I guess it depends on your definition of sexism. Reading these comments, and just general life experience, I believe different people have different definitions of what sexism is. Regardless of company policy or the law of your country.
Taking your definition of sexism I would say every interaction with a woman is a form of sexism. Everyone, at all times, tries to speak to another human being in a way that conveys a message. That manner of communication changes based on social norms. Which, as this article points out, currently seems to be differnt between the sexes.
Generally I believe people do try to "talk to their audience".
One example from my life: if I notice my colleagues have nice shoes, I point it out. If it was a female colleague, I probably wouldn't because of the risk of that social interaction "going wrong".
Someone could point out that complimenting someone on their footware is weird/wrong/shouldn't be done during working hours. If this is the case then I'm not talking sport or politics or local news or how you're kids are doing...
I think the article does a good job highlighting the downside of being hyper-aware of the social situation around a person trying to convey a message to another person, and how that could be labeled as inappropriate.
I guess it depends on your definition of sexism. Reading these comments, and just general life experience, I believe different people have different definitions of what sexism is. Regardless of company policy or the law of your country.
Taking your definition of sexism I would say every interaction with a woman is a form of sexism. Everyone, at all times, tries to speak to another human being in a way that conveys a message. That manner of communication changes based on social norms. Which, as this article points out, currently seems to be differnt between the sexes.
Generally I believe people do try to "talk to their audience".
One example from my life: if I notice my colleagues have nice shoes, I point it out. If it was a female colleague, I probably wouldn't because of the risk of that social interaction "going wrong".
Someone could point out that complimenting someone on their footware is weird/wrong/shouldn't be done during working hours. If this is the case then I'm not talking sport or politics or local news or how you're kids are doing...
I think the article does a good job highlighting the downside of being hyper-aware of the social situation around a person trying to convey a message to another person, and how that could be labeled as inappropriate.