I had recently posted this image in the photography section and I duly ticked the 'contains nudity' box. Today I received the following message from the management of Renderosity:
'Dear Member,
One of your gallery items has been removed by the staff at Renderosity.com for the following reason:
We received complaints on this image and after a lot of deliberation it was decided that this image is unsuitable for the gallery. It has an overt sexual feeling running thru it. In general images of breast touching haven't been allowed either, so that is another reason for it's removal. As this is supposed to be a PG-13 site something like this is probably better suited towards sites like Renderotica. I'm sorry for any problems this may cause you.

Thank you,
Michelle A.
Renderosity Moderator
Please keep this in mind when submitting future images.
Thank you,
Renderosity.com'

Now my question is: if one is disturbed by nudity, why doesn't he/she tick the filter which prevents him/her from viewing nude images? Why does he/she have to look nonetheless and then complain about something which is already dealt with by the 'contains nudity' box ticking? I can understand if the subject of the image was something really disturbing and pornographic, with extreme violence, display of genitalia, explicit sexual acts etc. In the past I had another image removed, but at that time I did not say anything as its content could indeed be rather strong for some. But in this case, nobody can say there is an explicit sexual act in this image. And if the kids are around, one more reason to tick the box to prevent the viewing of nudity.
Ok, I can agree that the tolerance for sexual content may vary according to cultural upbringing etc. and that it is difficult to draw a consistent line. But then why the negative judgement of a few should prevail? Why doesn't the management of Renderosity ask the viewers to vote whether a certain image should be removed or not?
But I have an even bigger problem here, i.e. consistency: the site is loaded with sexual images of all kinds. As a matter of fact, those are the most viewed. What kind of rules do you apply in picking on one particular image? I won't involve any other artist here, but just look at the rest of my work. There is some form of 'breast touching' in all the following images of mine posted here: Tribute to G Rigon, Tribute to M Payton, After the bath, Denise 3, Denise 1 (where not only the breasts are being touched, but even - God forbid - some lower parts, although through a conveniently positioned cloth); and last, but not least, Den & Nida,and Den & Nida 2, where one of the models' mouth is dangerously close to the nipple of the other. How do we deal with all this? Do we remove only 'Sultry'just because somebody got a bit too excited looking at it?
Finally, in this context, I don't understand the meaning of the invitation to keep this in mind when submitting new images: what is the criterion you use for exercising your censorship?
If you continue with this arbitrary acts of censorship I will have no choice but to leave this site. I have no problems with that, as there are plenty of other sites where one can post without suffering the rigors of such bigot censorship, but I would like to know first what the Renderosity community thinks.
Thank you