Re: [93attendees] IETF dress code policy

[Ted Lemon <[e-mail]>]

Has it occurred to any of you who are flashing the term “booth babes” as if it were neutral that it is itself in fact just as misogynistic as anything else being said here?   I agree with Randy that we should drop this discussion, but if you must continue to blather on about it, please at least don’t use the term “booth babes” as if it were a valid way to classify women while at the same time accusing others of misogyny.

If this comment feels unfair, please consider that nobody is perfect, and everybody has a bit of internalized misogyny because we (most if not all of us) live in misogynistic cultures, some more so, some less so, but all to some extent.   So the fact that I have just used the term “misogyny” in a way that might refer to you, the reader, does not mean that I intend to shame you or put you down.   It just means that on a very practical level, if you want to talk about misogyny, you need to do a little reflection first, and maybe engage in the discussion in a less public forum.