[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So you haven't listened to the broadcast or understood the point of the survey at all then?

It has nothing to do with what is said in the street.

Does that really matter? It's a daft thing for people to get upset over, at work or at home. It's a pattern of speech that has been used for generations by both male and females, not some sort of sexist slight. Any woman who takes issue with that at work seriously needs to get over herself.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Does that really matter? It's a daft thing for people to get upset over, at work or at home. It's a pattern of speech that has been used for generations by both male and females, not some sort of sexist slight. Any woman who takes issue with that at work seriously needs to get over herself.

Yet another commonsense and truthful post Jax.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So you haven't listened to the broadcast or understood the point of the survey at all then?

It has nothing to do with what is said in the street.

Yes, I did listen to it, AND understood what was meant to be the 'point' of the survey, but because I personally consider the survey point-less, I did not bother to comment directly upon it.

Instead, I gave my personal views on the subject - and judging by the number of responses on here to my personal views in comparison to the number of direct responses to the 'survey' broadcast, I would hazard a guess that no one else felt that there was any point to the survey either.

It is just so much piffle dreamt up by someone with nothing better to do for the delectation of similarly disposed people - to give them something to get excited about.

In my own personal opinion of course.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by jaxie

Does that really matter? It's a daft thing for people to get upset over, at work or at home. It's a pattern of speech that has been used for generations by both male and females, not some sort of sexist slight. Any woman who takes issue with that at work seriously needs to get over herself.

Yes it matters as it keeps the discussion in context, but I should be used to people flying off on tangents by now

[jaxie]

My own hubs calls everyone love in his husky south London accent and he doesn't have a sexist bone in his body. You can't be sexist and live with me for more than 20 years and trust me when I say that no one puts Jaxie in the corner.

[Ammi]

..I will say that I listened to the radio article a little earlier and it is worth a listen to get context..I did actually find it very interesting because there are a lot of people in the work place who don't know their colleagues that well so it's about how confidence in what they're doing can feel undermined as well and can have a real effect on them...and maybe it wouldn't also apply to many people but it is worth thought though...