I'm a female engineer, and easily get upset over stuff like this, but I can see why they rejected the ads...maybe banning was extreme, but those images really l

I'm a female engineer, and easily get upset over stuff like this, but I can see why they rejected the ads...maybe banning was extreme, but those images really look like spam ads. While not particularly distasteful, generally men in ads like these are either doing something "businessy" or wearing a business suit, etc. to indicate the connection. I wonder if this would have happened if they showed less glamorous women in pictures where they were in the workplace, interacting with computers. etc. The poster doesn't really seem to get it. They argue their male ads are the same - but then specifically mention glasses for some reason. I'm guessing the male pictures have a much more "professional" and less sexualized look to them. They should try to run ads with shirtless guys at the beach, and see if they get rejected then... Edit: Wow, OK - follow the link to see the second engineer's profile : http://www.toptal.com/resume/florencia-antara http://www.toptal.com/resume/florencia-antara The picture on her page there looks fun and realistic. I'd love to see that kind of photo on an ad! The fact that this developer is choosing this photo for herself and the company is instead very deliberately choosing a glamorous and sexy feel for the photos really doesn't do much for their credibility. Explicitly going out of their way to make photos like this - that the woman herself doesn't choose to represent herself with - and THEN crying sexism? And second edit: If this company cares about female developers so much, how come all of the (decidedly very unglamorous) photos on their homepage are of men? Pretty much solidifies for me that they're using sexy pics to draw people in, and then showing the "real developers" once you get to the homepage...Yuck! And below, someone pointed out the first photo is an actress.