Timeline for Supervisor commenting on appearance. Inappropriate?
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| Feb 18, 2021 at 18:19 | history | edited | Lilienthal♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 21:58 | comment | added | Jo Bennet | There are two things that need to be pointed out: OP is younger and in very unfamiliar (new) surrounding. Boss is older and has been around for a long time. Boss has a lot of political power here in addition to being "boss". This is why age matters. Second factor is the gender. On average, men are stronger than women. When a man comments on a woman's appearance, there is an implicit expectation. When I'm in such situations, primal fear kicks in and a woman does not stand a chance in the "fight or flight" situation. This is why the age and gender matters. | |
| Dec 2, 2017 at 18:54 | comment | added | user1 |
@Lilienthal you're saying but when x, also y. So y wouldn't be there if it wasn't for x. x is gender and age. Why are you mentioning gender and age? why would it matter? If it was an older woman or a man the comment was more appropriate? IMO gender an age doesn't matter at all in this case.
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| Dec 2, 2017 at 12:20 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | @ClaudiuCreanga I don't see how I'm suggesting anything of the sort. The behaviour described in OP's scenario is not just demeaning but meets the typical legal/moral requirements to be considered sexist, that's all that I'm trying to say here. | |
| Dec 2, 2017 at 10:34 | comment | added | Gusdor | @ClaudiuCreanga Agree strongly. I'm a guy with long hair and I often receive inappropriate workplace comments about it from women. | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 14:34 | comment | added | user1 |
but when you add in the gender and age dynamics these types of comments aren't just boundary-crossing, they're also sexist. Everything is spot on, but this line is not ok. You're suggesting that if she was a guy then it wouldn't be sexist. Why is that? You can be sexist to other men just as well as black people can be racist towards other blacks. I really don't understand what you're implying. As a guy working in a mostly female office, I had my fair bit of sexist comments.
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| Nov 28, 2017 at 10:26 | history | edited | Lilienthal♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 28, 2017 at 7:48 | history | answered | Lilienthal♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |