The Internet has sent several pretty clear messages to women in recent months about what place their bodies have online: none, whatsoever. Not nipples, not bellies, not even the names of body parts unseen — it doesn’t matter. Don’t post it, because it’s inappropriate.In another example of the blatantly gendered double standards for whose bodies are fit for online consumption, the women’s rowing team at the University of Warwick reported that images from their annual naked charity calendar, the proceeds of which go to cancer research, were banned by Facebook last week, while identical images posted by the men’s rowing team were left alone. As one of the rowers pointed out to the Huffington Post, the athletes took pains to cover themselves in a way similar to, say, the average women’s swimsuit, but the images were still flagged for removal.
http://www.salon.com/2014/07/21/social_media_has_to_stop_banning_womens_bodies/