A US company is being criticised for its “sexist” hostess lampshade outfits during an event. People are accusing the company of being tone-deaf. The outrage came after a picture from the event, showing two women posing with company-branded lampshades on their heads, went viral .
The outrage also prompted a response from the company, and its CEO issued an apology, adding that what happened was “unacceptable.” The incident occurred at an CyberRisk Collaborative Happy Hour event, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, at the Black Hat conference. As soon as the picture of the models made their way onto social media, people expressed their anger.
Among them is Olivia Rose, a Security Maturity Strategist, who wrote, “Shame. Shame. Shame on you,” adding, “So we women are nothing more than props to you? We are only at BlackHat to be lampshade holders?? Are those intended to represent bright ideas inside our heads or.
.. just light bulbs? Shame on you.
Just shame. Do better. It’s really not that hard.
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no, not Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadella How did the company respond? The firm’s CEO Nikesh Arora issued an apology soon after the outrage. “Let me be clear: what occurred was unacceptable. We could have, and should have, done better.
We will do better,” he said. “Investigated how the error occurred and addressed the issue within our event team and the entire marketing organisation to ensure that we consiste.