23rd October 2009, 11:38 AM
Love the fixed grin, that salt air can be chilling!
I think the concept is that for fun, for the right reasons and with people more than aware of their actions... this is what both this and the sexy archaeology competition were about. I certainly do not treat our nude beepstick holder as a sexual object :p- its fun... we do get hung up about our bodies a bit much. Though Maggie did ask me to remain fully covered at all times in Croatia so as not to frighten the wildlife :face-crying:
I no longer have the six pack (more the keg) but I would be just as happy to strip off and bare all with but a 4" trowel and an 8m tape as props! Thing is that most people would run screaming from the image tearing ot the eyes that now have the sight burnt into the retina.
Younger folk have all their bits in the right places... and gravity has not been cruel... amazingly I have worked out that women have breasts - I can live with it... we in this society have sexualised them... fine... Page 3 does nothing for me - but for many it is the only time they will see what the top half looks like... oh well... tis their problem.
Yes women are treated unfairly, patronised and often called luv... "alright darlin" - however I am often patronised treated unfairly and called "jocko" We as archaeologists in the field are often treated unfairly, patronised and called diggers etc.... it happens... how we react to it matters, and to my mind, we need to smile from time to time.... I had to agree that my eye was drawn to three elements on the photo - the sieve (tsk) the Trowel (double tsk) and the fact that US hi viz is a different colo(u)r from ours (er... ahem) on closer examination I noticed that the women were having a laugh, they were not pornographic and were portraying a idealised stereotype of 'act sexy for teh camera' indeed one could argue that this image de-constructs and pokes an ironic finger in the eye of sexual exploitation and gender equality all in one glorious hi viz image.
I think the concept is that for fun, for the right reasons and with people more than aware of their actions... this is what both this and the sexy archaeology competition were about. I certainly do not treat our nude beepstick holder as a sexual object :p- its fun... we do get hung up about our bodies a bit much. Though Maggie did ask me to remain fully covered at all times in Croatia so as not to frighten the wildlife :face-crying:
I no longer have the six pack (more the keg) but I would be just as happy to strip off and bare all with but a 4" trowel and an 8m tape as props! Thing is that most people would run screaming from the image tearing ot the eyes that now have the sight burnt into the retina.
Younger folk have all their bits in the right places... and gravity has not been cruel... amazingly I have worked out that women have breasts - I can live with it... we in this society have sexualised them... fine... Page 3 does nothing for me - but for many it is the only time they will see what the top half looks like... oh well... tis their problem.
Yes women are treated unfairly, patronised and often called luv... "alright darlin" - however I am often patronised treated unfairly and called "jocko" We as archaeologists in the field are often treated unfairly, patronised and called diggers etc.... it happens... how we react to it matters, and to my mind, we need to smile from time to time.... I had to agree that my eye was drawn to three elements on the photo - the sieve (tsk) the Trowel (double tsk) and the fact that US hi viz is a different colo(u)r from ours (er... ahem) on closer examination I noticed that the women were having a laugh, they were not pornographic and were portraying a idealised stereotype of 'act sexy for teh camera' indeed one could argue that this image de-constructs and pokes an ironic finger in the eye of sexual exploitation and gender equality all in one glorious hi viz image.
For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he
Thomas Rainborough 1647
Thomas Rainborough 1647