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by kofejnik 3975 days ago
> Why are you putting such a focus on gender? Why does the assistant need to be a "cute girl"?

Because this is how it works. You're welcome to try your luck with male teens or whomever else you deem less sexist.

> Your advice comes off as pretty sexist to me.

My advice is based on A/B testing of user visits to the online furniture retailer I used to work for (a fairly large one, ~$10M/mo in sales). This is as close to objective data as it gets. If you perceive it as non-PC, so be it, it does not change the underlying reality.