On a more serious note, I don't really know the extent of the problem (I'm antisocial and rarely ever attend events with more than four participants), but it might go beyond events. I'm aware of at least one company that employs a permanent 'booth babe' who knows little if anything about how stuff works (heard she has a diploma in 'public relations' though) and is busy with 'event organizing', 'relations' and all such stuff. She's on my ignore list. This would probably influence my reaction, should I receive a [Drupal-related] e-mail from an unknown female one day.
That being said, "help a poor stupid girl" forum posts (not that there are lots of those but I still stumble onto one now and then) probably do more harm to women's chances of being taken seriously than all 'booth babes' combined.
To add insult to injury...
...the site of said model agency runs Wordpress.
On a more serious note, I don't really know the extent of the problem (I'm antisocial and rarely ever attend events with more than four participants), but it might go beyond events. I'm aware of at least one company that employs a permanent 'booth babe' who knows little if anything about how stuff works (heard she has a diploma in 'public relations' though) and is busy with 'event organizing', 'relations' and all such stuff. She's on my ignore list. This would probably influence my reaction, should I receive a [Drupal-related] e-mail from an unknown female one day.
That being said, "help a poor stupid girl" forum posts (not that there are lots of those but I still stumble onto one now and then) probably do more harm to women's chances of being taken seriously than all 'booth babes' combined.