Riot Games reportedly asking an employee to take down her swimsuit picture continue the company's turbulent history of sexism

sportskeeda.com:

A dev working at Riot Games recently shared on her Twitter channel that she has had to take down pictures of herself in a swimsuit after getting in trouble with HR. The post continues to point out the hypocrisy at play in the company's workplace when men can wear shirts depicting swimsuit models. It further revealed that a policy is in place to stop others from complaining about the latter's conduct.

Riot Games has had a troubled past with allegations of "bro-culture," gender discrimination and harassment rampant in its work environment. The company has dealt with a number of lawsuits along the same lines with erstwhile employees complaining about Riot's norms.

@SNazerine, who is a software engineer at Riot Games, shared her ordeal on her personal Twitter account where she claimed that the involvement of HR regarding her swimsuit picture had forced her to delete it.

She further alleged that there was a policy active in Riot which forbade others from complaining about guys "walking around in t-shirts emblazoned with bikini models."

Another Riot dev, @swampyhag who is an associate producer of gameplay, simply replied with "sad but true," before explaining that this happens when another coworker reports the picture or the person to HR, bringing the matter to their attention.

She also narrated another serious issue at play in the company, one that possibly runs contrary to their celebration of Pride that happened last month:

@swampyhag further mentioned in the thread that tweeting regarding such matters had earlier gotten her into trouble, likely with the company itself. In June, a former Riot Games employee stated that they were fired by the company because they tweeted that they were tired of fake trans allies, after an ally