On Booth Babes

Xeni Jardin 5:12 pm Mon Jan 30, 2012

Tech writer Glenn Fleishman doesn't mind attractive people trying to get him to pay attention to their products.
But "companies that rely on models whose various assets are stress-testing spandex or exposed to air are trying so hard that they fail, he writes in an opinion piece at TidBITS today.

"Not all attention is good, since it highlights to women attending the show that these products are not for them, as well as driving off men who find being so blatantly manipulated distasteful.

Photo: Models pose with Nikon digital cameras during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (REUTERS)

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