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Not to be dismissive, but arguments about what is and what isn't offensive never get very far on the internet. It's a topic that requires empathy, and most peo
by hugothefrog 17y ago
Not to be dismissive, but arguments about what is and what isn't offensive never get very far on the internet.
It's a topic that requires empathy, and most people come around to someone else's point of view only through seeing their body language when talking about an offensive topic.
- axod 17y agoSure, but you can compare it to other things that people don't seem offended by. The slides I saw were far less racy than most magazines/news papers.
- nonrecursive 17y agoThe context is different from when you're watching TV or reading cosmo. That sort of activity is done in private with friends and family you know and that you feel safe with. That context is completely different from being in a room filled with men you don't know at a professional conference. Can you see how having the presenter show sexual images, all of women, could make women attendees uncomfortable? My understanding is that women in technology offer suffer from degrading sexism - from being ignored/marginalized to having their butts patted (yep, still happens). It makes sense to me that women would be uncomfortable to be at a professional conference where the presentation is "priming" the attendees to see women in a sexual way. It's not at all the same as watching tv or reading a magazine in private, and the same standards don't apply.