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    OK - I put up a local stripclub's calendar in my office every year. Nothing too risque - no nudity or anything. Sorta Sports Illustrated style. Actually it's pretty PG by most peoples standards. Although I work for a really big company, my office area is off in a little alcove area, and we don't get any foot traffic other than people in our own group. Usually.

    The calendar hangs in my office in such a way that you have to step into my office to see it - you can't see it from the doorway. Apparently when I stepped away from my office a high level manager wandered in to use my phone. He had no idea whose office it was (my name is on the door, but he never looked at it). According to a nearby office dweller, this guy saw the calendar and went ballistic - how it was politically incorrect, zero tolerance for "smut", yadda yadda yadda. When he finally asked whose office it was, it stopped him dead in his tracks. Oh....wait.....it's a WOMAN'S office? Uh huh. His whole demeanor changed. He said that as long as I was a woman, it would be OK. He just shook his head a bit and left.

    Now on the one hand, I was totally relieved. But then it dawned on me that that is blatant reverse discrimination, and I got more than a little pissed off. Why is ok for me to have this calendar, but not a guy? Or am I looking at this thing completely wrong? Am I missing something?

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    I understand what you're saying....it is either wrong or it isn't. From his perspective, originally thinking it was a guys office, he thought this would be offensive to other female employees and probably feared the retaliation of all of the women. Once he found out that it was a woman's office, he thought ok, well she isn't offended by it..so maybe its ok. Realistically, the calendar is either offensive or not. Regardless of who's office it is, it should come down to company policy. If he was smart, he would tell you to take it down and that it isn't appropriate at work. I think you should buy a calendar of hot guys and hang it up in some guys office and see if thats "acceptable"...lol

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    Just way,this guy will be hitting on you real soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lopaw View Post
    Now on the one hand, I was totally relieved. But then it dawned on me that that is blatant reverse discrimination, and I got more than a little pissed off. Why is ok for me to have this calendar, but not a guy? Or am I looking at this thing completely wrong? Am I missing something?
    No, you are not missing anything lopaw. I'm glad he let you off the hook but it definitely strikes me as reverse discrimination too. There are some corporate "PC police" with some pretty intense ideas about what constitutes a hostile work environment nowadays. For my money I don't think the sex or the sexual orientation of the person decorating his or her office should enter in to the decision making process. It sounds to me like the calender is pretty harmless but there are plenty of companies that won't allow the SI Swimsuit Calender on the walls either.

    I'm glad that I'm self employed and my office is basically in my car. Aside form all of those strip club VIP passes stuck up under the sun visor I'm in the clear on the sexual harassment front!
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    The reason he shook his head and just left is because if a man put a calendar like that up in his office, women in the office could go fucking insane and start a damn lawsuit over it.

    But if he tells you (a woman) to take it down, then he's going to look like the asshole and since he has a penis, he could even open himself up to a sexual harassment suit.

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    This sounds like the manager is someone with a partial understanding of the concept of sexual harassment law. People who understand a little, but not enough, about a subject are always problems.

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    That's actually kind of a complex situtation from an "oh shit we could get sued" perspective.

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    No, lopaw, you're not missing anything. IMO, the manager in question probably never ran across this situation before. No doubt, he was too dumbfounded to do anything, but beat a hasty retreat. (Maybe he has made occasional visits to the Wild Goose, you think??? )
    I could tell you some stories about my employers' zeal for taking nudie pics out of well know hidden alcoves.
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    Yeah, he probably should have asked you to take it down, even if it's just to remain consistent in the rules for both men and women.
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    I bet if it was a gay man & he had a fireman calender up they would have asked to take it down so being a lesbian has its perks...

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarvelGirl View Post
    But if he tells you (a woman) to take it down, then he's going to look like the asshole and since he has a penis, he could even open himself up to a sexual harassment suit.
    I agree with the 'looking like an asshole part', but you lost me on the rest of it. If I'm the one putting up possibly offensive material, how could he be liable for a sexual harrassment lawsuit? From ME? The woman hanging up naughty calendars???


    Quote Originally Posted by minnow View Post
    No, lopaw, you're not missing anything. IMO, the manager in question probably never ran across this situation before. No doubt, he was too dumbfounded to do anything, but beat a hasty retreat. (Maybe he has made occasional visits to the Wild Goose, you think??? )
    I could tell you some stories about my employers' zeal for taking nudie pics out of well know hidden alcoves.
    Heh heh how did you know that it was indeed a Wild Goose calendar, minnow ?

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    I'm not sure what to do now about this silly calendar. All of my co-workers are male, and of course they don't want me to take it down, but I agree with many of you that if that manager had any balls at all he would have insisted that it come down, and not created a double standard in the office.

    I know I should just take it down, but........dammit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lopaw View Post
    I agree with the 'looking like an asshole part', but you lost me on the rest of it. If I'm the one putting up possibly offensive material, how could he be liable for a sexual harrassment lawsuit? From ME? The woman hanging up naughty calendars???

    Heh heh how did you know that it was indeed a Wild Goose calendar, minnow ?

    Someone decides to be offended. He, the supervisor didn’t force you to take the calendar down; therefore the company is guilty of harassment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lopaw View Post
    I agree with the 'looking like an asshole part', but you lost me on the rest of it. If I'm the one putting up possibly offensive material, how could he be liable for a sexual harrassment lawsuit? From ME? The woman hanging up naughty calendars???
    My husband was in management. We went through four months of hell because one of his employees showed up for her customer service job wearing a sheer shirt with no bra. He asked her to come into his office and said "Go home right now and change your shirt." She stomped out of his office without a word and went home to file a complaint against him. He was nearly fired.

    Shit like that is why many male managers are now afraid of being the victims of ridiculous lawsuits. This is the world we live in.

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