BadFish
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[Technology] Cat-calling
- Thread starter The Clamp
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sydney
tinky ****in winky
hmmmmm , pretty much this .......it's no wonder men are necking themselves at an alarming rate , me ...?? i'm too smart to open my gob , you can't get slagged off for thinking and besides if you get talking to a member of the fairer sex you can soon tell if her personality lends itself to a swift bj behind burger king's skip.....and there are plenty of dirty old tarts out there , believe me.........on the downside women can use this "sexually inappropriate" bollox as a means to an end .....sometimes with devastating results .
Statement of fact. The dress was doubtless designed that way, for women to wear because it made them feel good. Probably why she bought it.
N.B. That does not mean it is an invitation to grope, rape or make lewd comments (none of which appears to have been the case here).
Unacceptable. Unless said trousers were particularly tight, or he was walking around with a mammoth stiffy, it isn't true either, so clearly harassment. The opposite equivalent would be something like, " I love that dress - I love the way it clings to the mound of your c**t". That's a long, long way from what was said.
Exactly. If innocent remarks are called out as sexual harassment, how much harder it makes the battle against real sexual harassment (in the same way as inappropriate shouts of racism hinder the real fight against real racism).
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Westdene had it right. There was no reason, whatsoever, to refer to the colleagues curves or her figure. The dress was great, pretty, stylish etc. There is a line and the male colleague crossed it making the woman feel uncomfortable.
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Your opinion. Not mine.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Yes, the opinion of a woman, as opposed to a man.
How on earth do you think, you know how a woman thinks?
Not all women nor all men think the same. Blanket statements also do not help the real issues. You're giving fuel to the "it's all PC gone mad" morons.
I'm pretty sure that even my mum, who is totally feminist, left wing etc wouldn't think that the case mentioned was sexist. In fact I'm going to ask her.
The point being that the woman being commented on felt uncomfortable about it. Some of it comes down to common sense and how well you know the person you're commenting on. There's women in my office I know well enough to know if I could use a comment like that. If I don't know them well enough I wouldn't dream of commenting on their physical attributes. It's a workplace not a bar or a club.
As for the HR Director's comments to the CEO, it was a lesson in taking that sort of workplace behaviour seriously rather than being so dismissive.
Just for clarity following [MENTION=14365]Thunder Bolt[/MENTION] 's post - it wasn't the CEO that used the phrase, it was another male employee.
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
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I talk to women every day and don't feel the need to comment on their curves, breasts, backside, or what appendages I'd like to put in them.
I think 90% of the time women are spot on, blokes are absolute morons and make stupid comments because they think they're funny or flirtatious when in actual fact they're just plain insensitive or vulgar.
I think 90% of the time women are spot on, blokes are absolute morons and make stupid comments because they think they're funny or flirtatious when in actual fact they're just plain insensitive or vulgar.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
My apologies. Now edited, with credit to you.
Do you know what punishment was given to the offender?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I agree generalisations don't help. My post was specific to GT49.
I've been in the Navy, and heard every comment that can possibly come from men. I used to be really feisty, and tell some where to get off, others I ignored, because if you gave them the satisfaction of a retort, they did it all the more.
Unfortunately with senior rates, we just had to grin and bear it.
I think things have generally changed for the better, although now I'm older, it makes life a lot easier.
Sad times when a female employee feels it necessary to go to HR about such a remark, in my old fashioned and humble opinion.
Surely, if the 'victim' felt that strongly about it, she could have said so to her male colleague and left it at that.
Hardly the same comparing curves to dicks, I reckon! If the male had said tits or fanny, well, there would be a case to answer.
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I don't (I leave that sort of c r a p to remoaners who think they know what leavers think!
). However, I do know what your opinion is, and I disagree with it.
Meade's Ball
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I've never developed the ability to whistle in the traditional way. In its place I have a rather effectively bird whistle. If I were to be a more dimwitted chap and feel it is my right to shriek at females of their shape or shaggability my wolf-whistle would sound more like a twit two, which would likely indicate, unfortunately, that I am hung like an owl.
How did you meet your husband?
He was in a white van shouting lewd comments at me. We hit it off straight away!
Said no-one ever.
He was in a white van shouting lewd comments at me. We hit it off straight away!
Said no-one ever.
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General rule of thumb:
If she fancies you, you'll get away with saying absolutely anything in any situation.
If she doesn't fancy you, you're going to court.
I'm sure the ladies would agree with this rule?
*disclaimer: The above is a joke.
If she fancies you, you'll get away with saying absolutely anything in any situation.
If she doesn't fancy you, you're going to court.
I'm sure the ladies would agree with this rule?
*disclaimer: The above is a joke.
Male employee goes to HR and complains that a female colleague is making him feel uncomfortable and embarrassed, because her tight dress is blatantly sexual and unsuitable for the workplace.
How is a poor fellow meant to concentrate on the Laffer curve and figures on his spreadsheet when instead, he is really thinking about said female colleague and images of female curves and bedsheets are coming into his mind?
How is a poor fellow meant to concentrate on the Laffer curve and figures on his spreadsheet when instead, he is really thinking about said female colleague and images of female curves and bedsheets are coming into his mind?
Totally agree. On reading the original post I was expecting the comment to have extended to "your tits look great in it" or something similar.
And gets sacked.Male employee goes to HR and complains that a female colleague is making him feel uncomfortable and embarrassed, because her tight dress is blatantly sexual and unsuitable for the workplace.
How is a poor fellow meant to concentrate on the Laffer curve and figures on his spreadsheet when instead, he is really thinking about said female colleague and images of female curves and bedsheets are coming into his mind?