Outrage after Microsoft hires scantily clad ‘schoolgirl’ dancers for after-party
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#2AYFKM? This is right down there with "You should wear something more attractive to work."
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#3Give us today our daily media outrage. Amen.
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#5It seems like having dancers at after parties is a somewhat annual tradition for GDC. Here's [1] Nvidia doing it in 2013, and again [2] in 2015. Neither got any media attention that I can tell. Interesting how fast public opinion and involvement on stuff like this changes.
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#6It seems like having dancers at after parties is a somewhat annual tradition for GDC. Here's [1] Nvidia doing it in 2013, and again [2] in 2015. Neither got any media attention that I can tell. Interesting how fast public opinion and involvement on stuff like this changes. [1] https://twitter.com/daveoshry/status/317171771457552384 [2] https://archive.is/n3JPu
I'd like to see less accusations against the tech industry, and more exposés of what the sales teams are doing.
Because if you want a gender-hostile environment, it's almost certainly in the sales team.
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#7Can someone fill me in? I didn't understand. There was an after party where there were dancers. What happened between that moment and the moment people started complaining?
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#8This is just SJW stuff par the usual. I was at the event. First of all, it was an optional after party hosted at a dance club - from what I understand, Microsoft paid for the full package that the club offered, which includes dancers. The club normally has dancers, most dance clubs do. Most dancers are female. Not only that, but dancing is tedious and thats why most dancers dont wear turtlenecks, they would sweat with covering attire on. I would go further and explain that women also like the female form, that the female form is more aesthetically pleasing and the difference between arousal of men by vision and women by emotion but I'm afraid the concept would be lost on idiots who think clubs should employ male dancers. This whole women equal men thing is just sad. For rights, of course. But we are not the same biologically and in terms of career preference. Dance is one of those.
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#9It seems like having dancers at after parties is a somewhat annual tradition for GDC. Here's [1] Nvidia doing it in 2013, and again [2] in 2015. Neither got any media attention that I can tell. Interesting how fast public opinion and involvement on stuff like this changes. [1] https://twitter.com/daveoshry/status/317171771457552384 [2] https://archive.is/n3JPu
I'd like to see less accusations against the tech industry, and more exposés of what the sales teams are doing. Because if you want a gender-hostile environment, it's almost certainly in the sales team.
Theres nothing hostile about having an after party at a dance venue. Every club has dancers on the platforms to set the vibe and get people to dance. The women are getting paid and wear revealing clothing to sweat less and to offer entertainment. SJWs are just putting a hit out on this but wheres all the outrage toward music concerts and dance clubs?
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#10This is just SJW stuff par the usual. I was at the event. First of all, it was an optional after party hosted at a dance club - from what I understand, Microsoft paid for the full package that the club offered, which includes dancers. The club normally has dancers, most dance clubs do. Most dancers are female. Not only that, but dancing is tedious and thats why most dancers dont wear turtlenecks, they would sweat wit…
I would assume a lot of this isn't about the gender/sex of the dancers, but rather they are taking a professional event and making it sexually charged. This is uncomfortable for a lot of people, and awkward when viewed from people who understand it makes it uncomfortable for some people.
I am not sure you can try to rationalize the costumes as being practical when it's showing midriff, they're wearing push up bras, and showing lots of cleavage. Those elements exist only to be sexy.