
"10 Things Bad Bosses Say": Subtle misandry? You decide
Article here. To be fair, looks like it was first run in US News. However, they chose to re-run it, and I'm guessing the stock photo is Yahoo!'s idea: big mean old man raging at two helpless females. But it isn't just the photo that has my wicked, suspicious mind alerted to this cunning and subtle misandry. :) Note item #6: seems specifically targeted at male bosses. Well I can say I've had female supervisors say inappropriate things to me and fellow male employees; if this list-maker wanted the list to be gender-neutral, she could have worded item #6 a bit differently to cover both male and female bosses who cross this sort of line. But that'd be a bit too fair, wouldn't it? Excerpt:
'6. "That dress really flatters your figure." Commenting on employees' physical appearance -- particularly their bodies -- is a good way to make people uncomfortable (few people want to feel that their boss is assessing their attractiveness), as well as invite harassment complaints down the road.'
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