Dinesh-
As I said earlier, I'd have to sift through more than 15,000 images in the gallery to give you a count. I don't know. Most of the comments are pretty on-topic as of late. This may well have calmed down since Sanders removed his nudes, as they attracted much more commentary, appropriate, hostile, and/or tacky alike.
I was responding to Art's summation that the site is largely populated by straight men who like to look at girlie pics. I don't have a magic bullet solution to changing the perception by non-straight males that this is a site largely for straight males. The linchpin of this argument is if there is an interest in changing that perception, or in maintaining that perception.
I hate to use this example because I genuinely like all the parties involved in the discussion. I'm not going to name names because I don't want to tar the individuals involved with something I am consciously aware of to be not the case. To give you another example of the kind of thing that builds that perception, however,
In the comments thread on one photo of a female nude, one photographer here made comments about what a great model she was, and that he too had enjoyed using her. To someone not familiar with the two photographers in question, this could sound like a Kamera Klub "model"-swapping where the interest was other than professional.
I am fully aware this was not the case, as I know and like and respect both photographers. Someone who is not a long-term participant in this site and/or who has not met both folks in person, as I have, would not know this background. Of course we can't prove a negative like this because most folks who would be turned off by such a thing would leave without ever saying anything, thus providing no evidence that it was or was not a factor.
