Hmm. My thoughts ; I am totally in the geoff332 camp, and I think CJ is missing his point somewhat.
I am not sure why you are on a high horse here. Yes, women and men are different, but across the whole of the human species there are various genetic and environmental differences. Differences based purely on sex are not likely to be important in 99.9% of jobs.Originally Posted by CJ
People should only be criticised for doing a bad job when they ARE ACTUALLY doing a bad job, but to point out some irrelevant difference about them as a reason for them being unable to do the job is simply bigoted (and stupid when it turns out that YOU are wrong). As geoff says, if the assistant ref had been black and they had suggested that "black people do not know the offside rule" they would have had a much worse reaction that a simple suspension.
Not that I think they should have been sacked just for that comment (I dont see why we should expect tv commentators, mps or anyone else to be perfect when no one is), but it is very nearly gross misconduct (mild misconduct?) - as it makes their employer look very bad by association. (making their position untenable as DJ Mike suggests)
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