Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
27 January 2011
18:3790431But doesn't that only apply Kath if they are directed at someone rather than "boy-banter" between two blokes, who inadvertantly had left their mikes on ?
Silly comments about tucking in his shirt, are just that - silly comments.
Roger
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
27 January 2011
20:0490457There's nothing wrong with banter - as you say, if not directed at someone in particular or about someone in particular.
Good natured teasing may be misunderstood sometimes too.
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
27 January 2011
20:0890459Banter is great and makes a day nicer. Crude remarks made to keep people in their place are not banter. Remember the programme years ago about Quentin Crisp? The Naked Civil Servant? Those thugs bashing him and tormenting him probably thought they were teasing, and the fact that it went unchallenged clearly allowed them to think it was ok. Their behaviour is directly related to the "banter" and "teasing" we sometimes condone as "harmless". I really do think a joke is a good thing, and freedom of speech is vital. But those principles do not mean we should allow harmful behaviour to masquerade as fun and not challenge it.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
27 January 2011
20:0890460The shirt tucking in comment was silly if the woman was a close friend if not it was rather insulting. Just because you work with someone occasionally it does not mean you can make sexual comments.
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