objecting to objectification? ' kill yourself'

I didn't want to carry this yesterday . The story then, seemed to be using the photographs more as eye candy- without any serious questioning.

This one does get into the issues, a bit. And the issues are big. How far will the use of pictures, to promote business, go? The collapsing space between public and private  and the use of pictures in social media is creating new problems for photography  and raising new questions about the use of what should be private photographs.

As another group of students concludes year 12, a series of Victorian nightclub events has begun to target graduating schoolgirls as prime candidates for raunchy display. A muck-up day event that was to be held at Universal on McCrae nightclub in Bendigo was set to include jelly wrestling matches between girls from two local schools, including a Catholic college, until media attention forced its cancellation.

The most recent nightclub event to attract controversy is the Pens Down event that was hosted at CBD nightclub Roxanne Parlour before the VCE exams began. Several girls posed for photographs in their school uniforms, with their dresses pulled open and bra-clad breasts, sometimes squished together provocatively for the camera, on display.

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When these photos were uploaded to the event's Facebook page, several girls requested that the images be removed. Some were reportedly embarrassed about their sexy poses being circulated online, while others were worried because they were underage and should not have been drinking in a licensed premises.

Unbelievably, the event promoter became disgruntled with these requests by concerned girls and did not spare a thought for the potential repercussions in their personal lives or future careers. Christian Serrao responded to the girls' pleas by posting the following message on Facebook: ''I just love how these year 12s are happy to get their tits out for photos, then send threatening messages if they're not deleted off our Facebook page. Kill yourself.''

As girls are increasingly willing to participate in their own objectification, adults should not exploit them, especially when they are underage
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http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/girl-power-eroded-by-cheap-and-smutty-schoolgirl-photos-20121105-28u0x.html