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30-09-2016, 10:38 PM | #1 | |||
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Is it difficult to understand why woman in the workplace don't appreciate being called love, babe or honey..... there's a radio interview it's long but worth a listen, the male presenters can't seem to grasp the reasonings behind the research, it's quite amusing.
http://talkradio.co.uk/news/bird-dol...ace-1609304812
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30-09-2016, 10:44 PM | #2 | ||
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I can understand not liking "bird" and "honey" which can be sexist and patronising.
But "love", I get that quite a lot from older people. So in that respect it's kinda ageist. |
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30-09-2016, 10:48 PM | #3 | |||
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You moaned about being called love on DS
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30-09-2016, 10:48 PM | #4 | |||
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For what it's worth I call people darling, love, sweetie, babe and everything at work
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30-09-2016, 10:59 PM | #5 | |||
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Calm down Patsy Stone
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30-09-2016, 11:00 PM | #6 | |||
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I find any of those words to be really patronizing and awful, I don't like it from anyone though if it's friends/family/randomers/customers/etc.
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30-09-2016, 11:06 PM | #7 | |||
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I dont mind being called any of them
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30-09-2016, 11:13 PM | #8 | |||
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30-09-2016, 11:17 PM | #9 | ||
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Maybe it's a regional thing.In the north it's just the norm."cheers love","mind ya back love","ey up love","steady on love" etc etc
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30-09-2016, 11:19 PM | #10 | |||
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I get called love all the time round here and the vast majority of it comes from women.
Never once has it kept me awake at night. Might as well just stop talking to people full stop the way we are going. |
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30-09-2016, 11:23 PM | #11 | |||
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30-09-2016, 11:29 PM | #12 | |||
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30-09-2016, 11:36 PM | #13 | |||
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I does specify in the workplace, in general conversation I like it but at work I can see why there's a need to maintain professionalism and terms like that just don't really.
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30-09-2016, 11:41 PM | #14 | ||
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I think when these women get offended by day to day conversation they're just being abit hysterical tbh.I don't blame em though,It's not their fault i think it's just the hormones.
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30-09-2016, 11:48 PM | #15 | |||
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01-10-2016, 01:05 AM | #16 | ||
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01-10-2016, 02:52 AM | #17 | |||
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I get called love, darling, babe, hun, all kinds of things in work by colleagues and the customers and I don't find it offensive at all. It's not said in a bad natured way so I don see how it's offensive.
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01-10-2016, 05:22 AM | #18 | |||
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...I don't have time to listen to the article atm../I'll put it on my playlist and try to another time...but I think generally for me and like many other things, it depends on the context whether it be in the workplace or anywhere..'love' and 'sweetheart' and such the like can be used in an intentionally patronising/condescending way and then they may cause offense because that was the intention and the vein at the time...although I still wouldn't be offended as such but more just amused I think...but they're quite often used affectionately as well as terms of endearment, I think that most of us generally know which way they're meant...
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01-10-2016, 05:25 AM | #19 | |||
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01-10-2016, 05:26 AM | #20 | |||
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Quand il pleut, il pleut
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01-10-2016, 08:54 AM | #21 | ||
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01-10-2016, 12:34 PM | #22 | |||
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Nobody listened then? :/
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01-10-2016, 01:43 PM | #23 | |||
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Listened to what love? Just joshing. I'm listening to it now.
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01-10-2016, 02:56 PM | #24 | ||
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I find all of these little names irritating. Not necessarily offensive, but needless. It is a cross gender issue though, I get "love" or "darling" plenty from women . Also from men; "Pal", "Bud", "Buddy", the occasional "Champ", "Big Man" (always from short angry little fellows), "mate"... even one who routinely calls me "Boy" like something out of Oliver Twist.
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01-10-2016, 02:59 PM | #25 | |||
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I can guarantee you that if an attractive person calls you any of them the moaners would not care
what they dont like is people they dont like calling them that |
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