By: Tessa Mitchell
Wow, what kind of person doesn’t see how degrading and alienating using tits and a** at marketing conferences is? I can’t say I’ve ever seen similar but the videos are pretty clear. I keep reading...
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If I am being honest I have never seen anything like the sort of things that have been described in this post and comments (even on nights out in my uni time). I am actually ashamed to be in the...
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By: Jane
Hi Matt, The Distilled crowd is generally excellent, and I doubt you’ll see anything bad there! The majority of the problem is that these things tend to occur subtly, and few people see or hear about...
View ArticleBy: Darren
Jane, This post was quite an eye opener for me. I only attended one search conference in 2004. As a non-drinker I was put off by how central alcohol was to the whole event. I’m one of those rare people...
View ArticleBy: M.K. Hajdin
To these guys, women are not people. They’re nice shiny buckets for male incontinence. These men feel entitled because the patriarchy gives them the power to harass, abuse, assault and rape, and to get...
View ArticleBy: si
Well done for being brave and speaking out Jane. Although very new to the ways of SEO i have been appart of many conferences and exhibitions in the past where this sort of thing seemed to be pretty...
View ArticleBy: Jane Copland
Hi Si, Thanks for the message. And thank you for stepping in when you saw these things go on. Needs to happen more often. Cheers, Jane
View ArticleBy: heather o'leary
Quoting someone who said it very well today: “Are women ornamental or instrumental to the event?” Bringing girls as perks to a seminar is indefensible! You can’t bring something that exists for the...
View ArticleBy: Patrick
This is a fantastic post. I’m sorry (a) that one would even *have* to write such a post and (b) that you came to write such a post through negative personal experience.
View ArticleBy: Annette Thompson
This was an excellent article! I’m so proud of you for standing up and saying something about this outrageous behavior! Annette
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