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I came here to post this too. I felt bad for them until I got to the "girls" part, at which point I didn't feel bad. Although they didn't go out of business b
by yanowitz 15y ago
I came here to post this too. I felt bad for them until I got to the "girls" part, at which point I didn't feel bad.
Although they didn't go out of business because of their sexist business practices, I don't shed a tear for them.
Yes, this is a marketing stunt, but I hope the day comes when the cost of this marketing outweighs the benefit (i.e., more people find the objectification of women offensive to the point of changing their purchasing decision than people who find it appealing).
This is related to a common theme on HN: discussions of why there are not more women in tech and tech leadership positions.
- mattdeboard 15y agoNo, it's completely unrelated. The only topic this is related to is, "Why do people care so much what women do, of their own free will, with their bodies?"
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- rimantas 15y agoI think this is the true sexism: to think that some are entitled to tell others what and how we should think about the women and what they should do. "No girls, you should not care about your body, go tinker with computers!"
- rmc 15y agoBecause there is a long history of sexism like this (that hasn't gone away) and sometimes its hard to figure out what actions are ok and what are part of the ancient régime.
- jasonlotito 15y agoSo, your solution is to ban women from being objectified, regardless of their opinion? Only women though, as they have a long history of being objectified.
- stanleydrew 15y agoWho said anything about banning women from being objectified?
- burgerbrain 15y agoIf we vilify those who do it, the effective message is a desired ban.
- stanleydrew 15y agoWhile that may be true (although it seems like a stretch to me) there is still a huge difference between advocating for a ban and calling out people for bad behavior. To take this to an unrelated extreme, it seems like a rather common and valid position on abortion is to support the freedom of choice for a woman without making that choice for oneself and advising others not to as well.
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