> So communities that purports technical subjects should enforce strict Puritan dress code for women to fit your own world views?
Come on, this is an obvious strawman. There's a gradient between a "strict Puritan dress code" and "let's get naked!". If I showed up to Strange Loop in a slingshot speedo do you think that'd be okay?
> In your comment you invalidate 'slutshaming' completely, do you think it might have impact on what you are writing?
I don't think I "invalidate slutshaming completely". I said it's a polarizing topic, which it is.
Well the main complaint seems to be that she was dressed too 'sexy' without taking the context into factor. Her aims were marketing and she succeeded.
> If I showed up to Strange Loop in a slingshot speedo do you think that'd be okay?
It's okay if you are okay with it, regardless of what others think. I'd imagine this example was created to illustrate how unsexy for a grown male (which I assume here) is to wear a speedo whereas it would work for female (assume hetero). I'm sure some folks at Strange Loops will find your attire attractive.
Which is pretty much the entire point of me trying to explain the underlying sexist bias that's at play here.
Calling 'slutshaming' a touchy word and a modern trend are invalidating remarks because you minimize it's importance and that it's not worthy of discussion because it's merely superficial like a trend. It's real and the only reason why you might not think so is simply because you haven't experienced it which is not valid grounds to say 'slutshaming' isn't real.
Things that are inappropriate in your head are that way because of your own emotional relationship with those "inappropriate things". In this case, seeing somebody in a sexy light and blaming them for arousing you is inappropriate initself. It might warrant as harassment of sorts. Do you walk up to your female co-workers (just the sexy ones) and tell them they can't wear what they feel is within their rights because you are uncomfortable with your own feelings which is entirely within your control?
> Do you walk up to your female co-workers (just the sexy ones) and tell them they can't wear what they feel is within their rights because you are uncomfortable with your own feelings which is entirely within your control?
No, HR does that for me. Have you even seen Naomi's pictures? If she wore anything like that at work in the USA it would absolutely be a problem. It's not "my own emotional relationship".
> It's okay if you are okay with it, regardless of what others think.
Wow, I really think you're in the minority with that opinion. I would expect to be thrown out. It's not about it being "unsexy", it's about it being inappropriate and unacceptable. Funnily enough, I'm sure one of the reasons given for the ejection would be the idea that it makes the conference a hostile environment for women.
She doesn't seem to have a problem conforming to dress codes where they exist. She has posts demonstrating that she wears more clothes when at faires, and even did one blog post with no pictures of herself to show that Make would still ignore her. But in the "community" there is no dress code. Make's problem with her is not how she dresses.
Come on, this is an obvious strawman. There's a gradient between a "strict Puritan dress code" and "let's get naked!". If I showed up to Strange Loop in a slingshot speedo do you think that'd be okay?
> In your comment you invalidate 'slutshaming' completely, do you think it might have impact on what you are writing?
I don't think I "invalidate slutshaming completely". I said it's a polarizing topic, which it is.