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Feminists:" Air Conditioning Is Sexist!" (Seriously)

 
 
 
Indeed. Maybe men should start a campaign burning their ties. Dress codes are rather draconian for men as compared to women.
 
Toni said:
Arctish said:
Jolly_Penguin said:
Indeed. Maybe men should start a campaign burning their ties. Dress codes are rather draconian for men as compared to women.
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Or just follow the female dress code.

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Pretty sure he's not wearing a bra and he's definitely bare legged. The first is usually against female dress code; the second, it depends a little bit more where the place of business is located.
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I've never seen a 'dress code' that specified women need to wear bras.
 
Metaphor said:
Toni said:
Pretty sure he's not wearing a bra and he's definitely bare legged. The first is usually against female dress code; the second, it depends a little bit more where the place of business is located.
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I've never seen a 'dress code' that specified women need to wear bras.
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I worked for just such a place.

On another point someone made earlier, in the type of work setting that would require a man to wear a suit and tie, the women will also be required to wear suits. Sometimes there will even be a requirement of stockings and heels. This is not to say it is in any way worse than requiring men to wear ties... just that work dress codes are not a matter of one gender having is worse than another.

As to the air-conditioning question, as others have said - that is not a gender issue at all. And as someone who runs hot all the time, it is far easier for people to put on a sweater/jacket/coat than it is for others to appropriately take off layers of clothing at work.
 
RavenSky said:
Metaphor said:
Toni said:
Pretty sure he's not wearing a bra and he's definitely bare legged. The first is usually against female dress code; the second, it depends a little bit more where the place of business is located.
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I've never seen a 'dress code' that specified women need to wear bras.
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I worked for just such a place.

On another point someone made earlier, in the type of work setting that would require a man to wear a suit and tie, the women will also be required to wear suits. Sometimes there will even be a requirement of stockings and heels. This is not to say it is in any way worse than requiring men to wear ties... just that work dress codes are not a matter of one gender having is worse than another.

As to the air-conditioning question, as others have said - that is not a gender issue at all. And as someone who runs hot all the time, it is far easier for people to put on a sweater/jacket/coat than it is for others to appropriately take off layers of clothing at work.
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When people talk about dress codes, are they talking about formal dress codes, or informal ones?

My current office does not have a formal dress code policy, but even when I've worked in places that have one (e.g. at a call centre way back in the day) the code never got as personal as underwear, but rather something like "smart casual". I can believe though that a woman might be 'taken aside' for a quiet word if she were braless (unless she was an A-cup, because who could tell?!)

A few years ago I believed that women chose to wear bras for "support" and that it would be uncomfortable not to wear one, especially if you were endowed in that department.

I've educated myself out of that belief, because I know when female friends visit me at home or I visit them at home, the bra is ditched.

Women and men need to start a revolution. Or, rather, the ones at the top do. Male CEOs need to take their ties off and keep them off, and female CEOs should go braless and carefree (inasmuch as a CEO's life is carefree). Then they need to start wearing trackie dacks to work. Then the revolution will be complete.
 
RavenSky said:
Metaphor said:
Toni said:
Pretty sure he's not wearing a bra and he's definitely bare legged. The first is usually against female dress code; the second, it depends a little bit more where the place of business is located.
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I've never seen a 'dress code' that specified women need to wear bras.
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I worked for just such a place.

On another point someone made earlier, in the type of work setting that would require a man to wear a suit and tie, the women will also be required to wear suits. Sometimes there will even be a requirement of stockings and heels. This is not to say it is in any way worse than requiring men to wear ties... just that work dress codes are not a matter of one gender having is worse than another.

As to the air-conditioning question, as others have said - that is not a gender issue at all. And as someone who runs hot all the time, it is far easier for people to put on a sweater/jacket/coat than it is for others to appropriately take off layers of clothing at work.
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I’ve worked for places where that was explicitly stated. I’ve nevrt worked any place where that wasn’t understood to be the case.

