Mad Men era isn't dead: Half of female workers today believe they are sexually discriminated..

UK Daily Mail ^ | June 7, 2012 | Lucy Waterlow

[circlecity]

Half of all workers think their employer has treated them unfairly at some point or another. Life sucks like that. Man up and do your job.

[PATRIOT1876]

it seems to me all this was fixed by the end of the seventies.

It just keeps on going by Al Sharpton/Jessesesque pot-stirrers of the NOW variety.

“Keep looking for something that isn't there”
~Thoughts of the sowers of discord

[Navy Patriot]

Half of female workers today believe they are sexually discriminated against

Yeah, the ugly half...

[linn37]

We just had a real good man fired because one of out MOA’s complained about him. His crime, taking her picture (which she posed for) as a prank and and then texting her that he was her stalker. Dumb I know but the MOA was constantly cracking jokes at her coworkers expense and pulling pranks so he felt it was harmless. At first she laughed about it,then demanded an apology which he gave to her. After that he ignored her unless it had to do with questions about patient care.

Three months later she resigns for a better paying position and then informs the supervisor about the picture and he gets fired.

90% of my work environment is female and none of the women who he worked with daily had a problem with him or his comments but yet he was sent packing anyway. Having watched that BS go down I wonder how many males have been fired over crap like that.

[trailhkr1]

This SNL comedy skit explains sexual haarassment perfectly... if you are an ugly guy you will get turned in if you are a good looking guy well no...she likes the attention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBVuAGFcGKY

[SZonian]

You’ve never worked on a USAF flightline have you?

Better have rawhide for skin.

Oldschool mechanics would light you up if you screwed up. ;^)

[trailhkr1]

I have never, in my career, seen women slapped on the backside as a normal course of work.

One of my old summer jobs a guy would go up to women and start massaging their shoulders or backs. It does happen.

Women can touch men almost in almost any way, say almost anything - and no man dares return the treatment.

What red blooded male would turn down a woman's sexual advances unless she was hideous?

[discostu]

There’s a big chunk of people in this world who insist that everything bad that ever happens to them happens because they’re in Group X, women, minorities, fat, whatever group they’re in (and everybody is in at least one) that’s why the restaurant sucks and they didn’t get a raise.

Meanwhile the good part of the Mad Men era, scotch in the work place, is most definitely dead.

[PieterCasparzen]

On another related note, the legal risks this situation - as well as other similar situations - presents to small business are a major hindrance to job creation.

This is a structural problem that will not go away unless and until all the bogus laws surrounding discrimination at the State and Federal level are repealed.

[trailhkr1]

And the first time it becomes financially viable for them to accuse you of something, they will turn that buddy-buddy crap into a history of sexual harassment. Count on at least one of them.....plan on all.

Not worried about it. Several are very good friends and we are all equals job wise. No one has real offices..mostly cubicles. We always work in teams. SH claims has never happened as long as I have been there. Would never start anything with them anyway-have a GF and she would cut my nuts off if I did anything.

[Kirkwood]

The other half are getting me coffee.

[Hodar]

One of my old summer jobs a guy would go up to women and start massaging their shoulders or backs. It does happen.

Maybe in a Summer Job environment, but this stuff would not be tolerated in a professional environment. At a minimum your supervisor would pull you aside and give you a verbal warning to knock it off. And that is the absolute minimum. Maximum, you would be terminated immediately "for cause". The sexual harassment environment has made every company a target for overt, or implied sexual harassment that can be from a glance, to a comment, to physical contact.

It's best to think of women in the workplace as nothing more than office equipment, like a copy machine. If you want to talk, chat and socialize - seek out members of your same gender. Because all it takes is one person to be in the wrong mood - and your career is over. Yes, it's extortion ... govermentally sanctioned extortion. Anything you say, have said or may have ever implied, in any time or circumstances can be brought against you without warning, or cause - at any time.

Rule of thumb - if you value your job, don't socialize with your female co-workers. If you don't care about your job, do whatever you want to do.

[bmwcyle]

Treat each as a time bomb that could explode on you or have a knife in your back.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I now see no reason to make the rest of my life unpleasant by pretending that I can deal with women on a close-up basis, whether at work or romantically

Your exclusions are far too broad. It is only necessary to avoid women who have grown up watching American television and who have adopted its behavioral norms as their own.

[Buckeye McFrog]

More than 4-5 women in a group the subject matter turns to sex every time. Heard jokes and sexual subject matter from them that makes us men look like prudes/pikers.

Did a stint in retail management earlier in life, where the workforce was 85% female. I would almost daily walk in on lunchroom conversations which would have made Hugh Hefner blush. Also had to frequently quash cashiers at the front end having open discussions about their menstrual problems in front of customers.

[bmwcyle]

Careful, you might hurt their feelings.

[ßuddaßudd]

In my group, Im the only male of six employees and all are ESL people and not born here.
I like my job and work enviroment, but do feel discrimination at at times. . .

[CSM]

Good post.

[AlmaKing]

I know how it feels.

I’m surrounded by Chinese and Indians in cubicleland. Sometimes I can’t stand it.

[ladyjane]

LOL