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Is it impossible for women to be beautiful and be competent and have fun at a rave party? Can we not have pictures of people at a rave now? Or do they need to

Is it impossible for women to be beautiful and be competent and have fun at a rave party? Can we not have pictures of people at a rave now? Or do they need to be boring? Or have ugly people?

aiiane 12y ago
What a wonderful strawman.
- outside1234 12y ago
  I'm asking a serious question. Is it not possible to be smart beautiful and have fun at a rave party? My experience is mostly with the JavaScript community where there are many smart beautiful people of both genders that have fun. Should we only show photographs of the males? If so, isn't that sexist?
  - hitchhiker999 12y ago
    There is indeed a tendency to go over board, and end up with the equally disgusting polar opposite. We're not there yet. For now, we probably just need to nip it all in the bud, at least until we've grown up enough to handle sexuality without using it as a form of gender oppression.
  - lucideer 12y ago
    It may be a strawman but as there is such a disturbing prevalence of similar comments on this thread, a response: Yes it is possible to be beautiful and have fun at a rave party, whether you are a beautiful male or a beautiful female (or otherwise). However, were these two peopel selected at random or were they hired, dressed and asked to pose specifically for their looks and gender? I don't seriously believe that you think its the former - you're not naïve, just combative.
    - the_hangman 12y ago
      While I'm not saying they were chosen at random, the photos were from the TechWeek Miami event. They've been on TechWeek's Facebook page without any sort of problems since March.
    - sp332 12y ago
      If you made this invitation, how would you decide which pictures from the last event to choose? I'm curious because if it were me, I would want to show (as I wrote elsewhere in the thread) that women were included and had a good time, just like these photos.
Kapura 12y ago
The problem is not that there are fun, beautiful people, the problem is that using those pictures objectifies women by using them as the draw to the event. Two women in skintight outfits almost kissing is not an appropriate advertisement for the party, as it implies that women are meant to be looked at and longed after, which is counter to the nature of the equality movement.
pessimizer 12y ago
Those women weren't invited to the party. They were purchased from an agency and used to market a media event to men. edit: I'm now getting the impression that these photographs were from a previous event rather than stock. Does anyone know?
- sp332 12y ago
  Yes, they are from Techweek Miami earlier this year.

Is it impossible for women to be beautiful and be competent and have fun at a rave party? Can we not have pictures of people at a rave now? Or do they need to be boring? Or have ugly people?

aiiane 12y ago

What a wonderful strawman.

outside1234 12y ago
I'm asking a serious question. Is it not possible to be smart beautiful and have fun at a rave party? My experience is mostly with the JavaScript community where there are many smart beautiful people of both genders that have fun. Should we only show photographs of the males? If so, isn't that sexist?
- hitchhiker999 12y ago
  There is indeed a tendency to go over board, and end up with the equally disgusting polar opposite. We're not there yet. For now, we probably just need to nip it all in the bud, at least until we've grown up enough to handle sexuality without using it as a form of gender oppression.
- lucideer 12y ago
  It may be a strawman but as there is such a disturbing prevalence of similar comments on this thread, a response: Yes it is possible to be beautiful and have fun at a rave party, whether you are a beautiful male or a beautiful female (or otherwise). However, were these two peopel selected at random or were they hired, dressed and asked to pose specifically for their looks and gender? I don't seriously believe that you think its the former - you're not naïve, just combative.
  - the_hangman 12y ago
    While I'm not saying they were chosen at random, the photos were from the TechWeek Miami event. They've been on TechWeek's Facebook page without any sort of problems since March.
  - sp332 12y ago
    If you made this invitation, how would you decide which pictures from the last event to choose? I'm curious because if it were me, I would want to show (as I wrote elsewhere in the thread) that women were included and had a good time, just like these photos.

Kapura 12y ago

The problem is not that there are fun, beautiful people, the problem is that using those pictures objectifies women by using them as the draw to the event. Two women in skintight outfits almost kissing is not an appropriate advertisement for the party, as it implies that women are meant to be looked at and longed after, which is counter to the nature of the equality movement.

pessimizer 12y ago

Those women weren't invited to the party. They were purchased from an agency and used to market a media event to men. edit: I'm now getting the impression that these photographs were from a previous event rather than stock. Does anyone know?

sp332 12y ago
Yes, they are from Techweek Miami earlier this year.