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Yeah, a better idea might have been to put up a picture of the team to communicate the same thing. On the other hand, if the intent is to communicate the same
by alipang 13y ago
Yeah, a better idea might have been to put up a picture of the team to communicate the same thing.
On the other hand, if the intent is to communicate the same thing, should we really be that upset about it? The ad is a bit crass I admit, but I don't really think the spirit of it was bad, and this whole thing with "omg, they're equating women with free beer" is just hyperbole.
- PebblesRox 13y agoWe should definitely give them the benefit of the doubt with regards to their intent, but I think it's still worth pointing out the negative connotations conjured up by the wording. It's important to write carefully because connotations don't go away just because you didn't intend for them to be there.
- alipang 13y agoTrue, but sensationalizing this type of issues also does harm. What we get here is a description that hints at omgsexism, and some deeper misogynist motives from the authors since that gets your blog more attention. I don't think those motives are there, and that the authors are genuinely happy about having several female employees from diverse backgronds, but maybe expressed it in a clumsy way. We should be careful not to fall into this trope of female victimization for no reason.