| Sex sells. The Olympics is fundamentally about eyeballs. Is it okay to have strip clubs? Is it okay to hire scantily-clad women for ads? In movies? Where are the lines? I'm not sure where we want the lines, but: * I don't like the lines drawn based on one-off issues going viral. I'd like a consistent set of lines. * I feel like it's unreasonable to expect organizations to not follow the Smith's free hand of capitalism. "Good" organizations are out-competed by "bad" ones. Is this a place where we might have a serious discussion about a new regulatory regime, or otherwise changing market forces and incentive structures? I feel like that might be a slower, but more comprehensive, more equitable, and more sustainable way of landing on fair ground. - More comprehensive: Reworking structures effects everyone, and not just Olympics. I'm at least as concerned about thousands of "Hooters girls" as about elite actresses and athletes. - More equitable: Good businesses don't get punished. Bad ones don't get rewarded. - More sustainable: Market forces should push for the behavior we want. Otherwise, it's like fighting the ocean. |