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In reply to the discussion: Thats what she said joke at work, sexual Harrasment?? [View all]True Dough
(26,807 posts)where I was the only man in a room with three female co-workers. The sorts of risque things they were saying would have made Madonna blush (the raunchy singer, not the virgin Mary). I wasn't the "target" of any of it and I did not file a complaint or protest. I feigned disgust, which made them laugh even more. And that was that.
If it was the reverse -- myself, two male co-workers and one female co-worker -- and the men were making off-color remarks, I probably would have been mindful of how our female colleague was reacting to what she was hearing. If she seemed put off by it, I would urge my male co-workers to show a little more respect.
That said, the same would apply if the conversation turned to nationality or ethnicity and some sort of stereotype was broached and it made a male colleague uncomfortable to hear it. I would speak up and ask the offending party to be more civil.