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Of course it is. What's not clear is what that has to do with women.
by stackghost 2y ago
Of course it is. What's not clear is what that has to do with women.
- jckahn 2y agoI imagine that, due to the societal expectations historically placed on women, they’ve typically had to be “the adult in the room.” Contrast this with men historically being able to get away with acting childishly (or worse). So when terminology used in the workplace is particularly vulgar, it would follow that women would take more issue with it than men.
- the_gorilla 2y ago> due to the societal expectations historically placed on women This reads like aliens trying (and failing) to figure out why women act more like women than men do.
- jckahn 2y agoCan you elaborate on that? My goal was to be as clear as possible and leave minimal room for misinterpretation.
- b59831 2y agoThis is a sexist statement
- jckahn 2y agoHow so?
- danaris 2y agoDescribing the factual sexist environment that existed in a prior time (or, hell, the ones that exist today) is not itself sexist.
- cgriswald 2y agoIt’s a fact the environment was sexist. Everything else is speculation unless their is some evidence that women’s complaints were the driving factor of a change in policy rather than, say, the infantilization of women or a sexist expectation that women would take exception to it.
- kortilla 2y agoIt’s a discussion about a sexist environment. Catch up
- RichardCA 2y agoVery sexist. Women were not only expected to never cuss, but also to pretend as if they had never even heard such awful words. https://youtu.be/Cq-If5vVvcc https://youtu.be/Cq-If5vVvcc
- mmooss 2y ago> societal expectations historically placed on women, they’ve typically had to be “the adult in the room.” I think it was the opposite; they were infantilzed and sensitive, considered liable to faint or have a bout of hysteria. They were to be protected. Swearing might upset a woman. Men had final authority over them in many cases. For example, often women couldn't get jobs without their husband's permission. Women were sometimes the source of a sensitive, compassionate, nurting viewpoint, a balance to the man's roughness. She might appeal to him, but it was his decision.
- carlosjobim 2y agoPeople had different values than you do in the past. They also have different values right now.