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When these sorts of issues come up people tend to argue that learning to speak respectfully is a huge imposition. It's hard to change, but it's a really, really
by asdfman123 7y ago
When these sorts of issues come up people tend to argue that learning to speak respectfully is a huge imposition. It's hard to change, but it's a really, really useful skill to learn. It makes everything go more smoothly.
It's totally possible to joke and have fun, just don't... attack people and their ideas. Try not to blame. It's actually very simple in practice and isn't very far reaching at all.
You can still have fun, you can still joke around, but you have to realize if you attack people it's going to create a hostile environment for a lot of people, men and women included.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoThe problem is that respectful speech is itself a widely varying cultural standard. For example, one problem I consistently face is with interruptions. In my native culture, interruptions are entirely normal outside of formal speech. I try to tone this down in the workplace to accommodate other people, and similarly, most people try to understand that I mean well when my lifetime of cultural baggage slips through. But I have to be incredibly careful with my speech patterns around "respect and inclusivity" people, because they always interpret my interruptions as intolerable and deliberate rudeness.