This week at work I had to sit through a 1 hour presentation on 'sexual harassment in the workplace'. It was really just a bit of common sense wrapped up in a load of male bashing crap.
Apparently all men are just leering, swearing, violent, macho idiots who only look at women as sex objects. Not a bad assessment I suppose. I've been called worse. It's pretty condescending to be told you shouldn't touch girls bottoms at work or make comments about their breasts. No matter how special they are. I mean is there anybody out there who thinks it is acceptable to go up your boss and wobble her breasts? If you can do this then you probably work in the porn industry.
I look at it the other way, if a little gay fella turned up at work and told me I had a cute botty I would put him straight. I'd say thanks for noticing but I'm not into all that gay stuff. It's just a load of arsing around isn't it?. I think I'd then go home and tell my wife that she's got a bit of competition, and she better stay top of her game.
I don't think I'd put in a formal complaint and activate my army of lawyers for compensation. But it seems that's what happens these days.
Don't get me wrong harassment can be devastating, but the type of nasty scheming people who do this are hardly going to watch a quick presentation and think 'I didn't know I couldn't do that' These people know exactly what they are doing and deserve to be punished. In the mean time all us normal people have to sit through crap powerpoint presentations and are then too scared to fart if there's a woman in the room.
3 comments:
"load of arsing around?" I like it!!!
Well said, my thought exactly of the same patronising brief.
If only I was a one legged, dyslexic, lesbian, black, single mum - things woould be different.
Too right! Fuck it, from now on, if a girl touches me('cept me bird of course), I'm gonna get a law suit goin on!!
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