Is this picture disgusting or beautiful?

May 20, 2016 21:15:19 GMT tramper said:

Hhmmm. .scares me a little bit this photo....it's been shared thousands of times : by who ??
There's a lot of weird bastards out there.

Its neither disgusting or beautiful. Its private.

And that is why (in my opinion) it is totally unsuitable for the social media goldfish bowl.   The days where people just got on with their lives, warts and all behind closed doors has sadly gone. There was never a need to 'share' this sort of thing with thousands before, so why now? Just because its 'possible' to do so doesn't make it automatically appropriate to do so. 

Some exaggerated perspective I think. How many men in the population as a whole actually do go to playgrounds alone? Especially lurking around with a camera!  The isolated nutcase perhaps who makes the news for inappropriate/suspicious behaviour of whatever kind and therefore gives the impression of being a larger anomaly than reality proves.

On the other hand, how many guys sitting in a park/playground in their lunch break, near to their place of work perhaps, eating a sandwich are immediately considered weird or 'up to something'?  People just don't notice these things in reality. They do not stand out as suspicious. These days people carry their phones with them like personal appendages anyway, so who would notice even if they were taking odd pictures. Which the majority don't.

For that matter, how many single females would go to a playground alone (with a camera!) ? Other than maybe meeting friends or other mums with their children. Unless they are the very minute percentage of insecure and unstable women, in real population terms, who are baby snatchers.

Such behaviour is unusual and odd for either gender. But its very rare and a tiny tiny minority . A very tiny minority that look and act (very obviously) suspicious. And of course these come into condemning focus. But the fact remains its a tiny percentage of the population. And on that rare, in relative terms basis, anyone regardless of gender is equally culpable.

This photo is unusual, and it is that which provokes reaction. Again, how many men, would reproduce a photo like this for public gaze? Very very few - and the majority who do bathe with their child would do it privately (and innocently) as suggested above.

I think that such an unusual and deliberately opinion provoking photo should not be used to extrapolate overall judgements and conclusions, lumping whole genders and sections of society together.