If they were going to a strip club, sure. But they weren't. This was a professional event. How would you feel if there were a leather-clad male stripper in your cubicle at work. I wouldn't like it... and probably less so if the women at work said "why are you so angry about this?" Because I'm trying to work and this guy is thrusting his pelvis around.
> If they were going to a strip club, sure. But they weren't
These girls were not stripping. Is it so hard to tell the difference between dancers and strippers ? But your point illustrates the hypocrisy of those who feel outraged. Basically labeling any girl that works in the night industry as whores or prostitutes.
if you look at the photos, plenty of people were enjoying themselves, women included :
only a tiny minority felt it created "an hostile environment". Well maybe these people shouldn't have attended a party in a nightclub, because that's the purpose of this kind of place. Go to a bar nearby if your goal is to network, you can't really make deals in a place with loud music. People use the argument that "it wasn't professional", well that's the point of a nightclub.
I don't get this generation of people outraged at anything mildly "sexual", yet never shocked by the day to day violence of our society, video games included.
It was an after-conference party at a games conference. How much more "entertainment" can you get?
Mind you, I personally also wouldn't have liked it. But I also don't like most conference parties and I don't like games. But to me it seems perfectly OK if other people like conference parties or games or conference parties with dancers. And sure, male dancers would probably have been a good addition.
I was at GDC last year (did not go this year due to family emergency) and thought that, with a couple exceptions, everybody there was extremely professional. There was only one booth staffed with 'booth babes' (I don't remember who, but they were Russian).
(I'm not going to name the other unprofessional group because their biggest sin was 'being slovenly)
sure but my moral code is out of date, so booth babes, and dancers at video games are out. what about cosplayers and female promoters?
are we allowed to promote things with models? can we have scantily clad girls at the grand prix anymore? or are they professional events? do we need to change beach volleyball uniforms?
i feel like i missed my morality update patch... someone got the latest changelog.txt?
