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Toxic workplaces can harm your physical and mental health, Surgeon General says

46 points by rustoo 4y ago

PeterStuer 4y ago
I can't see this was ever in question, so what is the agenda here?
- CharlesW 4y ago
  This seems to be answered reasonably-well: "The findings, which may come as no surprise to many workers, are significant in that they are first time the Surgeon General has explicitly linked job factors such as low wages, discrimination, harassment, overwork, long commutes and other factors to chronic physical health conditions like heart disease and cancer. Work-related stress can also lead to mental health conditions including depression and anxiety, according to the report."
  - theGnuMe 4y ago
    They need to include graduate school in this list as well.
- healthandsafety 4y ago
  - dirtball_ 4y ago
  - tbalsam 4y ago
    I've spent a fair bit of time engaging with these systems and I feel most of the issues are in the bureaucratic elements of the system, and less the medicalization. We can all pick six sigma events to prove a point, but this just tends to radicalize either side. I'd also contend that you might want to look into the medical aspects of how transgender care for children is done. It's generally conservative with no physical or hormone changes until puberty, and even then, getting puberty blockers requires a number of hoops. Ensuring the child actually has a brain different from their body is a long and arduous process involving a therapist and generally a medical team. When I hear "chop off penises" and "mastectomies", it tends to be generally in emotional appeal fallacies that are originally spread by more sensationalizing talk show hosts. Sexual modification isn't a requirement for transgender individuals (and considered a big risk by some in the community), and I think we risk simply dividing ourselves and winning the the honor of being right at the expense of rigorous, diverse communal dialogue otherwise.
- klyrs 4y ago
  In the long arc of workers rights, it typically takes decades of harm to establish a need for protection. Enumerating harms and their root causes informs the details of legislation to come.
  - tbalsam 4y ago
    Good point, thanks for contributing that. Helps me to understand it a lot. :)
timcavel 4y ago
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gammawarrior 4y ago
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- gammawarrior 4y ago
mitchbob 4y ago
Link to report: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/workplace-mental-health-well-being.pdf https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/workplace-mental-hea...

46 points by rustoo 4y ago

PeterStuer 4y ago

I can't see this was ever in question, so what is the agenda here?

CharlesW 4y ago
This seems to be answered reasonably-well: "The findings, which may come as no surprise to many workers, are significant in that they are first time the Surgeon General has explicitly linked job factors such as low wages, discrimination, harassment, overwork, long commutes and other factors to chronic physical health conditions like heart disease and cancer. Work-related stress can also lead to mental health conditions including depression and anxiety, according to the report."
- theGnuMe 4y ago
  They need to include graduate school in this list as well.
healthandsafety 4y ago
- dirtball_ 4y ago
- tbalsam 4y ago
  I've spent a fair bit of time engaging with these systems and I feel most of the issues are in the bureaucratic elements of the system, and less the medicalization. We can all pick six sigma events to prove a point, but this just tends to radicalize either side. I'd also contend that you might want to look into the medical aspects of how transgender care for children is done. It's generally conservative with no physical or hormone changes until puberty, and even then, getting puberty blockers requires a number of hoops. Ensuring the child actually has a brain different from their body is a long and arduous process involving a therapist and generally a medical team. When I hear "chop off penises" and "mastectomies", it tends to be generally in emotional appeal fallacies that are originally spread by more sensationalizing talk show hosts. Sexual modification isn't a requirement for transgender individuals (and considered a big risk by some in the community), and I think we risk simply dividing ourselves and winning the the honor of being right at the expense of rigorous, diverse communal dialogue otherwise.
klyrs 4y ago
In the long arc of workers rights, it typically takes decades of harm to establish a need for protection. Enumerating harms and their root causes informs the details of legislation to come.
- tbalsam 4y ago
  Good point, thanks for contributing that. Helps me to understand it a lot. :)

timcavel 4y ago

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gammawarrior 4y ago

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gammawarrior 4y ago

mitchbob 4y ago

Link to report: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/workplace-mental-health-well-being.pdf https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/workplace-mental-hea...