I doubt any man would be particularly aware of the policy unless he was in a position where he needed to enforce it or was in HR. Few men actually wear bras and as far as I know, none are required to do so.
 
Half-Life said:
"In an Afghan village, terrorists throw acid on little girls’ faces, poison their water, and hurl grenades into their classrooms to stop them from going to school. In an American office, some women are a little chilly. For first world radical feminists, the latter issue takes precedence, especially in the scorching summer heat."

"Yesterday, Atlantic staff writer Taylor Lorenz tweeted that air-conditioning is “unhealthy, bad, miserable, and sexist,” bringing attention to a feminist movement against air-conditioning. That’s right, a miraculous wonder of technology that allows people to settle in sweltering climates is now “an engine of the patriarchy.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/c...first-world-feminists-air-conditioning-sexist

There are no words to explain stupidity of this magnitude. I thought the left was already too far gone, but now they have proven that they are even further gone.
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They obviously haven't gone through menopause yet.:rolleyes:
 
Other than sometimes having to wear particular colors when I was working in home health or public health, I've never once worked anywhere that had much of a dress code. In my last job before retirement, I wore nice jeans and knit tops, and flat shoes to work without any problems.

My husband never worked anywhere that had a dress code since he was in his twenties. Most of the places where he worked, regardless if it was in IT or engineering had no formal drsesscode. They all just said to wear casual business, which to him meant casual slacks and a tailored shirt. And they also had casual Fridays, which meant jeans and t shirts were okay. It was the same in my office jobs when I worked in QA.

When my husband's last company shut down, he went on an interview wearing a sports coat, casual slacks and a tie. I told him not to dress up that much. Guess what? The young guy who interviewed him was wearing jeans and a t shirt. Needless to say he didn't get the job. Of course, ageism probably had a lot to do with it, since he was very qualified for the job, but still, he should have listened to me and simply wore the slacks and a tailored shirt, and ditched the tie ands sports coat.

I'm glad I never had to deal with worrying about what I wore to work. That sounds like an burden. As long as I looked well groomed, I could wear whatever I liked. I don't think my son who is a programmer/developer subcontractor for the DOD has ever had to dress up for work. I doubt he even owns a suit or tie.
 
the idea being put forward that AC is sexist against women is a perfect example Ageism... Women that have reached menopause tend to suffer from hot flashes and generally feel warmer than others. These UnWoke UnEvolved people putting this forward seem to think women of a certain age have no business in the workplace? Because older women don't fit their little narrow narrative? @GetWoke @DoItBetter
 
Metaphor said:
zorq said:
Half-Life said:
"In an Afghan village, terrorists throw acid on little girls’ faces, poison their water, and hurl grenades into their classrooms to stop them from going to school. In an American office, some women are a little chilly. For first world radical feminists, the latter issue takes precedence, especially in the scorching summer heat."

"Yesterday, Atlantic staff writer Taylor Lorenz tweeted that air-conditioning is “unhealthy, bad, miserable, and sexist,” bringing attention to a feminist movement against air-conditioning. That’s right, a miraculous wonder of technology that allows people to settle in sweltering climates is now “an engine of the patriarchy.”
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/c...first-world-feminists-air-conditioning-sexist

There are no words to explain stupidity of this magnitude. I thought the left was already too far gone, but now they have proven that they are even further gone.
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So ONE person calls air-conditioning "sexist" and that proves "the left [is] too far gone"? :rolleyes:

It's almost like you don't even care to learn how logic or reason work.
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This isn't the first article I've read about the subject, from both establishment media as well as feminist 'blogs'.

There is a real, biological, 'temperature' gap between men and women. Elvis famously had Graceland set to one temperature year long (freezing). It's the reason there are 'dual temperature' zone quilts for (presumably) heterosexual couples. And, of course, there is enough overlap that everyone can name counterexamples.

