults should be treated like adults.0 -
Hmm.
1. This is a site for a group of people to support each other during the process of losing/gaining weight and getting healthy.
All tv infomercials of fitness products all want before and after pics in minimal clothes.
With that in mind, it is a no-brainer to think people are going to have pics with skimpy clothes on especially as the weight starts coming off.
And for the most part these are very VERY VERY inspirational... Let me say this again - VERY inspirational to most people who look at the progress.
When you are facing a bad day the last thing you can visualize is being thin and putting that chocolate down. Progress seems so far away. So seeing these pictures helps pull people from the food cliff of despair.
Sure, people probably can go overboard and possibly through the jubilee of success but that doesn't mean that some moderator should come by and delete the pictures.
If people find these pictures offensive, they need to exercise their right to not go to that person's page, skip their blog/topic post if you are offended by profile pic, or log off MFP. It is sickening to see so many people who can't take accountability for their own life and options and expect some "authority" to shield them from seeing anything, making any decisions or thinking for themselves.
Sheesh. I hope MFP shapes up and devises some plan, because although I love this site so far, if they go all censorship on pictures, what is next and I can't support that.0 -
Ok so alot of people seem to have a problem with some of the pictures on this site,and it got me thinking about some of the ads I see.
Now there has been A LOT of fuss over pictures people consider too risque,this is my question to those who have an issue with the pictures. I am not trying to attack,or start a war here im just generally curious if thoses pictures bother you because you log in from work or around your kids does having to see ads like this one bother you?
Now ive never put up booty pics or anything like that but ive always just viewed them as progress pics.I know others dont for the work/kids reasons I listed before. I just dont see the diffrence myself so I thought I would ask
Well it's no secret as far as I go. . I don't want my daughter walking by the computer seeing breasts or bottoms in the camera. . a bikini where you are standing back from the camera to show progress is perfectly fine. . nothing wrong with that. . So I just think it comes down to how you present the picture. .
Believe me when I get my boxing body back I will be showing my progress. . . but I think there are limits . . for me a tank top and shorts can show my progress just fine. . or perhaps a bathing suit.
Ok but you didnt answer the question about the picture i posted from the ad that is all over mfp. So do you have a problem with your daughter seeing that since it is a close up a butt i just cropped out the words on the ad. And if you dont why not?
There is a difference between that which is entirely covered and someone wearing underwear and having the camera that close. . But to each their own. . I don't want her viewing scantily clad males or females. . That is my personal preference. . I have problems with a lot of the commercials and programs as well due to this. . so I also limit our viewing of tv.. . Everyone has different views in life and there is nothing wrong with being different. . it is what makes us unique.0 -
I'm offended by this ad: seriously, the look on her face is ridiculous. It's an ad for men, too- do men really want to go on an eDiet and look like her?? Or I could take the ad in an entirely different direction and think really dirty things about the advertisement and then I'm majorly offended! So I sincerely wish MFP would take it down. :-p
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I'm not going to repeat myself again, but here's the abbreviated version of my opinion.
If you want contol, start your own site. Otherwise, stay and deal with it, or deactivate and don't deal with it.0 -
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Well it's no secret as far as I go. . I don't want my daughter walking by the computer seeing breasts or bottoms in the camera. . a bikini where you are standing back from the camera to show progress is perfectly fine. . nothing wrong with that. . So I just think it comes down to how you present the picture. .
Believe me when I get my boxing body back I will be showing my progress. . . but I think there are limits . . for me a tank top and shorts can show my progress just fine. . or perhaps a bathing suit.
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That's you. It's just too bad that we aren't subjected to the same rules as everything else in society. You watch TV? You will see and hear more, much more there than you would ever think of seeing here! we ARE adults. You are supposed to be to be on this site (though clearly that is only lightly enforced). PG-13 is pretty clear as far as the standards that should be enforced - no nudity. If you see nipple (ridiculous in and of itself that it is considered adult only - IMO), or crotch that's inappropriate. But seriously, unless you live in Gnome or Fairbanks, maybe Moscow, you see more during the summer on the sidewalks of Anytown USA, or at any public beach. Adults should be treated like adults.
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Precisely. .and as a Christian mom. . we don't watch much tv for that very reason. . because there are too many risque scenes and foul language and such. . so I preview all programs that my daughter is allowed to view. . we watch things like sing off, biggest loser, x-factor, and of couse (selected cartoons)0 -
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STOP WHINING ABOUT THIS. I'm seriously starting to think some of you are mentally challenged. Mike said no, he is the owner and what he says go. End of story. Don't like it, then leave.0
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Sheesh. I hope MFP shapes up and devises some plan, because although I love this site so far, if they go all censorship on pictures, what is next and I can't support that.
They already have.
