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scifantasy ([info]scifantasy) wrote in [info]unfunnybusiness,
@ 2009-07-24 15:19:00


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Current mood:Pissed
Entry tags:oh john ringo no, sure we don't need no feminism

Someone at EA Better Be Fired for This...
From Ars Technica:

EA puts sexual bounty on the heads of its own booth babes

EA is running a contest related to its upcoming Dante's Inferno, and it's encouraging Comic-Con attendees to "commit an act of lust" with booth babes and take a picture. (NB: According to the official rules, it's "any costumed spokesperson at or outside Comic-Con," and the picture is the "act of lust" in question. Not that this makes it any better.)

Contestants could win "dinner and a sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty."

The booth babes at Comic-Con--or any convention--are already being objectified...they really did not need this on top of it. I expect lawsuits. I hope for lawsuits. Big ones, that take EA to the cleaners.

Thankfully, the comments at Ars Technica are not generally full of fail. Oh, there are a few real princes--mostly, variations on "it just means taking pictures, it's not that bad" or "they knew the job was dangerous when they took it"; a few are worse--but many commenters are as disgusted with EA as I am.



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[info]finchbird
2009-07-25 02:26 am UTC (link)
They don't have a policy for this shit? WHAT. THE. FUCK.

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[info]shadwing
2009-07-25 02:30 am UTC (link)
That was a big thing last year...where somebody actually looked it up in the attendee book...nothing on where to report sexual harrassment

http://www.tangognat.com/2008/08/15/comic-con-and-sexual-harassment/

As far as I know no changes have been made to the policy since last year.

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[info]finchbird
2009-07-25 02:43 am UTC (link)
Fucking hell. I hope to God the people in charge of SDCC get their asses sued if any woman ever decides to press charges. Unfortunate as it is for that shit to even hypothetically occur because that's something I wouldn't seriously wish on anyone. However, it might have to happen for the policies to change.

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[info]shadwing
2009-07-25 02:45 am UTC (link)
And adding this contest to the mix? That's just asking for disaster.

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[info]finchbird
2009-07-25 02:54 am UTC (link)
I just saw your comment above about the non-EA booth girls and perhaps female cosplayers getting harassed. It's my nature to believe some idiots will actually go that far.

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[info]cygnia
2009-07-25 03:51 am UTC (link)
Oh man, what if they start fondling "Twilight" fans "accidentally"?

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[info]shadwing
2009-07-25 04:28 am UTC (link)
Thats what REALLY worries me, thanks to age group of Twilight there are allot of REALLY young fans who may have never been to a con, or a con as huge and overwhelming as SDCC they don't know the pitfalls and how skeevy some of the geeks can get.

I mean I was nearly blown away when I went to Wizard World Chicago back in 97, I cannot comprehend what SDCC must be like.

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[info]finchbird
2009-07-25 04:42 am UTC (link)
I hope that many of those girls got the one day pass and didn't stick around too long after the panel ended.

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[info]adevyish
2009-07-25 04:45 am UTC (link)
If that happens, I hope some Outraged Parents get their overprotective urges on it and sue the hell out of SDCC and EA.

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