But, as far as I can see, and Toni has already said this, given the requirements of the business world, which has a dress code for men that is less flexible in terms of temperature variation, the cold complainers need to shut up and put on a jumper, and STOP WEARING SLEEVELESS TOPS TO WORK AND THEN SHIVERING.

I have one option to look professional: a suit and tie. I can't wear short sleeves. I can't wear shorts. I can't do anything to adjust what I'm wearing to suit the office temperature. But women can.

And they should.
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This is so outdated and incorrect. Most business environments barring 'maybe' the law firms (and even then only when appearing in court) do NOT REQUIRE MEN TO WEAR A SUIT AND TIE.
 
Why the fuck SHOULD we? We don't LIVE in Iraq. You on the other hand seem to want to MODEL IRAQ. Seems to me if feminism bothers you so much, YOU SHOULD MOVE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
Half-Life said:
Koyaanisqatsi said:
Half-Life said:
Nobody even mentioned the fact that these women are complaining about the AC while in other countries little girls are killed for trying to go to school.
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Just as nobody even mentioned that while YOU were typing that sentence over a hundred people were murdered on this planet! YOU MURDERING BASTARD! HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU ALLOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO BE MURDERED WHILE YOU JUST SAT THERE TYPING!!!?????

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I don't sit here complaining about how women have it so terribly in America while simultaneously refusing to name a better country to move to.

If all feminists went to Iraq, then came back to the U.S., feminism would be dead in America.
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What's so ironic about this entire thread is that in MOST office business settings (typical office buildings), the TENANT does not even control the air temperature, the Landlord does. And even then it's not balanced. Often outside or window desks are warmer than interior and enclosed offices without a return vent (the one that PULLS HEAT) and a supply will be very warm.
 
Playball40 said:
Metaphor said:
This isn't the first article I've read about the subject, from both establishment media as well as feminist 'blogs'.

There is a real, biological, 'temperature' gap between men and women. Elvis famously had Graceland set to one temperature year long (freezing). It's the reason there are 'dual temperature' zone quilts for (presumably) heterosexual couples. And, of course, there is enough overlap that everyone can name counterexamples.

But, as far as I can see, and Toni has already said this, given the requirements of the business world, which has a dress code for men that is less flexible in terms of temperature variation, the cold complainers need to shut up and put on a jumper, and STOP WEARING SLEEVELESS TOPS TO WORK AND THEN SHIVERING.

I have one option to look professional: a suit and tie. I can't wear short sleeves. I can't wear shorts. I can't do anything to adjust what I'm wearing to suit the office temperature. But women can.

And they should.
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This is so outdated and incorrect. Most business environments barring 'maybe' the law firms (and even then only when appearing in court) do NOT REQUIRE MEN TO WEAR A SUIT AND TIE.
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Okay, you obviously know my work environment better than I do.
 
Metaphor said:
Playball40 said:
Metaphor said:
This isn't the first article I've read about the subject, from both establishment media as well as feminist 'blogs'.

There is a real, biological, 'temperature' gap between men and women. Elvis famously had Graceland set to one temperature year long (freezing). It's the reason there are 'dual temperature' zone quilts for (presumably) heterosexual couples. And, of course, there is enough overlap that everyone can name counterexamples.

But, as far as I can see, and Toni has already said this, given the requirements of the business world, which has a dress code for men that is less flexible in terms of temperature variation, the cold complainers need to shut up and put on a jumper, and STOP WEARING SLEEVELESS TOPS TO WORK AND THEN SHIVERING.

I have one option to look professional: a suit and tie. I can't wear short sleeves. I can't wear shorts. I can't do anything to adjust what I'm wearing to suit the office temperature. But women can.

And they should.
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This is so outdated and incorrect. Most business environments barring 'maybe' the law firms (and even then only when appearing in court) do NOT REQUIRE MEN TO WEAR A SUIT AND TIE.
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Okay, you obviously know my work environment better than I do.
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YOUR work environment is not indicative of the average work environment today
 
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