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> it makes the most sense to allege some kind of harassment if you feel you are underperforming in your job and wish to get ahead That's true for men as much f
by kartan 9y ago
> it makes the most sense to allege some kind of harassment if you feel you are underperforming in your job and wish to get ahead
That's true for men as much for women. But I have not seen that argument used for men. So, I don't say that you are discriminating against women, as I don't know if you use this argument also when we talk about men, but you should understand that without further information it looks like you are telling us that "women" do this while "men" don't what is ridiculous from a "game theory perspective" as the situation is exactly the same.
- daenz 9y agoI specifically used the words "protected class" in my statement, which covers: race, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, disability, age, military service, bankruptcy, genetic information, citizenship status, gender identity, sexual orientation. Leveling thinly-veiled accusations of sexism ('it looks like you are telling us that "women" do this while "men" don't') is the reason why these topics don't advance from discussion.
- dcole2929 9y agoBecause sex doesn't just mean female. Males are an equally protected class in terms of gender based discrimination laws. So you pointing out that you specified "protected class" doesn't really mean much, since it equally applies.
- daenz 9y ago>So you pointing out that you specified "protected class" doesn't really mean much It means that I was intentionally being inclusive of everyone, and so these accusations are really trying to reach for something that isn't there.
- abiox 9y ago> as the situation is exactly the same. it's not clear that the court system is impartial to gender, so this doesn't seem so obvious to me. nor is it clear that mistreatment of men is culturally seen as much of an issue as the mistreatment of women.