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marial87500975
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September 18, 2017
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When can we have a sexism filter in Adobe Stock?

  • September 18, 2017
  • 5 replies
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If I search for "female construction worker" I have to look at pictures of half naked women riding drills, pressing power tools to their breasts and so on. If I search for almost any category of women, these kinds of "sexy" pictures turn up. Why? I don't need to look at that trying to create professional graphic design for serious clients. Can you please introduce a "sexism filter" to block these pictures out or something?

    Correct answer twaritar3263062

    I will pass this concern to the Stock team and will get back to you once I have an update regarding the same.

    Regards,

    Twarita

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    Tjunkaya
    Participant
    April 17, 2025

    AGREE!! I have written about 15 times over the last year to Adboe about this it is grose, unacceptable and unprofessional 

    nrsteph
    nrsteph
    Participant
    February 17, 2020

    I so agree with that this is a problem. I am considering having our company switch back to Shutterstock or Getty.

    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    February 21, 2020

    Hi nrsteph,

    Adobe Stock team takes your concerns seriously. We appreciate your patience as we work on re-moderating known sets of keywords that produce unexpected results as described in this thread.

    EBQ

    S
    shelleys54915176
    Participating Frequently
    February 7, 2019

    I'm still looking for ways to filter out images I don't want to see. Some sites you can put keywords in to exclude. Is this going to be changing in the next month?

    Abambo
    Community Expert
    AbamboCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2019

    You will wait until Adobe officially announces changes to the filters. However, filters could be more restrictive as I don't think that the young lady given here as an example would fulfil the security requirements on a construction site. The problem with the "safe" filter is, that the picture as shown passes as the picture is safe... Unfortunately the definition of "safe" changes due to cultural and gender differences.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    Brad Lawryk
    Brad Lawryk
    Legend
    September 18, 2017

    Have you tried checking the 'Safe Search' box in your search filters?

    I tried it with 'Females With Power Drill' as a search term and it worked quite well. Didn't get rid of all of them of course but really cut the number down.

    marial87500975
    marial87500975Author
    Participant
    September 19, 2017

    Thank you, but my Safe Search was already checked. One would think all the nude ladies should disappear, but no.

    twaritar3263062
    Community Manager
    twaritar3263062Community Manager
    Community Manager
    September 18, 2017

    Hi Maria,

    I understand your concern. Generally, the keywords are matched as given by the contributor on the image and your search. But I will pass this concern to the Stock Team.

    Feel free to update this thread in case of any additional query.

    Regards,

    Twarita

    marial87500975
    marial87500975Author
    Participant
    September 19, 2017

    Thanks for answering. I think pictures like these should be blocked when Safe search is on. It contains keywords such as Sexy and Nude. Which type of keywords activates the Safe search filter, currently? I guess it has more to do with violence, blood and that kind of content. If you don't want to block 'sexy' pictures with Safe search, I think a Sexism filter would be great. Because these pictures are kind of degrading.

      twaritar3263062
      Community Manager
      twaritar3263062Community ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      September 19, 2017

      I will pass this concern to the Stock team and will get back to you once I have an update regarding the same.

      Regards,

      Twarita

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