Gender Equality

When i was in high school, i used to study history and used to realized how women was treated way back decades ago. It does gave me a culture shock whereby people back in the early days will do whatever it takes to outcast and discriminate the women. Actions such as killing and buried a new born baby alive if it's a girl, women were not allow to inherit any will from the family, they are not allow to received any form education and many more. They were practically treated like slave. However, as times goes by, such traditional is no longer practiced , till now as well. However, gender equality is still not fully practiced in today's life. What women suppose to  do and be like and what women is not suppose to do and be like still lives in everyone's perception of women. Ivone (2011) mentioned that women can be like men and should be like men as well. Despite the woman cannot match the physical strength of a man however they are capable in handling finance, DIY fixtures and fittings and even capable of being a single parents as well.

(Source by Snap Shot)

Recently , there was an incident happen regarding to Orthodox Jewish paper apologies to the White House for deleting Hilary Clinton and Audrey Tomason  pictures in the newspaper during the monitoring of the raid by the navy Seals that killed Osama bin Laden.  In the article, according to Di Tzeitung, it was said that the readers believed that women should be appreciated for who they are and what they do , not for what they look like. However, according to Jprof (2011), it was stated that photojournalist is replete from  Lester (1999), he stated that the number two rule of the photojournalism ethic is to not change the picture. Pictures should be stand as they are shot.Jprof (2011) also state that in the code of ethics of the National Press Photographers Association, one of the ethics is that photographer have to be complete and provide full context when photographing subjects and try avoiding any form of stereotype and bias towards an individual.

The Orthodox Jewish Newspaper Version

The White House version

Reep (2006, p 153) mentioned that a photograph must be clear and focus on the pertinent item because it provides a surface view of an object or event. Therefore, i personally feel and believe that the Orthodox Jewish newspaper publisher should never have remove both Hilary Clinton and Audrey Tomason from the picture itself. Despite it is their culture that believes women should be known for what they do not what they look however they should inform that the picture is being digitally altered. 

( Source by Scripps Media Ethics)

In conclusion, there are danger in manipulating a photograph especially when it is related to the White House. Lester (2011) quoted Howard Chapnick (1982)  and stated that credibility and responsibility are words that give right to call photography a profession rather than a business. Therefore, photojournalists should  be concerned  about the consequences of manipulating a picture. This is because once the threat to credibility is irreversible, public will start to lost trust on the news photograph.

References List

1. Lester.P.M, 1999, Chapter Six : Picture Manipulations, Photojournalism An Ethical Approach, viewed on 5th November 2011, <http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/chapter6.html>

2. Ivone , 2011, Role of Women In Today's Society, viewed on 5th November 2011, <http://www.polishmarriage.org/Stories/women-society.html>

3. Jprof, 2011, Photojournalism Ethics, viewed on 5th November 2011, <http://www.jprof.com/photojn/photojn-ethics.html>

3. Reep. D ( 2006), Technical Writing : Document Design , Person Publication, Ed. 6, pp 133- 172.