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ceol | 12 years ago
Did this ever say it was in their office? All it said was they were hula-hooping to some music and the response from the bench-full of male employees was embarrassing. If it were outdoors, it wouldn't be unusual.
Either way, in what world do you see something out of the ordinary — but not strange — happening at work and line up to gawk at it?
> It's unexpected that you think it necessarily implies sexual objectification.
It's certainly possible for a bench-full of 20-something programmers to sexually objectify someone. Julie was made to feel uncomfortable, and since she's the best eye witness to the event we've got, there's no reason to doubt her testimony.
Not everything needs to be picked apart. Sometimes, if a bunch of guys are gawking at women, that's what they're doing. You don't need to stick up for them.
brazzy|12 years ago
Yes, but that testifies only to her personal feelings at that moment, which are not the definitive measure stick for anything.
sockgrant|12 years ago
Congratulations, you've decided to not look at out of the ordinary things for fear of implications of sexual objectification.
But me -- if weird stuff happens in or outside of my office, I'm gonna watch.
> It's certainly possible for a bench-full of 20-something programmers to sexually objectify someone
My last comment said "I'm not saying it Wasn't sexual objectification,"
> Julie was made to feel uncomfortable, and since she's the best eye witness to the event we've got, there's no reason to doubt her testimony
The number of witnesses has no bearing on the truth, validity or bias of the statement given by one witness.
> You don't need to stick up for them
I'm not. I'm saying it's too early for those of you championing Julie to get your pitchforks out.