Different cultures will find different things to not be OK. The site was (presumably) made by someone of a western culture, so those visiting it from other cultures can be mindful of that, and just ignore it.

Other things that could be offensive to various cultures: - Red meat (offensive in India?) - Beer (offensive in countries where alcohol is illegal)

One thing is to avoid being obviously offensive (nudity, violence, etc), the other thing is limiting yourself to the lowest common denominator of all things acceptable in all cultures. (However this could make sense for a highly localized/global product.)

Why not have a picture of a man? If they did that, then someone could also complain that women are not represented in the website. We're in a niche culture that is extremely sensitive towards that. Take for instance Facebook's "Friend request" icon, which was redesigned so that the woman was on front, and not on the back, precisely because someone took offense from that:

http://www.nylon.com/articles/facebook-friend-request-icon

Why is a guy ok? I expected a girl in a bikini or something but it's just a headshot of a girl. That's totally fine in most places in the world.

> That's totally fine in most places in the world.

...and the places that isn't can suck it frankly.

YeeeHaw...! Don't forget in some cultures women cannot have their faces shown in public spaces (burka?). I respect that, but in general we should mine such culture sensibilities before posting something.

I've observed that often the people screaming "respect my right to do <thing x>" are the ones who are intolerant to my right to think <thing x> is wrong/stupid and say so.

You see this particularly with religions who think that belief in something unprovable should give them special rights.

Presumably, that class is intended for user profile photos, so a picture of a person makes sense.

You appear to be working really hard at taking offense here.