“Harrass a Booth Babe”: A Twitter Contest Too Far?
A number of Twitter users spoke out on Friday against a Comic-Con contest hosted by Electronic Arts that some say objectifies women. In short, the “ Sin to Win ” contest, designed to promote Dante’s Inferno , encourages attendees to take photos with the so-called “booth babes” and Tweet the photos to the @danteteam Twitter account with the hashtag #lust . It’s the wording of the contest that has Twitter up in arms, however: attendees are told to “Commit Acts of Lust” (see image below), which some allege is a recipe for sexual harassment. Others argue that attendees typically take photos with booth babes regardless. @danteteam did receive hundreds of responses to their request, but many are negative and critical of the behavior the contest might encourage
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