Reminds me of the similar problem with the machine learning conference NIPS which was renamed NeurIPS (not much of an improvement if you ask me). There were instances of women at that conference also being forced into uncomfortable situations relating to the name. People are dumb.
Edit: I was just thinking of a few other names that I find amusing but I can definitely imagine people abusing:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
- Aircraft Incident Data Store (AIDS. This was renamed)
People are dumb as in, guys guffawing at someone saying "NIPS"?
Yeah, immaturity can be insidious. Even I find myself "looking for the joke" sometimes because my team at work is so silly with innuendo. Mostly harmless, but I wish it were different sometimes.
Edit: I was just thinking of a few other names that I find amusing but I can definitely imagine people abusing:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
- Aircraft Incident Data Store (AIDS. This was renamed)