Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Wow! >> >> You mean men and women are * DIFFERENT * ? >> >> Henry >> ;) >Well, maybe. But more to the point I would certainly expect a female >victim of, say, spousal abuse, to be more comfortably being trailed >around by, say, Tina, than Ted..;-).... Yes, good chance of that. Or, it could go the other way just as well. Being aware of our differences is important but to think that a female or male photographer may or may not be capable based on their gender demonstrates a bias or belief in a sterotype that disserves us all. Women can do wars, men can do warm fuzzy things. It seems more natural (IMO) the other way around. Still, I find knee jerk categorizations demeaning. I know YOU (or Kyle) are NOT saying this but to me this subject comes right to the edge of "its a black story lets send a black to do it" or "its about Jews lets send a Jew" Granted, shared cultural backgounds can promote understanding but what about sharing different cultural backgrounds? What might happen if the male photographer who followed around the abuse victim had never been beaten and cowed then got a good look at a victim's life? Might something good come of that? Kyle - care to comment? Henry