Word: manly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discussion of the man's obnoxious behavior continued, some of my friends' arguments started to sound familiar...
...would probably react differently to a coworker who was a woman if she asked me to get her coffee than I would to a man. And while I realize that is probably not a fair attitude, I still will not change my position...
...would explain myself--politely--to a man who asked me to get him coffee. And I would hope that if he actually were so backward to think it was part of a woman's job responsibilities towards the male population of the office, I would help to bring him into the modern world...
...that is exactly what the man in the elevator did. My friends thought the situation was too trivial to make an issue out of, but I have to disagree. Daily activities, encounters with strangers may not be life-changing events, but they form the bulk of a person's life. The personal is political, especially because the personal is all that most people have to work with...
STILL, I am not sure whether I think the man did the right thing. He walked out of the elevator embarrassed. We were embarrassed. Karen was offended. But he was polite, direct. He made his point and tried not to offend...