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My panties are also in a ruffle
As someone who has worked in a male-dominated field (in my case IT) where entertainment provided at professional gatherings would sometimes seem to assume that all of us were male, I can understand why some of the female scientists were upset at sexualised entertainment, even if it was relatively tame. Having your minority status thrust in your face, clad in vintage underwear covered in balloons, is not necessarily entertaining.
And if those women were offended, good on them for walking out rather than sitting there with fixed grins showing what good sports they could be.