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Great, let's turn people into puritan asexual blobs of political correctness. What a glorious goal!

by contergan 12y ago

stuaxo 12y ago
Some people meet each other at work.and go on to'romantic activity' I bet more so in the workaholic startup scene.
- axlprose 12y ago
  This is a key point. While I might disagree with the parent's phrasing of the issue, we are in a workforce that's increasingly 'workaholic' (as you said), prides itself on working late nights and weekends, yet we still hold all the same social pressures of finding mates -- at this rate, it's basically inevitable that at some point the main place to arrange these sorts of things will be the workplace. That doesn't mean literal harassment is ok by any stretch of the imagination of course, but we should really be mindful of how we're defining these social 'rules' in light of our changing social climate... To view it from a slightly different perspective, just look to Japan and their current problems with an increasingly disinterested/romantically-jaded population -- their entire culture is based around their work ethic, and now their population rates are dropping: http://theweek.com/article/index/254923/everything-you-need-to-know-about-japans-population-crisis http://theweek.com/article/index/254923/everything-you-need-...
  - vertex-four 12y ago
    Perhaps the solution is to not agree to the set of cultural rules that would keep you at work rather than doing other things you might want to be doing as well.
    - axlprose 12y ago
      That would be ideal, but trends don't seem to be heading in that direction currently, and no party is even acknowledging the very real possibility of these issues happening. It'll be a long time before we get to the basic-income/work-optional utopia that will probably be needed to fulfill the entirety of the world's population, and Japan-style workaholism/social issues already seem to be around the corner, so it's really about going with what's the most practical and/or quickest to implement in the meantime.
dkns 12y ago
How about we turn people into asexual blobs when it comes to business/work environment.
- psykovsky 12y ago
  Because sex doesn't sell...
dagurp 12y ago
It's not a big ask to require a minimum amount of professionalism.
- facepalm 12y ago
  Except that 20% of couples met at the work place. But I guess these days people could resort to online Dating instead.
  - dagurp 12y ago
    The blog post warns about "inappropriate sexual or romantic behavior" and parent equates that to becoming "puritan asexual blobs of political correctness". Everyone has the own idea where the line should be drawn but I think you can be professional and still find someone.

Great, let's turn people into puritan asexual blobs of political correctness. What a glorious goal!

stuaxo 12y ago

Some people meet each other at work.and go on to'romantic activity' I bet more so in the workaholic startup scene.

axlprose 12y ago
This is a key point. While I might disagree with the parent's phrasing of the issue, we are in a workforce that's increasingly 'workaholic' (as you said), prides itself on working late nights and weekends, yet we still hold all the same social pressures of finding mates -- at this rate, it's basically inevitable that at some point the main place to arrange these sorts of things will be the workplace. That doesn't mean literal harassment is ok by any stretch of the imagination of course, but we should really be mindful of how we're defining these social 'rules' in light of our changing social climate... To view it from a slightly different perspective, just look to Japan and their current problems with an increasingly disinterested/romantically-jaded population -- their entire culture is based around their work ethic, and now their population rates are dropping: http://theweek.com/article/index/254923/everything-you-need-to-know-about-japans-population-crisis http://theweek.com/article/index/254923/everything-you-need-...
- vertex-four 12y ago
  Perhaps the solution is to not agree to the set of cultural rules that would keep you at work rather than doing other things you might want to be doing as well.
  - axlprose 12y ago
    That would be ideal, but trends don't seem to be heading in that direction currently, and no party is even acknowledging the very real possibility of these issues happening. It'll be a long time before we get to the basic-income/work-optional utopia that will probably be needed to fulfill the entirety of the world's population, and Japan-style workaholism/social issues already seem to be around the corner, so it's really about going with what's the most practical and/or quickest to implement in the meantime.

dkns 12y ago

How about we turn people into asexual blobs when it comes to business/work environment.

psykovsky 12y ago
Because sex doesn't sell...

dagurp 12y ago

It's not a big ask to require a minimum amount of professionalism.

facepalm 12y ago
Except that 20% of couples met at the work place. But I guess these days people could resort to online Dating instead.
- dagurp 12y ago
  The blog post warns about "inappropriate sexual or romantic behavior" and parent equates that to becoming "puritan asexual blobs of political correctness". Everyone has the own idea where the line should be drawn but I think you can be professional and still find someone.