Vaguely tangential...
On the weekend, I heard a story about a particular work do on International Womens Day.
The boss stood up and said a few words. His praise for women included "they do a lot for us blokes" and similar jaw-dropping comments.
Then at the end he wanted a photo of all the workers. "Men stand behind and girls go in front on your knees."
One lady simply refused to get in the photo. He then stood over her shouting at her "to get in the bloody photo".
Such progress.
Firstly, it's stupid that he said 'they do a lot for us blokes'. The ****? Don't both genders do a lot for each other?
Secondly, why would he tell them to get on their knees? Even if it's accidental, it's stupid and easy to avoid saying something like that.
I think that's probably generational. I think that younger men are much more inclined to treat women fairly in the work place and not feel the need to intimidate women into submission. I think that there is progress, however. Do you know if the boss was short? I've noticed in the past that shorter men tend to get angry and blame women for a lot of things.