[mnw.pm] Re: Booth Babe rant

[Elaine -HFB- Ashton]

Chris Nandor [pudge at pobox.com] quoth:
*>At 13.50 -0500 2000.07.07, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
*>>It's time to get tired enough of this behaviour, especially since we
*>>aren't going away.
*>
*>Does this mean you didn't appreciate the Perl Mongers booth babe at
*>yapc::America?

I can always appreciate the fact that tactics over 2000 years old, still
work today. However, one can always lament how slow the industry is to
realise that a good chunk of gamers, SAs, programmers, etc. are in fact
women who may or may not appreciate said 'sexploitation'. I know quite a
few men in the industry who don't appreciate it either so I'm not really
certain who the target audience is for these marketing schemes. 

Besides, at $400-$600 per day for such services, I'm obviously on the
wrong side of the business. Understanding how something works doesn't mean
that it will lead to appreciation.

e.