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> I thought of the guy known for dropping Band-Aids on women’s desks when the trading floor was cold because he didn’t “want to be distracted,” ...I don't unde

> I thought of the guy known for dropping Band-Aids on women’s desks when the trading floor was cold because he didn’t “want to be distracted,” ...I don't understand. Can anyone explain?

tptacek 11y ago
It's a dude being fucking creepy. You don't want to know more than that.
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blantonl 11y ago
Nipples
amagumori 11y ago
Nipples. See, the world revolves around creepyfuck, so the girls have to plan their lives around creepyfuck because if he sees nipples he will have no choice but to be a creepy fuck.
biot 11y ago
I'm not sure why everyone is being so elusive with their answers. Nipples (on either sex) can become erect when exposed to cold. The band-aids are meant to imply that the women should apply them to their nipples to hide them from poking through their bra and shirt. If you've ever seen a marathon runner with two red streaks on their shirt running down from each nipple, you'll better understand why. Some runners do, in fact, put band-aids (or duct tape, etc.) over their nipples to protect the tissue from rubbing against their shirt.
jedberg 11y ago
Since all the other comments here seem to be afraid to fully explain... Cold makes the skin hard, especially the nipples. This happens on men and women, but it tends to have a bigger effect on women, in part because their nipples are larger and in part because they tend to wear thinner fabrics. If a woman is going to go out in a thinner fabric and she knows that where she is going might be cold, she'll put band aids on her nipples to help smooth it out under her clothing to prevent them from poking out, which can draw unwanted attention. The implication here is that the man can not control himself and wants them to cover up because he will stare at their breasts if they don't.
- yarou 11y ago
  This is such a distinctly American(tm) problem that I can't help but chuckle. Why are we so puritanical about sex, gender, etc? I'm not absolving the guy doing this really creepy thing, but I sort of understand it. If you were raised in a society that was very sexually repressed, then it's only natural that you'd develop these strange behaviors around the opposite sex. I can only shudder trying to imagine how warped that individual is.
  - rayiner 11y ago
    It's highly unlikely that someone would leave bandaids because they were uncomfortable around nipples. It's a power play, a way of signaling.
    - yarou 11y ago
      I could understand the power play angle if it was something more mundane, like a slap on the ass. But this whole band-aid jibe requires a certain amount of premeditated thought. It looks more like sexual deviance to me, rather than simple power play.
      - rayiner 11y ago
        Even at a bank a slap on the ass will get you in hot water with HR. Bandaids have plausible deniability.
- rrauenza 11y ago
  Ugh. I'm almost sorry I asked. I assumed it must have been something much more benign.. Like too lazy to throw away used ones. My frame of reference is so different than that environment, I couldn't imagine someone would do that for that reason.
onetwotree 11y ago
Why oh why did you have to ask! I didn't get it, now I do, and I'm that much angrier this fine morning.

> I thought of the guy known for dropping Band-Aids on women’s desks when the trading floor was cold because he didn’t “want to be distracted,” ...I don't understand. Can anyone explain?

tptacek 11y ago

It's a dude being fucking creepy. You don't want to know more than that.

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blantonl 11y ago

Nipples

amagumori 11y ago

Nipples. See, the world revolves around creepyfuck, so the girls have to plan their lives around creepyfuck because if he sees nipples he will have no choice but to be a creepy fuck.

biot 11y ago

I'm not sure why everyone is being so elusive with their answers. Nipples (on either sex) can become erect when exposed to cold. The band-aids are meant to imply that the women should apply them to their nipples to hide them from poking through their bra and shirt. If you've ever seen a marathon runner with two red streaks on their shirt running down from each nipple, you'll better understand why. Some runners do, in fact, put band-aids (or duct tape, etc.) over their nipples to protect the tissue from rubbing against their shirt.

jedberg 11y ago

Since all the other comments here seem to be afraid to fully explain... Cold makes the skin hard, especially the nipples. This happens on men and women, but it tends to have a bigger effect on women, in part because their nipples are larger and in part because they tend to wear thinner fabrics. If a woman is going to go out in a thinner fabric and she knows that where she is going might be cold, she'll put band aids on her nipples to help smooth it out under her clothing to prevent them from poking out, which can draw unwanted attention. The implication here is that the man can not control himself and wants them to cover up because he will stare at their breasts if they don't.

yarou 11y ago
This is such a distinctly American(tm) problem that I can't help but chuckle. Why are we so puritanical about sex, gender, etc? I'm not absolving the guy doing this really creepy thing, but I sort of understand it. If you were raised in a society that was very sexually repressed, then it's only natural that you'd develop these strange behaviors around the opposite sex. I can only shudder trying to imagine how warped that individual is.
- rayiner 11y ago
  It's highly unlikely that someone would leave bandaids because they were uncomfortable around nipples. It's a power play, a way of signaling.
  - yarou 11y ago
    I could understand the power play angle if it was something more mundane, like a slap on the ass. But this whole band-aid jibe requires a certain amount of premeditated thought. It looks more like sexual deviance to me, rather than simple power play.
    - rayiner 11y ago
      Even at a bank a slap on the ass will get you in hot water with HR. Bandaids have plausible deniability.
rrauenza 11y ago
Ugh. I'm almost sorry I asked. I assumed it must have been something much more benign.. Like too lazy to throw away used ones. My frame of reference is so different than that environment, I couldn't imagine someone would do that for that reason.

onetwotree 11y ago

Why oh why did you have to ask! I didn't get it, now I do, and I'm that much angrier this fine morning.