Booting Up: ‘Objectify a Man in Tech’ Day Over Before It Started

“Objectify a man in tech” day is no longer a thing. Tech journalist Leigh Alexander proposed the exercise last week

Gizmodo’s Sam Biddle sluttin’ it up at CES. (Photo: Gizmodo)
Gizmodo’s Sam Biddle sluttin’ it up at CES. (Photo: Gizmodo)

“Objectify a man in tech” day is no longer a thing. Tech journalist Leigh Alexander proposed the exercise last week in hopes it would “catalyze discussions about the way we use language and how seemingly-innocuous ‘compliments’ are belittling and distracting”;  now she’s “worried that point will be lost and that harm can be done.” [Sexy Videogameland]

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Booting Up: ‘Objectify a Man in Tech’ Day Over Before It Started