Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ...
by katbyte on Friday July 12, 2013 @06:16PM
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>If your friends at work refuse to meet you away from work for your crucial sex talk, they may be uncomfortable with it too.
If someone is uncomfortable with something they should speak up. If someone says they are uncomfortable with something that should be respected (within reason).
Its not that hard when everyone just behaves as adults instead of spoiled sheltered children who cannot communicate with each other
Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ...
by roguecoder on Saturday July 13, 2013 @12:23AM
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I can't imagine why people wouldn't want to speak up so other people can judge whether or not their discomfort qualifies as "reasonable" eyeroll
Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ...
by katbyte on Sunday July 14, 2013 @09:27PM
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I only said that because you can't prevent all discomfort to everyone. Its not possible and there's a good chance fixing one persons discomfort will just make someone else uncomfortable, hence within reason.
And even so they should still speak up. Even if someone has some unreasonable discomfort (ie it makes me uncomfortable when you wear red) it may be so minor that it can easily be avoided. You couldn't expect people to not wear red, but if a co-worker said that to me i'd probably just try to not wear red.
Without communicating/talking about it, reasonable or not, there is absolutely no chance of the situation getting better.
If your friends at work refuse to meet you away from work for your crucial sex talk, they may be uncomfortable with it too. If your self-righteousness is because you feel put upon by not being able to say what you want when you want, I entirely lack sympathy.