There are numerous things that one should avoid while at work - and apparently giggling when there's no joke to laugh at is one of them. I can easily see how obnoxious it would be - and if a person does it frequently I wouldn't see myself dying for them to work more in tandem with me.
Female bosses, too - not just men.
Very true - and likely they can cause problems, prevent promotion, etc - you'll just never hear of men filing a class action lawsuit.
I don't look at the workplace and see 'gentlemen, lady' I see 'good employee, bad employee' . . . I see it through gender-less eyes. Maybe the problem is that many people do look at it from a gender-perspective when they shouldn't.
I don't think his statement was out of hand - I think, maybe, it would give precident for them to revisit this case *by breaking it down smaller - maybe state by state* in teh future.
It is obvious by various opinions that they felt there was something *real* to the case - but the sheer size was a negative.
How they should have approached it: smaller cases - state by state - NOT the supreme court.
The most unprofessional person I work with is a male, and it's because he runs his mouth off... all the damn time. He never shuts up, and it's really annoying. He also has a knack for saying really uncomfortable things... Just today asked an Asian how much he knows about Japan, right after he was done asking a black MBA about drug use.... WTF.
I don't honestly think women have an uphill battle to fight their femininity so they can be "professional" and get job promotions... When women act masculine, they usually take **** too. Hillary Clinton is well know for that, and for being considered "dykey," making lesbian jokes, and some places made it an issue to sell Hillary nutcrackers.
Femininity isn't negative... nor is it antonymous for "professionalism."
How many grown women giggle for no reason? I don't work with any... My 10 year old niece doesn't even giggle uncontrollably. Some people do that when they are nervous, some say "umm" or "you know." People have little ticks about them, but when did anybody ever lose their job or get demoted because of giggling?
People lose their jobs for theft, fraud, being late, not being dependable, not showing up to work, etc... and that goes across gender and racial lines. Why are minorities paid less on average? Because they sag their pants in the workplace?
The way I see the issue is 1. there is nothing wrong with NOT being gender blind, seeing gender and race is ok, 2. being discriminatory based on race and gender is not ok. I am not afraid to see differences in people... but I don't struggle to not be racist or sexist either.
I don't expect people to act like ladies or gentlemen either... I really don't think it's possible to go work and ignore people are feminine and people are masculine. If I notice a male is feminine, I usually think he's gay... and that button doesn't switch off when I suddenly clock in. We can't ignore those traits, albeit, they are subjective to some degree. What is less subjective, however, is professionalism and you're basically claiming that women are inherently less professional because of our feminine behavior and I don't buy it. I have worked with gay men who are more feminine than a lot of women I know, and none of them stand out as being excessively unprofessional to me.