The New Workplace

There are still a few men of a certain age in this universe who ooze chauvinism out of every pore of their bodies. They fling sexist remarks around like cigarette ash litter and pat female bums as if they owned them. Half of them don’t even know they’re doing anything amiss, and the other half do it to get a rise out of someone. And way more than half of both of those groups do these things to intimidate, perhaps subconsciously, perhaps not.

The workplaces these men can be found in seem to be isolated and traditionally male. Women have been making inroads into these bastions, and so gender attitudes have been changing in many fields. The problem in the workplace, as I see it, no longer lies mainly with blue or white collar workers, craftsmen or even the crassest of sports figures, but with those who work above the glass ceiling, those who are used to ruling their little fiefdoms: business owners, CEOs, doctors, pastors.

Laws, fortunately, have been changing. These men do get warnings, but unfortunately, many of them don’t get it until they’re sued. And yes, even churches are being sued for sexist practices.