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Sexist Presentations At Startup Competition Prompt TechCrunch Apology
beaverdownunder writes "Silicon Valley technology conference organizers TechCrunch have been forced to apologize after two Australian men pitched a smartphone app called "Titstare" in front of a nine-year-old girl. The Sydney duo's presentation had the mainly male audience laughing, but angered Twitter users and reignited a debate about sexism in the technology sector. The two entrepreneurs — Jethro Batts, 28, and David Boulton, 24 — pitched their 'tongue in cheek' idea at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on Sunday after winning expenses for the trip to the US in a similar competition, AngelHack Sydney. In their pitch, Boulton explained to an audience of hundreds (plus thousands online) that it would allow users to 'take photos of yourself, looking at tits'. 'It's science my good friend, science,' Boulton said. TechCrunch also apologized for another pitch for a product called Circle Shake, in which a man simulated masturbation."
Yes, women need a dickstare app for balance.
Submitted by beaverdownunder Perhaps!
Silence is a state of mime.
"You treat women like human beings, you must be a particularly physically weak male. Cower before my obviously flawed logic, and limited mental capacity"
Knowing what you are talking about is important.
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I've never been quite so insulted in a manner that made quite so little sense in my life.
Yes, women need a dickstare app for balance.
By all accounts, the whole audience was staring at two of them...
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Umm, I don't know about you, but when I stare at tits, I prefer them to be female tits. Moobs are just nasty.
They are probably the future creators of, "Ow, my balls!"
Mod this up for the worlds first twerking strawman!
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?