I have a good friend who is a medical anthropologist. She attends both medical conferences, and anthropology conferences. And no, this stuff doesn't not happen there.
The only places I can see this as being acceptable is in places which were a) male dominated/homogenous, and/or b) lacking in professionalism.
So I can understand this happening at banking conferences because of (a), and unfortunately, hacker scenes have a problem with both (a) and (b), but I would strongly disagree that this happens in most other communities.
The only places I can see this as being acceptable is in places which were a) male dominated/homogenous, and/or b) lacking in professionalism.
So I can understand this happening at banking conferences because of (a), and unfortunately, hacker scenes have a problem with both (a) and (b), but I would strongly disagree that this happens in most other communities.