Sexism Is Still a Thing At Microsoft's GDC Party (techcrunch.com)

An anonymous reader writes from an article on TechCrunch: Microsoft hired a bunch of women wearing very little clothing to dance and socialize with people at the company's official Game Developers Conference after-party last night in San Francisco, Business Insider reports. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, said in a statement to TechCrunch. "At Xbox-hosted events at GDC this past week, we represented Xbox and Microsoft in a way that was not consistent or aligned to our values. It was unequivocally wrong and will not be tolerated. I know we disappointed many people and I'm personally committed to holding ourselves to higher standards. We must ensure that diversity and inclusion are central to our everyday business and core values. We will do better in the future." What's problematic is that Microsoft chose to throw a party that clearly caters to heterosexual men by hiring women as objects of sex.

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Re:Because catering to heterosexual men = EVIL!

[KGIII]

I do, however, have a problem with a deliberately sexually charged atmosphere at a corporate event when the corporation's line of business is entirely independent of it.

Then don't go. That simple. Let people have fun without you but don't try to stop their fun. You're not the morality police. You're complaining about an event that hurt nobody. Literally... Not one single person was hurt.

You're manufacturing reasons to be pissy. It probably makes you feel better about yourself. I suspect there are underlying reasons but I'll skip speculating. In short, maybe seek professional help if you feel the need to complain when others are having fun that harms nobody.