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Today is International Women\u2019s Day. But how far has gender equality come when a renowned researcher from UCPH\u2019s intellectual elite poses with half naked girls? This question has been raised by angry bloggers around the world. <\/p>\n

The pictures in question are from a photo-shoot featuring elite researcher and professor in formal logic at University of Copenhagen, Vincent Hendricks. In February 2012 he was named \u2018Man of the Month\u2019 by online men\u2019s magazine Connery.dk, which chose to illustrate this with scantily clad women. <\/p>\n

See the full picture series here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In the picture series, a serious Professor Hendricks is teaching a group of young women in front of a blackboard. He\u2019s wearing an expensive looking formal three-piece suite. The four girls on the other hand are dressed in deconstructed Catholic schoolgirl uniforms and heavy make-up, while tempting the professor with apples, bare body parts, and flirty glances. <\/p>\n

Pictures used on Hendricks\u2019 own website<\/h2>\n

Five of the photos from the Connery.dk series were posted on Vincent Hendricks’ own website during February this year. The pictures were posted by Professor Hendricks under the heading: ‘Logic Course \u2013 2012\u2019. Followed by a short notice:’ The undergraduate course in Argumentation, Logic and Philosophy Language starts February 7 2012′. <\/p>\n

These pictures have been taken down but you can still see a screen dump of the pictures on Hendricks’ own website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Denmark, few people have reacted openly towards Hendricks\u2019 advertisement for his course in logic at UCPH. However in the USA, a number of opinion leaders have criticized the professor for being chauvinist and sexist. Several readers have even contacted our sister media, Universitetsavisen, to report the story.<\/p>\n

Direct criticism<\/h2>\n

Both philosophical peers and feminist bloggers in America have opposed Hendricks\u2019 actions concerning the photo shoot. Not to mention re-posting the pictures on the professor\u2019s own website. <\/p>\n

The critique against Professor Hendricks is his lack of judgment in linking the imagery to his teaching of philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. Some adding that the photos are inappropriate and degrading towards women regardless of their use. Others have pointed to the fact, that Philosophy as a subject field already faces difficulties in recruiting female students, arguing that pornographic, sexist visualizations of the relative strengths of men vs. women and teacher vs. student will hardly help to redress the imbalance.<\/p>\n

\u00bbAfter seeing these photos, I’m pretty convinced that – not to put too fine a point on it – Professor Hendricks must have lost his mind, \u00ab writes Doctor Johnson, an American professor of Philosophy in Memphis, Tennessee on her blog readmorewritemorethinkmorebemore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vincent Hendricks apologises<\/h2>\n

Shortly after American commentators picked up on them, the pictures disappeared from Professor Vincent Hendricks’ website, although they remain on Connery.dk. In an interview on March 8 2012, Hendricks informed Universitetsavisen, that the picture series was made to promote a non-profit charity which Hendricks represents and supports. <\/p>\n

Following the pictures removal this apology from the UCPH professor was published, quoted here in full. The apology can no longer be found on his website. <\/p>\n

\u00bbTo the Philosophical Community, A recent picture on my website has caused some debate. The intention was that the picture, as cover on a forthcoming magazine, might be used to view logic from a somewhat humorous and untraditional perspective appealing to a larger audience which the magazine covers. However it had the opposite effect offending various parties in the philosophical community. I truly apologize for this and I stand completely corrected. I have removed the pictures from the website,\u00ab, writes Vincent F. Hendricks. <\/p>\n

Apology not entirely accepted<\/h2>\n

Vincent Hendricks’ excuse does not seem to have succeeded in ending debate in the American blogosphere. His reference to a picture in the singular when it was a series, and the apparent lack of recognition that the pictures were actually offensive have been highlighted. <\/p>\n

On her blog, Doctor Johnson posted a letter template encouraging Copenhagen students to express their displeasure. The letter suggests describing how the signer has been put off attending his course by the pictures and his attitude. Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

