I hear that this is totally a real thing in China with white people. Supposedly you can make pretty good money just putting on a suit and going around pretending to be an American business partner at meetings.
"booth babes". what is wrong with women with a sex positive attitude profiting from their hard work?
Perhaps the question is: why are there no booth bros. Well, there are, they're just not in a booth. They're standing bare chested in front of Abercrombie tries to get the lady folk through the door.
Sexiness is sexiness, it is human nature to be attracted to the physically fit, millions of years have literally hardwired our brains to act a certain way. It is nothing to be ashamed of.
I don't think there is parity with how frequently men and women are objectified, as you imply. I'm also sure that like most people their job choice is mostly to do with needing to make money, not their personal attitudes about sex.
People shouldn't put down women who work as "booth babes". Nothing wrong with it, everyone needs a job, not everyone is drowning in opportunities, but criticizing their presence at tech events is legitimate. I can't imagine being a woman and seeing that in a supposedly professional setting.
I used to get annoyed at the booth babe idea, but I once saw a guy doing that job in front of Abercrombie, and all I thought was good for him. Because the guy was clearly working his ass off to be in that kind of shape. Then, I finally realized that same effort also applies to women.
So, IMO we should respect the kind of effort it takes to be a top tier boot babe.
I don't think the person doing the hiring needs to be sexist because it's is legal and works. IMO, it's not nearly as annoying as the hyper aggressive mall sales people that tend to mind carts and keep trying to flag people down.
The 'problem' I'm referring to need not be sexism.
Either way, you can't argue that something should be done on the basis that it is legal and works. You can obviously change the laws, and there's lots of stuff that 'works' while externalizing all the damage done.