Forsén stated in the 2019 documentary film Losing Lena, "I retired from modeling a long time ago. It's time I retired from tech, too... Let's commit to losing me.
She was a paid model, so I don't consider the usage unethical based on that. But I like this comment from a journal:
In today's age of high-resolution digital image technology, it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard".
In today’s age of high-resolution digital image technology, it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard".
I mean, this puts into context that the standard probably should have been some kind of test card like this :
I don't know that she actually did. Most recent statement I can find from her is 2019, and she essentially says that she thinks it's time to retire the image.
She has since asked for the image to no longer be used, "I retired from modeling a long time ago. It's time I retired from tech, too. We can make a simple change today that creates a lasting change for tomorrow. Let's commit to losing me."
Yeah, those woke culture warriors at the ... IEEE ... distracting us from ... Something... by asking academic researchers to ... Refrain from using a specific cropped pornographic image that the model has asked people to stop using.
I don’t think it can be attributed to culture wars, most of the bans started before she had given her blessing so they were pretty fair as people had been using her image without consent for 40 years. I’m more surprised by the fact that the bans haven’t been overturned since she came out in favor of it.
Forsén redid the shoot some 50 years later, producing a (worksafe) image of a grandmotherly woman wearing a hat and smiling. Perhaps using this updated image would be a reasonable compromise?
They tested positive for sex, unlike you, probably.
Real answer:
Sex positivity is an attitude towards human sexuality that regards all consensual sexual activities as fundamentally healthy and pleasurable, encouraging sexual pleasure and experimentation.
It's corporate speak for "It's no longer hip and cool to objectify women"... or wait.. I guess it is supposed to be "It's not mysogny if the women like it".. but who knows..