\u00bbI take from the apology that you posted on your blog that you understand your chief offense to have been employing (in your words) “a humorous and untraditional perspective.” Let me be clear: the perspective depicted in your course advertisement was unambiguously sexist, which is neither humorous nor untraditional,\u00bb she writes. <\/p>\n

anna.m.gaonkar@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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In February 2012 he was named \u2018Man of the Month\u2019 by online men\u2019s magazine Connery.dk, which chose to illustrate this with scantily clad women. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connery.dk\/vincent-f-hendricks-maanedens-mand.71871.html\">See the full picture series here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In the picture series, a serious Professor Hendricks is teaching a group of young women in front of a blackboard. He\u2019s wearing an expensive looking formal three-piece suite. The four girls on the other hand are dressed in deconstructed Catholic schoolgirl uniforms and heavy make-up, while tempting the professor with apples, bare body parts, and flirty glances. <\/p>\n<h2>Pictures used on Hendricks\u2019 own website<\/h2>\n<p>Five of the photos from the Connery.dk series were posted on Vincent Hendricks’ own website during February this year. The pictures were posted by Professor Hendricks under the heading: ‘Logic Course \u2013 2012\u2019. Followed by a short notice:’ The undergraduate course in Argumentation, Logic and Philosophy Language starts February 7 2012′. <\/p>\n<p>These pictures have been taken down but you can still see a screen dump of the pictures on Hendricks’ own website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skitch.com\/kjhealy\/8d7uk\/vincent-hendricks-makes-an-ass-of-himself\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Denmark, few people have reacted openly towards Hendricks\u2019 advertisement for his course in logic at UCPH. However in the USA, a number of opinion leaders have criticized the professor for being chauvinist and sexist. Several readers have even contacted our sister media, Universitetsavisen, to report the story.<\/p>\n<h2>Direct criticism<\/h2>\n<p>Both philosophical peers and feminist bloggers in America have opposed Hendricks\u2019 actions concerning the photo shoot. Not to mention re-posting the pictures on the professor\u2019s own website. <\/p>\n<p>The critique against Professor Hendricks is his lack of judgment in linking the imagery to his teaching of philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. Some adding that the photos are inappropriate and degrading towards women regardless of their use. Others have pointed to the fact, that Philosophy as a subject field already faces difficulties in recruiting female students, arguing that pornographic, sexist visualizations of the relative strengths of men vs. women and teacher vs. student will hardly help to redress the imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAfter seeing these photos, I’m pretty convinced that – not to put too fine a point on it – Professor Hendricks must have lost his mind, \u00ab writes Doctor Johnson, an American professor of Philosophy in Memphis, Tennessee on her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/readmorewritemorethinkmorebemore.blogspot.com\/%0D%0A\">readmorewritemorethinkmorebemore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Vincent Hendricks apologises<\/h2>\n<p>Shortly after American commentators picked up on them, the pictures disappeared from Professor Vincent Hendricks’ website, although they remain on Connery.dk. In an interview on March 8 2012, Hendricks informed Universitetsavisen, that the picture series was made to promote a non-profit charity which Hendricks represents and supports. <\/p>\n<p>Following the pictures removal this apology from the UCPH professor was published, quoted here in full. The apology can no longer be found on his website. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbTo the Philosophical Community, A recent picture on my website has caused some debate. The intention was that the picture, as cover on a forthcoming magazine, might be used to view logic from a somewhat humorous and untraditional perspective appealing to a larger audience which the magazine covers. However it had the opposite effect offending various parties in the philosophical community. I truly apologize for this and I stand completely corrected. I have removed the pictures from the website,\u00ab, writes Vincent F. Hendricks. <\/p>\n<h2>Apology not entirely accepted<\/h2>\n<p>Vincent Hendricks’ excuse does not seem to have succeeded in ending debate in the American blogosphere. His reference to a picture in the singular when it was a series, and the apparent lack of recognition that the pictures were actually offensive have been highlighted. <\/p>\n<p>On her blog, Doctor Johnson posted a letter template encouraging Copenhagen students to express their displeasure. The letter suggests describing how the signer has been put off attending his course by the pictures and his attitude. Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI take from the apology that you posted on your blog that you understand your chief offense to have been employing (in your words) “a humorous and untraditional perspective.” Let me be clear: the perspective depicted in your course advertisement was unambiguously sexist, which is neither humorous nor untraditional,\u00bb she writes. <\/p>\n<p>anna.m.gaonkar@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Campus","slug":"campus","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1547,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11493,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/professorvincenthendricks2-1-1280x854.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36139,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18250\/revisions\/36139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}