jamcmullan (01/25/83)
I am a woman. I dislike it very much when I go into a man's office and he has
"those pictures" up on the wall. There is at least one man here who has such
pictures on the wall. I feel that the office is not the place for sex and keep
wondering what such a man is thinking of the women at the office. Can I
maintain a professional relationship with such a man or is he going to wander
into my office after 6 and start making lewd suggestions? These feelings are
reinforced by several experiences where this (or something similar) has
happened. To be fair, men who don't have dirty pictures on the wall
have also made improper suggestions, "accidentally" brushed against me, etc.
I would object if my office-mate, woman or man, wanted to put up such
pictures (of either sex). Again, I don't think it's appropriate for the work-
place. I used to share an apartment with a woman who put up a collage of
playgirl centrefolds in the living room. This I just laughed off as her
creation, when I had guests over. I figured one's home (cottage/boat/etc) was
the appropriate place for this kind of thing, if you are going to do it.
I am a timid soul, so I don't say anything about the pictures in other
people's offices to them. The gigantic breasts remain in place. I did quietly
remove a poster of a woman in ragged undergarments from a workroom that was
shared by everyone. I did this late at night, to avoid arguments. No one
noticed for weeks & I have never heard any more of the scornful, superior
comments often made about the woman in the poster. Of course, it used to
serve the purpose of identifying the misogynists fairly quickly. Now I am
left in blissful ignorance.
--Judy McMullanwm (01/29/83)
Ok, we have established that dirty pictures hanging in work places DO bother some people. So, if you do hang said pictures, you will be bothering those people. If you don't care if you bother people, ok. Just don't wonder why certain people avoid you. Are people really that socially irresponsible? Wm Leler - UNC Chapel Hill