That being said,I love the rest of your post and agree 100% it is so awesome to see the pics of people that were in the same place as me an kicked *kitten* to have an amazing body.Somedays when I felt like giving up it was the pics on this site that kept me going0 -
I just want to sound off. I feel like if you are at work, and the content of the profile pic is too risque, then you probably shouldn't be on the internet at work. The same with your kids, if the pic is too risque then you probably shouldn't be on the internet around your kids. I have kids, and probably only once, did I see a pic that I was not comfortable with them seeing. This is the internet and it is public domain. It is not our responsibility to censor what your children view. It is yours.0
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I don't think it's an issue of conservatism. I'm pretty conservative, but I'm also an adult, and I could not care less what kind of pictures people post of themselves. I have somehow managed to come to the conclusion that if I'm that freaking offended by what I see on an Internet message board, I have the option to leave and not come back. Some people wake up every day looking for something to raise hell about. It's like they get some kind of cheap thrill out of tattling on people. They're just *kitten*.
HEY EVERYBODY! OVER HERE! I FOUND AN ADULT!0 -
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Thumbs up.:flowerforyou:I'm not going to repeat myself again, but here's the abbreviated version of my opinion.
If you want contol, start your own site. Otherwise, stay and deal with it, or deactivate and don't deal with it.0 -
I'm not going to repeat myself again, but here's the abbreviated version of my opinion.
If you want contol, start your own site. Otherwise, stay and deal with it, or deactivate and don't deal with it.
I was not questioning the site owners or mods,I was asking a question to the people that have a problem with the pics. So there was no need to repeat yourself in the first place. This thread was not started in protest of the pictures being removed it was a question for other users0 -
@Jade - how old is your daughter and does she go to public school? if so, how are you going to shield her from the stuff that girls wear to school now days? I've seen girls coming out of our local high school showing more cleavage than what I've seen here!
They have a strict dress code at her school. . I know this because my mom taught in the district for 34 years. . but other than that if I had my choice she would be going to the school we have through our church. . I am hoping to have her there by high school.
Because you are so right. . I have seen exactly what you are talking about. . and it is scary. . it is scary to think that girls would present themselves that way and then be walking down the street with predators and such out there. .
Edit. . btw. . my daughter is 11 and in 6th grade.0 -
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Well it's no secret as far as I go. . I don't want my daughter walking by the computer seeing breasts or bottoms in the camera. . a bikini where you are standing back from the camera to show progress is perfectly fine. . nothing wrong with that. . So I just think it comes down to how you present the picture. .
Believe me when I get my boxing body back I will be showing my progress. . . but I think there are limits . . for me a tank top and shorts can show my progress just fine. . or perhaps a bathing suit.
That's you. It's just too bad that we aren't subjected to the same rules as everything else in society. You watch TV? You will see and hear more, much more there than you would ever think of seeing here! we ARE adults. You are supposed to be to be on this site (though clearly that is only lightly enforced). PG-13 is pretty clear as far as the standards that should be enforced - no nudity. If you see nipple (ridiculous in and of itself that it is considered adult only - IMO), or crotch that's inappropriate. But seriously, unless you live in Gnome or Fairbanks, maybe Moscow, you see more during the summer on the sidewalks of Anytown USA, or at any public beach. Adults should be treated like adults.
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Precisely. .and as a Christian mom. . we don't watch much tv for that very reason. . because there are too many risque scenes and foul language and such. . so I preview all programs that my daughter is allowed to view. . we watch things like sing off, biggest loser, x-factor, and of couse (selected cartoons)
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Jade what about the picture I posted in my OP you never actually answered the question on weather you have a problem with the ad.
So far its coming of like you have a problem with other users that post close ups of their butt but not the ads?0 -
I did see Mike's comment about "if you can wear it to work it's probably OK" - well I've just accepted a position at a topless club.....
bahahahahwahahaa! Oh, wow. :laugh:0 -
It is humorous that there seems to have been no complaints about this thread either.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/371100-ladies
REfrickingPORTED!!! Damn Double Standard Crap!!
If you two get my eye candy taken away, you'll be making sandwiches for a week!!
But in all seriousness, yes men get away with more nudity because more of a woman's body is sexualized by our society. A parenting magazine was slammed a couple of years ago for showing a woman nursing her baby on the cover of the magazine. It was crazy, you could barely see the boob because of the baby's head and that is biologically what a boob is for.
As for ads, as the site owner you do have a certain amount of control over what types of ads are allowed on your site. It depends on the ad network.
I used to work for JC Penney catalog. They had to reprint all of their catalogs one year because of an advertisement of a desk. It was supposed to be an artist's desk and there was this teeny tiny print taped to the desk of one of Toulouse L'autrec's nudes0
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