CES will allow sex tech on a one-year trial basis, and finally bans booth babes

Re:CES will allow sex tech on a one-year trial basis, and fi... by chongli on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:43AM (#20456535)

I don't know about you, but as a guy I would find it extremely uncomfortable at a tech conference full of male Abercrombie and Fitch type booth dudes. I would imagine female conference-attendees might have similar feelings about scantily clad booth babes.

The point of a tech conference is to enjoy exciting new tech and network with people in the industry. Having your sex appeal cast in stark relief to a bunch of models is not part of that.

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Re:CES will allow sex tech on a one-year trial basis, and fi... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:26AM (#20456727)

This is a fair point. There are always adult clubs folks can head to after hours. This who want just tech get just tech, those who want to objectify get to do so with willing participants in a welcoming setting.

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Re:CES will allow sex tech on a one-year trial basis, and fi... by taneq on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:32PM (#20465118)

Maybe split the show into a family friendly part and an “after dark” part, to cater for those of us who like our tech sexy as well as those who don’t?

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Re:CES will allow sex tech on a one-year trial basis, and fi... by chongli on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:11AM (#20469373)

That's what happened in high finance. It was a big part of Ellen Pao's complaint in her lawsuit against Kliner Perkins.

I can see the history as proceeding like this: finance (and similar industries) used to have a Mad Men style sexist office culture. Then PC rules and HR regulations moved in to make the office a neutral ground. Then the power brokers moved the serious networking old boys' club to the 'after dark' part.

I can't say the goal of this was to exclude women from power all along, but that's the effect of it.

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