It's hilarious, and to be honest, I wouldn't be all that surprised if there was a startup tone-deaf enough to actually form around the concept.
"Booth babes" are still a thing, stupid and sleazy as that is.
"Booth babes" are still a thing, stupid and sleazy as that is.
Perhaps the question is: why are there no booth bros. Well, there are, they're just not in a booth. They're standing bare chested in front of Abercrombie tries to get the lady folk through the door.
Sexiness is sexiness, it is human nature to be attracted to the physically fit, millions of years have literally hardwired our brains to act a certain way. It is nothing to be ashamed of.
People shouldn't put down women who work as "booth babes". Nothing wrong with it, everyone needs a job, not everyone is drowning in opportunities, but criticizing their presence at tech events is legitimate. I can't imagine being a woman and seeing that in a supposedly professional setting.
So, IMO we should respect the kind of effort it takes to be a top tier boot babe.
Either way, you can't argue that something should be done on the basis that it is legal and works. You can obviously change the laws, and there's lots of stuff that 'works' while externalizing all the damage done.