At my 18th CES tech show, I felt unwelcome
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What if I am against consumerism and the harmful effects on our planet? (which it does affect strongly). I feel this blind march towards creating every possible innovation for selling and making money is not sustainable and healthy for the planet or for the people themselves. But where do I go from there? Do I say I find CES itself offensive and expect others to pay attention or do I just let the folks do what they want if they don't care?
As a women in tech, I do feel out of place when everything seems targeted to men. We also use chairs, we also buy cars...tell me the need to have a big breasted woman showing it to me.
I think there's a story here. Double standards are clearly present with the disqualification of a sex toy for women while also hosting VR porn and Real Dolls. However, as the links in this piece illustrate, those stories have been written.
Pieces like this take a conscious effort on my end to not dismiss as borderline clickbait because I want to see opinions that aren't my own. It just gets harder when the article is sprinkled with groan inducing tweets such as: "It's like me too never happened"
I'm not picking up a fight about this, but it's now the time for these companies to notice that women are also in the market and we like to be included and more importantly, respected.
The booth babes make a statement about the company's opinion on women. They are objects used to attract men to buy our products.
Fair point and one I hadn't considered. I had assumed that my income level meant I wasn't considered on the consumer spectrum. I can see where the inclusion of a booth babe could tip the scales from something I couldn't afford if I tried to something that doesn't want me to buy it even if I could. Thanks.
>I'm not picking up a fight about this, but it's now the time for these companies to notice that women are also in the market and we like to be included and more importantly, respected.
I have to keep stressing that my inquiries are genuine simply because it's very easy to read these kinds of things as disingenuous. What if there were men up there as well? Assuming that the marketing trend of "sex sells" doesn't stop any time soon is that an improvement? A lateral change towards inclusivity while still remaining classless?
That's the good thing when discussing different points of view.
> Assuming that the marketing trend of "sex sells" doesn't stop any time soon is that an improvement?
I agree that no one should be a booth babe, whether men or women, that's why I focus on the respect aspect. If it's a sex conference, it fits in the enviroment of "sex sells", if it's not, as you said, it remains classless.