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Re:LinkedIn rejects engineering ads with female images, bans... by wavefunction on Friday August 02, 2013 @05:52PM (#6149903)
How many times are "computer dudes" hit with pictures of attractive women to encourage us to buy hardware/software, attend conferences, etc?

I think the culprit you should be pointing the finger at is advertisers and marketers, not the average computer programmer (who may or may not be male).

Re:LinkedIn rejects engineering ads with female images, bans... by saraid216 on Friday August 02, 2013 @05:55PM (#6149919)
How many times have you heard people justify sexist marketing strategies by explaining that this is "what works"? Because it does.

Because of the average computer programmer.