Is This Newsweek Cover Sexist?

This current Newsweek cover got a lot of tongues wagging about its sexist connotation. It has been described as despicable, offensive and inappropriate. The cover was created by artist Edel Rodriguez who is defending his working saying it is a depiction of what is going on in Silicon Valley

In an interview with Katharine Zaleski, CoFounder and President of PowerToFly.com, Rodrigues had this to say about the cover:
"I wanted to depict the harassment that women suffer. How the harassment can be unexpected and come out of nowhere. To show that frozen moment of shock, when a woman is just going about their life at work and something like this happens. I wanted to have the viewer see that moment when they look on a newsstand, and to be shocked themselves. Then be compelled to pick up the magazine and read the story behind the cover. These harassers have spent much of their lives behind a computer, seeing women as objects. I wanted them to be confronted with their stupidity as well. Hopefully by seeing it there, frozen in time, they could come to terms with what they are doing."