I personally don't think the issue is as much that female developers get regarded as models, I mean who is honestly going to confuse the two? I think on a whole these 'booth babes' probably dress a lot more provocatively than female developers, and they probably have big fake smiles and permatanned faces rather than the dreary sallow paleness that can only be created from staring at a laptop screen all day!
The issue really is more the view of the community and of women in general. Are we all really trying to give away the impression of being a bunch of pasty nerds who need scantily clad women to ogle over? If I ever go to a drupalcon I will make an effort to level the playing field by dressing in my skimpiest clothing. Any excuse to wear a dress! ;)
I personally don't think the
I personally don't think the issue is as much that female developers get regarded as models, I mean who is honestly going to confuse the two? I think on a whole these 'booth babes' probably dress a lot more provocatively than female developers, and they probably have big fake smiles and permatanned faces rather than the dreary sallow paleness that can only be created from staring at a laptop screen all day!
The issue really is more the view of the community and of women in general. Are we all really trying to give away the impression of being a bunch of pasty nerds who need scantily clad women to ogle over? If I ever go to a drupalcon I will make an effort to level the playing field by dressing in my skimpiest clothing. Any excuse to wear a dress! ;)