Head of Chartered Management Institute suggests "sports chat" be "curtailed" at work

[FnG]magnolia said:
Bear with me if you don't mind too much. Are these 'usual definitions', albeit ropey, post modernism fraud outcomes themselves, or is the fraud just post modernism? Sometimes I believe it is both, even if Jacques Derrida says otherwise.
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Derrida and the others also wanted to **** kids, I'd not pay too much attention to them mags.

The only really useful contribution to the world from any of them was as a side effect; guys feigning an interest in them as a means of picking up girls in college. (As Obama did with Foucault)
 
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Ann Francke, head of the Chartered Management Institute, said sports chat can exclude women and lead to more laddish behaviour.
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Sexist much?

Try excluding some women from a sports conversation in Newcastle and you'll get a punch and there are plenty of men who hate sport.

Way to perpetuate misogyny Ann, well done.
 
katie279 said:
You guys, can just be quiet - you're pinching our awards now:
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To be clear, none of what you're talking about is about feminism - some is just self-serving narcissism as you've all pointed out, some is toxic and dishonest practices of post-modernism, some is leftist ideology - but none of it is about helping women.

I'm perfectly happy in my career dominated by guys (tech) with them talking like guys, about guys topics.

Like this forum - have I ever felt 'excluded' because you all talk like blokes? Of course not, it's ridiculous. Because I've done blokey subjects (eg engineering), do I feel I was somehow blocked by other guys (don't be stupid, if anything it was the opposite)....

But start talking absolute tripe like the 'patriarchy' that there's not a single shred of credible evidence to it's existence and I get very irritated fast.....
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Based.
katie279 said:
Good lord, well without going through the whole of Derrida and co's nonsense, the usual definitions are ropey enough:
  1. there is no objective reality
  2. there is no scientific or historical truth (objective truth)
  3. science and technology (and even reason and logic) are not vehicles of human progress but suspect instruments of established power
  4. reason and logic are not universally valid
  5. there is no such thing as human nature (human behavior and psychology are socially determined or constructed)
  6. language does not refer to a reality outside itself
  7. there is no certain knowledge
  8. no general theory of the natural or social world can be valid or true (all are illegitimate “metanarratives”).
And you can see how all of these are being used to manipulate societal positions, scientific endeavour etc all over the place
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Giga based.
 
I know next to nothing about football. I couldn't even tell you the name of 10 players. I don't get it, I don't particularly care for it. However, in this country in particular (but others around the world) football and sports are a core element of society, and creates bonding and a sense of community. Admittedly it can cause rifts and fights but those are the exception to the rule I think.

Allowing people to bond and have commonality between them in the work environment is normal behaviour and absolutely should be encouraged. Whilst you go to the office for work we're also human and some inter-human interaction should be welcomed and encouraged, on the proviso that productivity doesn't decline nor singling out people or creating undue tension.
 
THe OP is a perfect example of why this Meme is so true..

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When blokes in an offive have to tone it down because it's not inclusive enough for women.. god help us all..

I don't even watch football much (national games only), and I don't care one bit on a Monday when the production staff are banging on about it left/right and centre.. I didn't care when I worked in a factory predominantly of women who are ten times worse talking about 'womens problems'..

Get a life, and get on with it..
 
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