At Yahoo's Open Hack Day in Taiwan, many happy develop and programmer attendees got more than what they came for.
Apparently, Yahoo! had hired women to give lap dances to those who wanted them, no doubt making some female coders (yes, they do exist) feel a bit awkward about the whole situation for a variety of reasons.
Photos got out on the internet, and people were understandably not too happy about it and not everyone approved. Here is Yahoo's apology statement issued by Chris Yeh of their development network:
"I wanted to acknowledge the public reaction generated by the images of female dancers at our Taiwan Open Hack Day this past weekend.
Our hack events are designed to give developers an opportunity to learn about our ... (programming) and technologies. As many folks have rightly pointed out, the 'Hack Girls' aspect of our Taiwan Hack Day is not reflective of that spirit or purpose. And it’s certainly not the message we want to send about our values here at Yahoo! Hack Days are about making everyone feel welcome, including women coders and technologists.
[It is] regrettable and we apologize to anyone that we have offended. Rest assured, it won’t happen again."
Damn right it doesn't "reflect the spirit or purpose" of it. Do they really need lap dancers to encourage people to come?
This kind of stuff happens all the time though, and whether or not you hear about it is just a matter of whether or not anyone was caught.
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