This week we’re linking to a story on another blog here about someone who confronted sexist (and otherwise insulting) remarks at her workplace. While people adopt different approaches to addressing sexist comments at work (or decide not to do so because their circumstances make it too risky), this story illustrates two lessons.
First, sexist remarks don’t go away when they are ignored—more likely, those making them feel emboldened, and the comments escalate. Second, people on the sidelines (in this case, also in management) often know that what’s happening is wrong, and when called on it, are willing to support women (and all) employees’ right to a workplace free of sexist comments.
We will be discussing more in a future post the issues involved in stopping sexist remarks in the workplace, so stay tuned.
Steve
