I get that folks in the states feel like they want to get bent out of shape over this, however this isn't the US, and applying our cultural ideals to another co

I get that folks in the states feel like they want to get bent out of shape over this, however this isn't the US, and applying our cultural ideals to another country don't make sense. But lets not pretend it doesn't happen here: http://firstwefeast.com/drink/secret-lives-of-los-angeles-bottle-service-girls/ http://firstwefeast.com/drink/secret-lives-of-los-angeles-bo... If you follow the link to the source article ( https://www.facebook.com/trendinginchina/posts/603461796423974?pnref=story https://www.facebook.com/trendinginchina/posts/6034617964239... ) there is this statement: "According to the HR manager of an Internet company that hired three such cheerleaders, its programmers are mostly male and terrible at socializing, and the presence of these girls have greatly improved their job efficiency and motivation." "mostly male" and "terrible at socializing" well this sounds a LOT like a good number of the engineers that I know. But even among those who DONT have these issues, were putting a LOT of them into conditions that DONT make a lot of sense. Take a team of people, mostly men, force them to be in the same room for 60 hours a week, add liquor and beer. How long before it starts looking like the Stanford prison experiment, or lord of the flies? How long before you get weird, emergent, monolithic culture from a self contained team? How long before people start acting outside cultural norms because they lack a social or sexual outlet? How much of our current issues around women and tech and the experience they have is the result of the hours we put in, and the lack of outside experience it creates? If the reality was "hire some women to hang out with your engineers" or "Reduce productivity so they can have a life" what course of action do you THINK companies will take?