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What's professional is defined by the context. It would not be professional to wear developer clothes or keep developer times as a bank executive. In neither c
by jamesaguilar 14y ago
What's professional is defined by the context. It would not be professional to wear developer clothes or keep developer times as a bank executive.
In neither context are sexual jokes considered professional. Actually, generally speaking you can be held personally liable for creating a hostile work environment if one of your colleagues if offended by your jokes and you keep making them (assuming you aren't fired for the behavior first). And in case you're hoping that eventually sexual jokes will be permitted, the arrow of history is pointing the opposite direction on that one. Workplace practices and laws used to be much more permissive of sexual conduct ("misconduct" as we would call it today) than they are now.
- white_devil 14y ago> What's professional is defined by the context. What's professional is just meaningless uptightery. What actually matters is getting shit done, and treating others well.
- jamesaguilar 14y agoTreating others well is typically thought of as a component of professionalism. How you "get shit done" is another component of it.
- white_devil 14y agoThe way you speak and the way you dress are also considered part of "professionalism". Those are the parts that I take issue with.
- jamesaguilar 14y agoI don't really get why you would bring your issues with that into a discussion about sexual jokes, but OK.
- white_devil 14y agoI don't really get why you'd draw this out all the way here, but OK. :p