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How Casual Sexism Put Sqoot in the Hotseat

by ramen on 3/20/12, 9:44 PM with 3 comments

• by JumpCrisscross on 3/20/12, 10:17 PM

  I have a problem with the phrase "casual sexism". What makes sexism even potentially "casual"? Would I be able to write off a badly worded ad for being "casually racist"?

• by avand on 3/21/12, 4:15 AM

  Hey, I'm one of the co-founders of Sqoot. We're a small startup trying to do big things. Sometimes we trip and fall. This is one of those times. In hindsight, our language was reckless & immature. Please accept our apology:

  http://blog.sqoot.com/we-can-do-better-an-apology-from-sqoot

• by stevenpworrel on 3/20/12, 10:02 PM

  So what's the solution? Removing beer-serving booth babes from the events? Or having an adult double-check your marketing releases?

  I guess I'm not sure which of those problems we're objecting to.