What I really meant was "Clearly you ain't never been one, else you wouldn't be callin' yerself a 'former southerner'.

I think you mean is you is or is you ain't.

and since I am a former Southerner

Yes, because me saying that I wish she had responded differently was also me saying that I think her boss was totally in the right.

Yeah, I get that it's pretty much an involuntary response. But I just wish she had managed to keep tears at bay (challenging though that might be), coolly and confidently responded to his harassment, and reported it later with a clear head.

I get what you are saying. I used to be a teacher and I one coworker that lost her shit during every faculty meeting. She literally wept once a week during a meeting that involved the entire school. Yes, things were super difficult at our school then but no one else cried weekly. It made an already unpleasant…

When someone cries in the middle of a meeting, the other people in the room are obliged to stop what they're doing, console the person, reassure them, and make sure they are incredibly delicate and sensitive to them as they go forward discussing this issue, if the meeting continues at all. It's incredibly selfish, and…

The CEO was totally out of line. But that's why I wish even more that she had managed to keep tears at bay, challenging though it might have been: being able to coolly and confidently respond to that kind of harassment, and report it later with a clear head, can be a powerful tool in her arsenal.

Agreed, but she said "unsafe", which is a serious word that should be reserved for situations when you have genuine concern for your safety (such as threats, stalking, bullying, etc). And hyperbole is a surefire way to have your whole argument negated.

I think he was referring to the fact that she said "unsafe," rather than "uncomfortable." I'm totally on her side in the sense that this sounds like a fucked up workplace, but I admit that I'd love some clarification on what her thought process might be that connected the sexist gawking at hula hooping to feelings of…

The boss was way out of line, for sure. I'm shocked that she worked there for more than two years, between the boss and the colleague. Either her employment options were seriously limited or she wasn't thinking of her own wellbeing.

Is it really and honestly your impression that "men are allowed to scream and lose their shit all the time"? I have never worked or studied in any environment where any person, regardless of sex, was given a free pass when it came to emotional outbursts.

Yeah, I tried to acknowledge that with my last paragraph. I'm hardly a stoic person: I cry at the trailers for movies, I cry during Hallmark commercials, I cry when I open Christmas presents. We shouldn't be robots! We should experience emotions!

It sounds as if this person has been the victim of some totally inexcusable behavior, but I too feel uncomfortable with descriptions of her emotional state. It feels as if they are included to increase my empathy for her and amplify the outrage over this situation, when the only truly relevant considerations are the…

I likewise get exasperated when I see someone scream or throw things.

I'm not going to defend the company, as I don't know them or their practices... But this kind of seems odd:

I totally understand why she would be emotionally affected by the boss talking to her that way, but I really, really have little patience for tears in an office setting. Every time I see a coworker cry because of something related to work—not a personal loss, difficulties at home, etc.—I have to consciously force…

Anti-vax people are assholes. There are a certain percentage of children who cannot get vaccinated because of allergies and various medical issues and thus rely on herd immunity to prevent contracting shit like the mumps and measles. Not only are the anti-vaxers putting their own kids' at risk, they're putting these…

Alec Baldwin is less sad if you imagine Jack Donaghy saying the things that come out of his mouth.

"I won't be in tomorrow, Lemon, I'm being subpoenaed by the Gay Department of Justice."

First of all, that's not true. Despite years and years and billions of dollars in research, we don't know how to make fat people permanently skinny (even with surgery), anymore than we know how to make skinny people fat permanently.