Female sexism: Why it sucks to work with too many men

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2015-09-22 00:24

Article here. Excerpt:

'As per a new study, covert and overt forms of sexism are equally damaging to working women.

Frequent sexist wisecracks, comments and office cultures, where women are ignored are just as damaging to women as single instances of sexual coercion and unwanted sexual attention, according to the study.

Norms, leadership, or policies, that reduce intense harmful experiences may lead managers to believe that they have solved the problem of maltreatment of women in the workplace, wrote the study authors.

They added that the more frequent, less intense, and often unchallenged gender harassment, sexist discrimination, sexist organizational climate and organizational tolerance for sexual harassment appeared at least as detrimental for women’s wellbeing. They should not be considered lesser forms of sexism.
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The authors further wrote that the results suggest that organizations should have zero tolerance for low intensity sexism, the same way they do for overt harassment. This will require teaching workers about the harmful nature of low intensity sexist events, not only for women, but also for the overall organizational climate.

The study appears in The Psychology of Women Quarterly (a SAGE Journal). ANI)'

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Of constantly telling men they're the problem? Especially through a (supposedly) scientific study? Isn't that its own form of sexism?

Perhaps women should learn to "man up" instead playing the delicate flower "harmed" by even the slightest "sexism."

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2015-09-22 13:23

Where I work there is a strict sexual harassment policy that says that pin up calendars and the like are not allowed. For the last year, a female employee has been bringing in an Abercrombie & Fitch bag with a topless male model on it, leaving it in the common break room. Only until just recently did she start bringing another bag instead.

Not that the bag really bothered me, but it is a stunning example of double standards. If a man brought in a bag with a female model on it, wearing only jeans and a bikini top, he would be told right away that it violates the policy.

In addition to this, the last three workplaces I've worked in all had female employees casually talking about genital mutilation of males. To the credit of the last place I worked, I complained when I heard such an occurrence and my bosses took the matter seriously. (I suppose it helped that they were male)

My point is this: where are all the articles about how the behaviour of some female employees negatively impacts male workers? I guess that would be too politically incorrect, wouldn't it?

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Submitted by xtrnl on Sat, 2015-09-26 03:27