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The issue isn't sensitive managers, it is that sensitive managers call men jerks, lazy or assholes, but they'll say that women are "shrill" or "too emotional".

• jmmcd 15y ago
  Your examples could just as easily be read the other way -- that "jerk", "lazy" and "asshole" are directed at the person whereas "shrill" or "emotional" are towards behaviour. I don't see what criteria you're using to put these examples in one category or the other.
• quanticle 15y ago
  ... it is that managers call men jerks, lazy or assholes, but they'll say that women are shrill or "too emotional". I don't really see a distinction. To me calling someone an asshole is equally a personal to calling someone shrill.
  • daxelrod 15y ago
    The distinction is that, in many peoples' eyes, "shrill" as a personal insult is almost always directed at women. There is a stereotype of a shrill woman.
    • mkopinsky 15y ago
      And asshole as a personal insult is almost always directed at men.