amed tech conference CES has once again shown that when it comes to women in tech, it has absolutely no idea what gender equality really means.

CES has been rampantly and famously sexist for years: Since the mid-century, male-founded companies have hired women to work as scantily clad “booth babes”; organizers have consistently failed to include female speakers, claiming it was simply not possible to find women with the same levels of technical expertise, experience, credibility, and gravitas as the many white men dominating their stage (which, yeah, sure); there is no official policy against sexual harassment that might take place during the conference; and last year, it revoked an award for a female-founded sex toy (more on that later).