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Liquorice

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12. It's not ambiguous. One of the "perks" listed is women. And these women

Reply to provis99 (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 09:31 PM

Mar 2012

will be there to serve the men. The obvious conclusion is that the ONLY women who will be there will be the servers. They are clearly advertising only to men, thereby making it an event a woman would not feel welcomed to attend (unless they are part of the wait staff).

This isn't an ad for a bachelor party, but it sounds like one. It's not like playing records backwards looking for messages. It's very obvious sexism. That's why their sponsors are dropping them.

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How Casual Sexism Put Sqoot in the Hotseat [View all] Newsjock Mar 2012 OP

I'd pull advertising for their spelling wryter2000 Mar 2012 #1

Saw that. Is this a joke? n/t RebelOne Mar 2012 #3

I have no idea wryter2000 Mar 2012 #18

they made the cardinal sin belcffub Mar 2012 #2

The key difference is that a casino is not a professional conference... antigone382 Mar 2012 #4

+1. nt seabeyond Mar 2012 #5

I would the suggest that you avoid most tech conferences then belcffub Mar 2012 #6

This wasn't talking about marketing people or spokesmodels antigone382 Mar 2012 #10

I don't get it. provis99 Mar 2012 #7

I don't think it was '(Attention,) women:' Newsjock Mar 2012 #8

so at worst, it was ambiguously sexist, depending on who read it. provis99 Mar 2012 #9

There is nothing ambiguous about it MadrasT Mar 2012 #11

It's not ambiguous. One of the "perks" listed is women. And these women Liquorice Mar 2012 #12

^^^^ This ^^^^ Iggo Mar 2012 #20

We Can Do Better: An Apology from Sqoot avand Mar 2012 #13

Read before you post. Check spelling also as there is a glaring misspelling there also. uppityperson Mar 2012 #14

"Take a brake" and "Security has strick instructions" SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #21

You should also apologize to Strunk & White. n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #16

Indeed gratuitous Mar 2012 #19

All your code are belong to us. n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #15

Whoops! Their bad. lunatica Mar 2012 #17