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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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