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Reminds me of the opposite of the sexism LinkedIn was accused of[1]. It'd have been interesting if the two individuals in the posted pictures had been developers as well. I wonder if that would have changed the dynamic of the conversation at all.

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-accused-of-sexism-fo...

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I assure you if they are developers, they would not go to a tech event dressed like that. Unless the tech event had a sexual theme.

Why? Because developers are all asexual and inhibited?

Because it's a tech event. When was the last time you saw someone wear a playboy bunny outfit to a tech event?

The point of this party (if you read the small print in the image) is to have a fun charity event strictly before the conference starts. It is explicitly outside the timeline of the "tech event."

if they are developers, they would not go to a tech event dressed like that.

You seem to be ignoring the fact that they did exactly that.

You might want to google "playboy bunny outfit images" because I don't think you know how much less material there is in one of those than in what the women are wearing in the Techweek invite. The Techweek invite images actually show very little skin.

I'm not so sure, have a look at some of the pics from 2013. It appears to be more than a tech event as it has some kind of fashion show component.

I think it'd be distasteful if I were to post photos of individuals in comparable clothing without their permission, but you can take a look here: https://www.facebook.com/techweek/photos_stream

Considering no one has mentioned a fashion show component to this event, I suspect this discussion is missing some context.

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