@groth said in The Work Thread:
I think being assigned tasks outside of your job description solely based on your gender is discrimination.
@ganymede said in The Work Thread:
I agree, but what I read was that such tasks fell to her because her boss didn't do what he was supposed to do. Still, yours is a fair reading in context.
I didn't read anything here for a few days so I apologize for the belated clarification.
These things can happen to anyone, but in my specific case I absolutely think sexism contributes to my boss's behavior. I don't often see this kind of stuff happen to my male colleagues, mostly because they don't cop blame and shame when things go wrong so there's no motivation to be sticking their neck out and ensuring that things outside of their strict job description are doing well.
@groth said in The Work Thread:
Only slightly related, another social theory that's popular in Scandinavia and I have not seen much in the anglosphere is master suppression techniques. They're a study of the ways women in the workplace are commonly socially punished and by being aware of them, you can try to counteract them.
Really interesting reading. I think most of these have happened to me or people I know, and I struggle with Withholding Information so goddamn much.
@ganymede said in The Work Thread:
I just won an award (thank you) for my extensive pro bono work, so I decided to hold a firm event for it. I got the food; I helped set up; I helped clean up; I helped put all the food away; and I did it because it was my party and I felt responsible for it. And I think that's a feeling that's sorely missed in Juniper's boss, and in a lot of leadership positions in a lot of workplaces.
This is an interesting side note to me, because I recently attended a retirement party for a male colleague. The event and the retirement gift were both arranged by female colleagues, one a climatologist with a PhD and decades of experience, and the other a project officer who is also very experienced. Both assumedly had more important things to be doing. The guy was only responsible for turning up and making a speech.
In my experience weaponized incompetence is usually the culprit, a technique that is employed in the workplace just as much as it is at home. "I don't know how to order catering / book a room / fold the laundry correctly, but Beth does!". But Beth didn't emerge from the womb with impeccable event planning skills, did she? It's just that you couldn't be bothered to learn.