That's the good thing when discussing different points of view.
> Assuming that the marketing trend of "sex sells" doesn't stop any time soon is that an improvement?
I agree that no one should be a booth babe, whether men or women, that's why I focus on the respect aspect. If it's a sex conference, it fits in the enviroment of "sex sells", if it's not, as you said, it remains classless.
I consider it rude in the sense that women are not even considered in the consumer spectrum of these products, as it's not our place to be in the fabricant's opinion. I understand society changes and some time ago it was aceptable for that to be in a conference, but now it's not anymore.
I'm not picking up a fight about this, but it's now the time for these companies to notice that women are also in the market and we like to be included and more importantly, respected.
The booth babes make a statement about the company's opinion on women. They are objects used to attract men to buy our products.
Yes, you are allowed to have an opinion. But how would you feel if you went to a conference and all the products were targeted for women, even if you were a user/consumer too?
You don't think booth babes are rude to the women attending the conference?
As a women in tech, I do feel out of place when everything seems targeted to men. We also use chairs, we also buy cars...tell me the need to have a big breasted woman showing it to me.
Yes, I think the main point here is that technology is allowing experiments to be conducted under controlled environments, which is hard to do in real life.
I agree with you, as someone that heard from a colleague "to go to the kitchen and do the dishes", instead of helping him with the problem he was facing. I was his superior at the time.