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A comment on Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort of Made It Worse. Parent comment

Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by theorique on Thursday March 28, 2013 @07:18PM (#5458275)
Under her definition, "If you have 'booth babes' ..., I'm not going to buy your product" is essentially the same as saying "If you have women selling your product, I'm not going to buy it," which isn't exactly an enlightened position to take.

It's almost as though you need to get ugly women - if the women are too attractive, then they are written off as "booth babes". Which is kind of sexist in its own way.

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by mitchty on Thursday March 28, 2013 @08:52PM (#5458630)
It is entirely sexist to see an attractive woman and assume that she isn't intelligent.

It's one of the hidden sides of sexism in our society that annoy me. I try to catch myself whenever I find myself doing that, and have been pleasantly surprised.

A side effect of this is that those women that are attractive and intelligent tend to begin to hide it. So you get self-reinforcing behavior from society. Things like guys belittling smart women etc... The whole thing is annoying from the perspective of a guy that loves talking to non-white guys about programming or almost anything interesting. /squirrel banter mode off.

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by niggler on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:12PM (#5458714)
"It is entirely sexist to see an attractive woman and assume that she isn't intelligent."

Case in point: Hedy Lamarr, who is probably more well known for her beauty than for her contributions to science (http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2292387)

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Re:Booth Babes, Street Clothes, and GDC: Thanks But You sort... by mitchty on Thursday March 28, 2013 @09:30PM (#5458761)
Excellent example and case. How Stuff Works did a podcast on her a few years ago, http://castroller.com/podcasts/StuffYouMissed/2118275 she's a fascinating person to learn about.
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