“CASUAL SEXISM FRIDAYS.”

Jess Brooks
Genders, and other gendered things
1 min readAug 26, 2018

“We at BRO Corp., of course, take sexual harassment and women’s rights very seriously. This new policy is meant only as a community building and stress-relieving inducement for all employees, regardless of gender. . .

Chivalry. On Fridays, it will be expected that men will hold doors open for women regardless of convenience. Also, men are not allowed to enter or exit the elevator before a woman. In addition, female employees will not be allowed to lift anything more than five pounds in weight.”

Can we talk about that elevator thing? So annoying, why is it a thing? Someone once did it to me on an escalator; like, it wasn’t even a long escalator…

FB: I heart McSweeney’s “Casual Sexism Fridays is meant to offer temporary relief from the very strict harassment rules and guidelines that dictate current workplace behavior. By no means is it meant to demean you, ladies.”

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Jess Brooks
Genders, and other gendered things

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