66% of Female Restaurant Workers Report Being Sexually Harassed by Managers

[Walter]

What happened to calling women broads anyway?

Broads, dames, gals, it's all the same to me, generic names for females.

 

[Twila]

Don't be so silly. The woman in the NY vid would clearly see them both as unacceptable so it's hardly a diversion...but please, do carry on. Unlike you, I don't see your rudeness as harassing in any way.

But did she see them ALL as harassing or was it just meant to show how much (unsolicited)chatter is directed to a woman who is merely walking down the street? Sometimes it's not the individual comment but adding them all up together that makes a bigger impact or a more harassing feel. New York may be a bit of an anomoly.


Here is a video of a girl (a little more dressed up) walking the streets of Aukland New Zealand doing the same thing as the girl in New York. Very very different

Catcall experiment in Auckland - YouTube

How is someone supposed to know if someone is hyper sensitive to certain comments. example: I tell a joke thinking I'm being funny, but the person I'm telling it to is hyper christian and feels offended. Is that harassment? How am I to know they're hyper christian and easily offended?

Some days I'm in a great mood and I'll talk to anyone who talks to me. Some days I'm too busy to stop and chat. Some days I'm just in a bad mood. On a bad day comments could cause me to be angry. Can I legitimately consider them harassment?

What happened to calling women broads anyway?

Times have changed.

I'm curious to know how the word broad came to be used to refer to women.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I'm curious to know how the word broad came to be used to refer to women.

It's a reference to the as. . . um, hips, dear.

 

[Cannuck]

But did she see them ALL as harassing or was it just meant to show how much (unsolicited)chatter is directed to a woman who is merely walking down the street? Sometimes it's not the individual comment but adding them all up together that makes a bigger impact or a more harassing feel.

I agree. Context is important. That's something most of these polls fail to bring up. If you simply ask people if they've been harassed it's hard to get a real picture of what is going on. You don't have to look any further than this forum where some people feel getting a few neg reps is harassing and others couldn't care less about the rep system. I used to work with a woman that couldn't quite grasp the concept of personal space. It bothered everybody but nobody considered it harassment. That might have been due to the fact she was a woman and/or she was not in a position of authority. Would simply changing the situation to a male or a manager make it harassment or would the intent have to change?

All I know is that when you water down the definition of something, the term becomes meaningless and it's a disservice to those that suffer from real harassment.

 

[taxslave]

SO what about the other 33%? Too ugly? Or do they like it?

 

[Twila]

It's a reference to the as. . . um, hips, dear.

oh...Rather unflattering..well I guess if you have no desire to have sexual relations with a woman it'd be ok to use this term...


And some men wonder why the only action they get is from their left or right hand...

 

[taxslave]

oh...Rather unflattering..well I guess if you have no desire to have sexual relations with a woman it'd be ok to use this term...


And some men wonder why the only action they get is from their left or right hand...

The only threesome some of them will ever get.