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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by jiggy2011 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:09PM (#5458005)
Well, you could say "women with body types that men are more likely to pay attention to" or as they are commonly known "models".

Trying to get people to deprogram their own biology at a very deep level is probably going to be a losing battle.

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by JulianMorrison on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:32PM (#5458110)
The idea that men pay attention to supermodel shaped women is (1) sexist (2) very mistaken. Sexist men pay horny attention to them. Horniness is a distraction from a product pitch. "I'm sorry, what did you say again? I was staring at your chest."
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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by theorique on Thursday March 28, 2013 @07:28PM (#5458314)
The idea that men pay attention to supermodel shaped women is (1) sexist (2) very mistaken.

Do you know any men in real life? Unless you're just trolling, I find it hard to believe that you actually believe this.

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by JulianMorrison on Thursday March 28, 2013 @08:02PM (#5458447)
Do you know how to distinguish attention from horndogging? Hint: attention is that which is paid to the subject of the conversation. If all you can remember afterwards is "bow chicka wow wow", you're doing it wrong.
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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by mattsfrey on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:14PM (#5458718)
Years ago I worked at a gas station, one night they sent down 2 Miller Lite girls to do promo. If you bought a case of miller light you got to take your picture with the girls and got a free magnet etc. They were there for one hour before moving on, we emptied our entire stock of Miller in that hour.Guys were coming in for weeks asking about when they'd be back. "Horndogging" or not, sex sells and it isn't going anywhere.
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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by lotyrin on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:15PM (#5458721)
If you think it's a black and white "HURR TITS" vs "Quite interesting, madam. Please tell me where I might subscribe to your newsletter." rather than a spectrum therebetween, you're sorely mistaken.

Marketers have (I can only assume) found that triggering the former to lead to the latter is a working strategy (they do tend to at least try to base their actions on observed results). Even if that's not the case the concept that there's a dual throw switch for power between the gonads and the brain seems pretty silly and needlessly underestimates men (though it sort of overestimates them at the same time I guess...).

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by theorique on Friday March 29, 2013 @01:48PM (#5461944)
It is possible to do both - e.g. talk to a hot chick who is also technical about C++ templates ... and simultaneously about how to bang her.

A man has both brains and balls, to expect that he can switch one of those off or pretend it does not exist is unrealistic. (Obviously, this does not excuse a man if he sexually harasses a woman or otherwise behaves badly.)

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by mkr-hn on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:59PM (#5458848)
I believe it. I find supermodels completely unappealing.
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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by summerdown2 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @07:21PM (#5458285)
The idea that men pay attention to supermodel shaped women is sexist?

Surely this is a parody?

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by pekk on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:18PM (#5458906)
Men pay attention to whatever they like, and not all men are attracted to supermodel shaped women, and not all men are equally engaged sexually in situations which have nothing to do with sex or courting.
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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by jiggy2011 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:40PM (#5458146)
Men don't pay attention to supermodels, are you sure?
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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by JulianMorrison on Thursday March 28, 2013 @07:43PM (#5458372)
You're missing the point. Look up, horndog, the face, and the product pitch is up here.
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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by jiggy2011 on Thursday March 28, 2013 @07:50PM (#5458404)
Now I'm utterly confused.
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