US paper editing female White House staff out of THAT White House pic?

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Any thoughts on this ?

Sorry if this has been done to death, couldn't see another thread on it.

the 'laws of modesty' ?? wtf

That is completely bonkers.

They won't show photos of women to protect their modesty? Had not heard that one before. Not a mainstream paper, obviously.

Well, I think that wins the prize for "Most ridiculous thing seen online today".

Erm... yes, right

At least they apologised!

Snorbs, yes, definitely the oddest thing I've seen today too!

How depressing.

As someone mentioned in the comments, the apology was for tampering with an official white house photo, something that people were asked not to do.

The apology wasn't for cutting the women out.

IYSWIM

It's the idea that they have taken it upon themselves to protect the women's modesty, because they have such a great respect for women. But they haven't actually asked the women if that is what they want to happen. How is that in any way respectful?

Appalling.

Poor old men, eh? They don't get to be "appreciated for who they are and what they do, not for what they look like".

Der Tzitung should show them more respect.

Fecking hell. Good comments on the link though.

I'd love to have heard Hilary Clinton's reaction - d'you think she was Fairly Cross or Frankly Baffled? That photo is going to be an enduring historical image, it's just WEIRD to have done it IMO!

I'm taking it they didn't publish any photos of the Royal Wedding with Kate airbrushed out? "Prince William the Duke of Cambridge kisses thin air" ... etc. What do they intend to do when there is a female president?

''It's the idea that they have taken it upon themselves to protect the women's modesty, because they have such a great respect for women. But they haven't actually asked the women if that is what they want to happen. How is that in any way respectful?''

When I read this in the Huff post the impression I got was that they were trying to protect men from sexual temptation.

This isn't respectful to women, this is treating women in a most hateful degrading way. It's relegating them to being sex objects who need to be 'cleansed' from the environment so that men can go about their daily business without any fear of temptation.

I noticed that respecting men 'for what they are/do rather than their appearance' doesn't require airbrushing them out of the photo.