>> It was intended cover consensual flirting and recognise that plenty of partnerships start in
>> the office.
How does one know that flirting will be consensual until one starts? Its possible to be wrong. And even if it is consensual it may make others uncomfortable.
And why does it matter if a comment was made to be flirtatious or out and out rude? Are you saying that it depends why a sexist comment was made? And who or what is the arbiter of that? in any case, why does that matter to the witness who was made to feel uncomfortable?
>> plenty of partnerships start in the office.
"Would you like to go to dinner tonight?" is not likely to be considered sexist behaviour.
"You look really great in a tight t-shirt" is likely to be considered sexist behaviour and may reasonably cause offense.
There is no need to show sexist behaviour to start a relationship. Nor to continue one.
The rules about this in the office frequently go too far, but that said your place clearly didn't have much of a grasp on the matter.
Last edited by: No FM2R on Fri 11 Sep 15 at 12:55
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