[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

He said her picture was stunning he was paying her a compliment,nothing sexually suggestive or offensive in that.

She completely overreacted and punished this guy publicly...why ??

She is the one with the problem , man hating bitch so far up her own arse...

Because quite possibly as it is a professional site she wasn't to happy that he overlooked all her academic and work achievements and focused on her looks? as an introductory email on that particular site it was insulting, maybe he got the site confused with match.com

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Because quite possibly as it is a professional site she wasn't to happy that he overlooked all her academic and work achievements and focused on her looks? as an introductory email on that particular site it was insulting, maybe he got the site confused with match.com

I agree with that, not because I think it's a problem that he complimented her picture, but because that's ALL he did. If he had messaged her in the spirit of what the site is supposed to be about, to make that sort of contact, written a big message focusing on her professional expertise and with a good reason that they should be contacts, and then he had added at the bottom "Oh, by the way, great profile picture!"... Then I don't see why it should be a problem.

However, the fact that he quite clearly had no interest in messaging her other than to creep, is what makes it a problem. It's not Tinder.

[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Because quite possibly as it is a professional site she wasn't to happy that he overlooked all her academic and work achievements and focused on her looks? as an introductory email on that particular site it was insulting, maybe he got the site confused with match.com

Disagree.....Linkedin is still a social media website and as such there is room for a certain amount of informality. what he said was complimentary NOT sexist . she has taken a friendly remark and decided to attack this man publicly, label him a sexist a pervert etc..

This is an outrageous attack on this man's character over a friendly innocuous remark.

NOT many Solicitors will want to deal with this slightly deranged feminist after her strange reaction to this man's remark.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Disagree.....Linkedin is still a social media website and as such there is room for a certain amount of informality. what he said was complimentary NOT sexist . she has taken a friendly remark and decided to attack this man publicly, label him a sexist a pervert etc..

This is an outrageous attack on this man's character over a friendly innocuous remark.

NOT many Solicitors will want to deal with this slightly deranged feminist after her strange reaction to this man's remark.

Apparently it wasn't even based on her looks at all...

'He’s now delivered a statement on the subject, saying he meant the quality of her photo was ‘stunning’ rather than Proudman herself.
“My comment was aimed at the professional quality of the presentation on LinkedIn which was unfortunately misinterpreted,” he said.'

And if you believe that..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/wom...rent-this.html

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Apparently it wasn't even based on her looks at all...

'He’s now delivered a statement on the subject, saying he meant the quality of her photo was ‘stunning’ rather than Proudman herself.
“My comment was aimed at the professional quality of the presentation on LinkedIn which was unfortunately misinterpreted,” he said.'

And if you believe that..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/wom...rent-this.html

yeah right If that was true why did he say that he was being Politically incorrect? Idiot lol

[Josy]

27-year-old human rights lawyer

The told me everything I need to know.

[Kizzy]

• LinkedIn lawyers: Did this man's weak sexism really warrant perv-shaming?

Earlier this year she used the left-wing website Left Foot Forward to explain that she was a campaigner for feminism, not equality, because: “Men live and work in a brutal society, which is maintained through stratified social order based on ritual humiliation, gentleman’s clubs, fights, rites of passage, sexism, and banter.
“When women enter the male realm whether law, politics, or a construction site, they find themselves in a repugnant world in which their only means of survival is by undergoing a fundamental transformation leaving them with little opportunity to make any change.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ant-world.html

What do you know perv shaming is actually a thing The torygraph article backs up Charlottes view brilliantly.

Here is an article where fat shaming is discussed, something that is frowned upon even though nobody is ever specifically targeted, if that's so acceptable then why is 'perv shaming' so unacceptable?
Is it really that different... women singled out for their looks as opposed to what's between their ears.
Could it be that the usual victims of fat shaming are women and the the 'victims' of perv shaming men? (I appreciate it sometimes works the other way around)
Fat shamers can shout from the rooftops as it's now socially acceptable to be #bodyconfident, why can't perv shamers be afforded the same courtesy to be #brainconfident and reject the accepted social norm of being objectified if you don't have a face like a bag of spanners.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/wom...rent-this.html

[user104658]

His follow up messages, "Will you consider a threesome with me and my daughter" and "I want to blast that fringe off with my salty load"... Have yet to be explained.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

His follow up messages, "Will you consider a threesome with me and my daughter" and "I want to blast that fringe off with my salty load"... Have yet to be explained.

[Kizzy]

She said she was worried about the controversy damaging her career, calling the backlash she had experienced a “silencing mechanism”.

“It prevents people coming forward and reporting sexism and even sexual harassment,” she said.

Proudman was praised by Polly Sprenger, a barrister specialising in corporate and economic crime, who said: “It’s a brave and principled barrister who is prepared to put her personal position on the line to defend her opinion. It is not easy at the bar to take on a senior partner at a law firm who might have instructed you.

“The bar is a slow-moving aircraft carrier of a profession, and it is difficult to turn it around. She does everyone a favour by standing up to the kind of people who think that behaviour is acceptable.”

The barrister at the centre of a sexism storm after she objected to a solicitor’s “unacceptable and misogynist” comments on her LinkedIn profile says she has been overwhelmed by emails and tweets from other women reporting similar offensive behaviour in the workplace.

A report published by the bar council in July, examining the experience of self-employed female barristers, found that “experiences of inappropriate behaviour within the profession continue to exist”

“I think that too many men at the bar feel they are existing in a children’s playground,” one woman told the researchers. “They think they can say grossly disrespectful things because nobody is going to stop them and nothing is going to be said about it.”



http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...med-by-support

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

She said she was worried about the controversy damaging her career, calling the backlash she had experienced a “silencing mechanism”.

“It prevents people coming forward and reporting sexism and even sexual harassment,” she said.

Proudman was praised by Polly Sprenger, a barrister specialising in corporate and economic crime, who said: “It’s a brave and principled barrister who is prepared to put her personal position on the line to defend her opinion. It is not easy at the bar to take on a senior partner at a law firm who might have instructed you.

“The bar is a slow-moving aircraft carrier of a profession, and it is difficult to turn it around. She does everyone a favour by standing up to the kind of people who think that behaviour is acceptable.”

The barrister at the centre of a sexism storm after she objected to a solicitor’s “unacceptable and misogynist” comments on her LinkedIn profile says she has been overwhelmed by emails and tweets from other women reporting similar offensive behaviour in the workplace.

A report published by the bar council in July, examining the experience of self-employed female barristers, found that “experiences of inappropriate behaviour within the profession continue to exist”

“I think that too many men at the bar feel they are existing in a children’s playground,” one woman told the researchers. “They think they can say grossly disrespectful things because nobody is going to stop them and nothing is going to be said about it.”



http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...med-by-support

[the truth]

what a load of nonsense,, women are infinitely cruder in the work place but men are not so petty as to complain about every little thing

[JoshBB]

I don't think it is sexist but definitely stupid, she's a lawyer not a model..

[the truth]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

I don't think it is sexist but definitely stupid, she's a lawyer not a model..

so what?

[Crimson Dynamo]

if i were looking for someone in her field I would avoid her like the plague

I would be wanting a canny legal expert and not a priggish twit like she appears to be

[the truth]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

if i were looking for someone in her field I would avoid her like the plague

I would be wanting a canny legal expert and not a priggish twit like she appears to be

100% agree, shes actually damaging womens chances in the workplace...I would never in a million years employ such a petty attention sekeing prat as her....imagine everyone made that much fuss any time they got any compliment...get a life

[Crimson Dynamo]

her failing is she assumed intention with no evidence

and she is meant to be a lawyer?

what a joke