Sen. Sinema’s spokesperson said it’s sexist to comment on a female politician’s “body language” or “physical demeanor” when HuffPost inquired about her thumbs down vote on min. wage. Okay. https://t.co/HT4ENmE6fP by @sara_bee— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) March 6, 2021
My office has made numerous changes in the wake of the movement to help women feel more comfortable.
Like what? An open office plan so that everyone can watch the sexual harassment as it goes down? An incrementing counter labeled "x days without an office rape"? Ooh! Maybe a pizza party for every month where no sexual harassment complaint is made to HR?
Does it make women just feel better about their exploitation or does it actually improve material conditions?
Any steps taken to recognise sexual harassment in the workplace are good steps. Anything is better than "sure it happens but that's just how it is".
Sure there's still a long way to go and we need to convince people that it's bad when Dems do it but it's way less accepted now and we've shown people that it is possible for harassers to suffer consequences.
Adding hamfisted training videos that only depict the most egregious behaviors and perpetuate harmful stereotypes don't help when they become a point of derision and the butt of jokes around the office. Doing just anything isn't helping so we really should be specific about what changes are made and what outcomes are measured. Pizza parties aren't going to fix pay parity.
Like what? An open office plan so that everyone can watch the sexual harassment as it goes down? An incrementing counter labeled "x days without an office rape"? Ooh! Maybe a pizza party for every month where no sexual harassment complaint is made to HR?
Does it make women just feel better about their exploitation or does it actually improve material conditions?
Bad take imo
Any steps taken to recognise sexual harassment in the workplace are good steps. Anything is better than "sure it happens but that's just how it is".
Sure there's still a long way to go and we need to convince people that it's bad when Dems do it but it's way less accepted now and we've shown people that it is possible for harassers to suffer consequences.
Adding hamfisted training videos that only depict the most egregious behaviors and perpetuate harmful stereotypes don't help when they become a point of derision and the butt of jokes around the office. Doing just anything isn't helping so we really should be specific about what changes are made and what outcomes are measured. Pizza parties aren't going to fix pay parity.