Friends,
If the TS indeed was accosted during her shoot and still today receives unsolicited lewd email (& I give her the benefit of doubt on this), then it is understandable her tirades in CS and TNP.......not the best way to do what she is trying to do......but understandable.
However..........
The bottom line is that as long as a model is not forced to do anything she does not want to, then it is impractical for a diverse community such as CS to impose rules.
Nobody forces a model to be a model.
A model does not need to do lingerie/ nudes. If they did, it is by choice, be it personality/ misguided/ kenna conned by boyfriend/ lose a bet/ handphone snaps with fellow girlfriends after a party......all choices made freely. In this light, I fully support Averal's original stance of EDUCATION, of both models and photographers and in this light, CS has begun to do that....from the Averal sticky to several other posts containing wise voices. The broader photographic community I believe supports education for we also does not want to be sullied by accusations of molest and accosting models.
What cannot be done by CS is ENFORCEMENT, which is the spirit though not the letter of the original thread.
To "averal": Understand the difference between the Cause and the Means. They are many of us photogs that can support the cause, but by the means you have chosen, you have left a distaste in the mouth of the the moderates. If you follow politics, this is akin to the choice of Sarah Palin turning off the undecided female moderate voters. Change requires support, momentum. Strong words alone, is polarising and damaging to the cause....hence why the statement in an earlier post that you did the TNP article for "5 minutes of fame". IMHO, the TNP article, which was sensationalist and one-sided, has not helped your cause within CS.
To "designerwhere": dont disengage from a thread just because of hard words and strong opinions. For others to respect your opinions, you cannot openly disengage. The undertone of that post is that you feel that the opinions given before are not worth your reply. Perhaps that is not your intent, but that is how it will be construed. In this vein, learn from Averal, she keeps her civility amidst the storm and does not abandon her thread.
My 2 cents.