I doubt that would even remotely pass today. Just because some practices were "acceptable" over a prior timeframe doesn't exactly render it acceptable today.
Know your customer and their representative(s) tastes.
So much so that local tech company - Yelp's - employee manual says its not an appropriate place for meetings
But to act like this is part of days gone by.... well Washington Post chooses to try and shame the tech industry in different ways.
You have to realize that these articles are comedy, a trope, a meme, and unhinged from people's actual perspectives, including the model's themselves, many of which are also women with rational opinions and interest in the tech sector.
No, this reality isn't inclusive to all people, and many women, who are working hard on a career devoid of these distractions. They are not capable of unilaterally being the voice of the women that are just as thrilled to cater to the tech sector but using just their bodies.