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adrienmundiI can't remember if I've already talked about this or not. I guess, if so, it's still on my mind, so here goes:
I've got a new manager at work (my old manager is now my manager's manager, but it's good). The new manager is nice, engaging, has a strong HR background, and seems to be willing and able to work with me and within the environment as it exists. Sounds great, right?
But every time I do something she thinks is good, or commendable, or something she hadn't thought of yet, she tells me what a "good man" I am. It's meant, I'm sure, in the best of all possible lights, but it's the blindness to even the possibility that that might not be the best phrasing, or at least slightly problematic (particularly given her HR background), that adds some impersonal head scratching to the very personal gut stabbing reaction. Of course there's no problem with referring to people who are obviously one of two sexes by that label; who could possibly take issue with that?
Um, well, I could...
I've got a new manager at work (my old manager is now my manager's manager, but it's good). The new manager is nice, engaging, has a strong HR background, and seems to be willing and able to work with me and within the environment as it exists. Sounds great, right?
But every time I do something she thinks is good, or commendable, or something she hadn't thought of yet, she tells me what a "good man" I am. It's meant, I'm sure, in the best of all possible lights, but it's the blindness to even the possibility that that might not be the best phrasing, or at least slightly problematic (particularly given her HR background), that adds some impersonal head scratching to the very personal gut stabbing reaction. Of course there's no problem with referring to people who are obviously one of two sexes by that label; who could possibly take issue with that?
Um, well, I could...
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Date: 2009-07-02 10:49 pm (UTC)