Sexism - It's a Real Thing

Fru said:
That does seem odd for a sports outlet. Like you said, I could easily see this being a disclaimer for a movie studio or something (South Park comes to mind) where they put everything on the table for the sake of story, satire etc. But Barstool Sports? 
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Barstool Sports isn't politically correct and that's what makes them different. They make every prospective employee sign one of those, not like it's exclusively for women.

 
Barstool Sports is unapologetically sexist and need the legal cover to continue that way. It's really the owner and the whole culture there.

 
I have no clue what "Barstool Sports" is or have any desire to find out after seeing this discussion.  However, I can easily see a company having this policy signed by incoming employees if they know that their form of "entertainment" is going to be geared towards the raunchy side.

For instance, I would assume employees of Howard Stern sign something similar.

I actually don't have a problem with having people sign something like this.  I would assume many people who are more liberal socially would agree that Howard Stern has the freedom of speech to do what he does.....as long as everyone involved knows it going in.

The company needs to make new employees very aware of what the job entails before they are exposed to it.  Then, if the employee agrees and starts the job, they were warned.

I don't see specifically having someone sign this as evidence of sexism.  Now, you can say the show or entertainment itself is evidence....but the document....no.

 
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I think the gray area is when it's being bantered about in an office setting for a work outcome (i.e. Stern) or when it's being targeted at you or someone else specifically.  For most of us it's the ole' "you know pornography when you see it" but today there are far too many that fall on either side of that argument (those who would take advantage of unintentional comments to string somebody up and those who would use the opportunity to remain offensive in their commentary and behavior).

Not sure in their environment how anything could slide, the "locker room talk" line is bs and there is certainly no room for racism in their line of work.  

 
zoogs said:
Politics reporter for the Washington Examiner:


A tip: if you're in that scenario as one of the "friends", the proper response isn't to Billy Bush it. You should call out your buddy and apologize. And maybe wonder why you're buddies with a guy who gets a kick out of sexual assault.
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I think the easy response for most friends in that situation is to let it slide or joke along at the expense of starting an argument with a friend. It's a totally inappropriate reaction but I get it - laugh and blow it off rather than face the blatant assault/sexism that just occurred. 

I consider myself very fortunate that I've never been put in this position with my guy friends. It's just not a thing they/we do or have ever done. It's one of the biggest reasons I struggle to process how or why a man would do something like slap a woman's butt in public because it just doesn't make sense to me.

 
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NM11046 said:
Nice.  

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I've got an idea where to start ... how about some R's speak up?  This happened 6 months after Mr. Ailes was asked to step down.  Think it's a systemic problem there?


 
Sexism in the administration:


Of course, the Wall Street Journal is a platform for this tripe:


This pathetic argument from Mr. Corcoran should sound familiar to everyone:


With apologies for language ... 

I hope this is useful reading for people. If all we're exposed to is the original argument from people like Giles Cohen, without seeing the rebukes, we might mistake them for reasonable. They are not.
 
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