Judge rules that calling women "birds" is sexist

[Canada CA]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... rules.html

So, a women took legal action because her manager repeatedly referred to women as "birds". The judge ruled in her favor.

It's a minor issue, but one that serves to irritate me. This kind of thing happens all the time in my workplace - nobody, male or female, has an issue with it.

It's not sexist at all, in my opinion, and how anyone could believe that is beyond me. I would somewhat understand if he was using the words "hoes" or "bitches" (in a mean-spirited way), but even then I don't think it would be grounds for legal action.

[Cetacea]

What a quaint old duck

I’m sure whats good for the goose is good for the gander and at the end of the day it will hardly ruffle your feathers

[Bombadil]

What kind of a dick refers to women as 'birds' when he's been asked not to, and in the workplace as well. However the issues she faced seemed more than just the use of the word 'birds', sounds like this manager was just a dick.

[Forsher]

Sounds like an even more diabolical ending to this.

I swear, some of these Youtube outfits are really going all in. That's a 119 minute film with credits and all.

[Canada CA]

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

[Page]

It's not about the word the employer used but that he continued to use it when the worker expressed their discomfort. It's about disregarding respect.

This is the same thing with pronouns. No one in the history of ever has been fired or punished for accidentally misgendering a person once or twice, no one has been fired or punished for doing it multiple times as an honest mistake because they're used to using one pronoun and they haven't become accustomed to using the new one. Everyone who has been fired or punished for misgsndering has been doing it consciously and deliberately, and so it is with bird.

[Kumarinadu]

How could they do that to Frank Reynolds

[Zapato]

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

"Soy-fuelled"?

Infowars called, they want their gross misunderstanding of science back. Also, to sell you soy-based supplements.

[The Huskar Social Union]

What kind of a dick refers to women as 'birds' when he's been asked not to, and in the workplace as well. However the issues she faced seemed more than just the use of the word 'birds', sounds like this manager was just a dick.

Agreed.

How could they do that to Frank Reynolds

Frank Reynolds should have activated Beast mode.

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

Unironically saying this lmao

[South Reinkalistan]

can't we just take words on a case-by-case basis with regards to how offended certain people are by them? yes the boss was a cunt but i don't see how ruling "bird" off as a sexist term is a particularly good idea

[South Reinkalistan]

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

please vacate back to reddit

[Diahon]

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

k

[Canada CA]

Frank Reynolds should have activated Beast mode.

He would be unparalleled.

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

Unironically saying this lmao

Whats wrong with saying that?

Infowars called, they want their gross misunderstanding of science back.

Who's talking about science?

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

please vacate back to reddit

I don't use reddit.

[Vassenor]

Is someone upset that casual sexism isn't OK any more?

[Diahon]

that said, the context pretty much places the usage of "birds" as a word of disrespect, but sexist? let alone legally actionable?

preposterous

[The Alma Mater]

An expectedly soy-fuelled reaction from NSG. There isn't anything wrong with nicknames in the workplace.

You realise your meat is made from animals fed with soy, right ?

[Diahon]

Is someone upset that casual sexism isn't OK any more?

this is something that should've been resolved in the workplace as a mere anti-bullying measure, not its own category of sexist infractions

[Canada CA]

Is someone upset that casual sexism isn't OK any more?

It's not sexism.

[Zapato]

Infowars called, they want their gross misunderstanding of science back.

Who's talking about science?

You, when you are saying that soy has an impact on the responses given.

[Canada CA]

Who's talking about science?

You, when you are saying that soy has an impact on the responses given.

Guy, what...?

It's just a term. It doesn't have jack to do with science.

[Ethel mermania]

There is a lot more going on in this case than the birds thing.


The expected hours of a financial analyst in a commercial bank are a lot more than 40. Her illnesses make it difficult for her to do so. The judge ruled that the bank has to accommodate her. The extra hours by definition is usually accepted as a job requirement. Her co workers are not going to be happy with her shirking her load.

Since this is a British court I dont know how the laws work. That said I am curious if there will be a long term effect of this on the industry

[Canada CA]

There is a lot more going on in this case than the birds thing.


The expected hours of a financial analyst in a commercial bank are a lot more than 40. Her illnesses make it difficult for her to do so. The judge ruled that the bank has to accommodate her. The extra hours by definition is usually accepted as a job requirement. Her co workers are not going to be happy with her shirking her load.

Since this is a British court I dont know how the laws work. That said I am curious if there will be a long term effect of this on the industry

I don't really care about any of that, I'm just asking if people think a word sometimes used to refer to women is sexist.

[Zapato]

You, when you are saying that soy has an impact on the responses given.

Guy, what...?

It's just a term. It doesn't have jack to do with science.

So you're using a term you don't know what means.

That's... unsurprising.

[Vassenor]

Is someone upset that casual sexism isn't OK any more?

It's not sexism.

It's not sexism to denigrate women on the grounds of their sex? Huh. Next you'll be telling me it's not sexist to talk down to a woman and assume she is clueless about a subject purely by dint of being a woman.

[Heloin]

There is a lot more going on in this case than the birds thing.


The expected hours of a financial analyst in a commercial bank are a lot more than 40. Her illnesses make it difficult for her to do so. The judge ruled that the bank has to accommodate her. The extra hours by definition is usually accepted as a job requirement. Her co workers are not going to be happy with her shirking her load.

Since this is a British court I dont know how the laws work. That said I am curious if there will be a long term effect of this on the industry

I don't really care about any of that, I'm just asking if people think a word sometimes used to refer to women is sexist.

In the OP you explicitly pretend that this is a legal case about someone being called a bird.