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I want to ask this question as gently as possible: Is it acceptable or common in French culture/companies to use a phrase such as "Move over I need a place for
by pm90 9y ago
I want to ask this question as gently as possible: Is it acceptable or common in French culture/companies to use a phrase such as "Move over I need a place for my big dick"? It sounds so aggressive and hare-brained that I can't really imagine anyone in the US saying that without begging for a sexual harassment case targeted towards them.
To be 100% clear: I'm not justifying this behavior at all. My point is that when having a beer with friends, its common to joke around like that. I'm just wondering if in French culture, when going out for drinks, if its common or socially acceptable to make these jokes. From the lady's viewpoint, it seems like its not.
- waterlink 9y agoFrom a straight-man point of view (me) it is also not acceptable.
- tickthokk 9y agoFrom a manager, while in the workplace, sure. At a bar, drinking beer? I dunno, sounds like they were joking around. If I can't talk about body parts at a bar while drinking beer, I'm not sure where you can.
- waterlink 9y agoWhy would I want to talk about these parts in the bar? Or why would I want to hear about them from someone else? I can't talk about these parts at the bar. And I'll feel very uncomfortable and will have to ask that person in the group to stop if they were to do that. I hold a belief that one needs to maintain professional (or at least semi-professional) conduct in the bar too. Otherwise, it is just too immature.
- corobo 9y agoAt a bar drinking my default reaction would probably be to barely scoot across the bench and say "that should give you plenty of room" In a workplace environment though it's definitely be a weird comment to hear