Women in Tech

[SueEllen]

I actually have met 3 women who sued for sex discrimination but only one of them worked in IT. In 2 of their cases the sex discrimination was about about promotion. In the IT case the discrimination was aggressive.

While all the cases had girly calendars, emails with graphic images which you wouldn't send around now and sexist remarks that wasn't why the women went to court. They were use to working in an atmosphere like that and it was their lawyers and others outside their offices who pointed out those actions were sexist.

Funnily enough in the one case that was picked up by the papers that's what they focused on when the main issue was more like the Nurse in the recent RAF case.

[SueEllen]

This is why I stick with just "Get your tits out". It is far more PC.

Since most male senior managers don't tend to be fitness fanatics I suggest you don't say that in any office unless you want to be escorted out by security.

Picking on someone because they have man-boobs is harassment.