New EU law

[john_x]

a new law coming in this saturday states that having pictures of females on the wall in the work place is now a form of sexual harrasment,
what are your views on this?

are females taking it all to far,, after all i garage where the work force is 100% male having a few posters up on the wall is only normal,,
or does this thing scare females to the point where they would need this type of law

 

[HateOnMe]

What a crazy world, sooner or later men will be forced to have surgical operations to remove the penis to be fair. "If we don't have something extra downstairs then its not fair, its gotta go"
-Some crazy bi tch

But seriously thats pretty stupid, no pictures? I can't see whats the problem.

 

[spider_007]

it's not profesional

 

[john_x]

Originally posted by spider_007
it's not profesional

but in what sector?>
office work yes,, it not be profesional,, but a lot of industrys differ from one another,
and weather its profesional or not is not the point, read the question

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Hmmm,..

So all of the car mechanics in the EU are closing up shop now are they?

 

[john_x]

wouldt say so,,thinkt hey will just taking them down if a female ask's them to,yet again your missing the point

WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THIS? DOES ANYONE HERE THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE SORTED OUT? OR JUST ANOTHER SILLY LAW BEING PASSED WITH NO SOILID GROUND TO BACK IT UP

thanxs

 

[spider_007]

Originally posted by john_x
but in what sector?>
office work yes,, it not be profesional,, but a lot of industrys differ from one another,
and weather its profesional or not is not the point, read the question

In almost all sectors you have customers walking through the place from time to time. I work in a machine shop with 30 guys (no woman) and guys who want to have that stuff around place it on their toolbox cover or in secluded areas where it won't be so obvius when the customers come (even tho 98% of our customers are men) If the place doesn't have any women in it, or going through it do you think people would actually folow the law (NOPE)

it is a stupid law (to a point). Some people (who have no respect for women) would put the pictures and calendars all over the place (no metter what kind of buisness it is).

 

[john_x]

valid point

 

[Joe The Homophobe]

guys check out this article

The Dawn of the Feminist Police State
We either stop the feminists now or there is no telling what horrors the future holds for us.

 

[MVPlaya]

Which European country is this in? People can't pass EU laws like this, its not under EU jurisdiction.

 

[aftershock]

Originally posted by MVPlaya
Which European country is this in? People can't pass EU laws like this, its not under EU jurisdiction.

You know nothing about the EU, obviously...

Edit: Anyone got a link to news stories or the text of this? I'm curious.

And there is no such thing as an EU "law" in the strictest sense either.

 

[DrMetallica]

How does the EU enforce laws?

And what about the new EU countries, does this law apply to them as well? Because I don't think many Polish or Maltese will care.

 

[HateOnMe]

haha omg

They even want to start makin men pee sitting down in Germany.
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/18/wpinkl18.xml

Theres a small resistance tryin to fight it.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/03/31/german.toilets/

 

[john_x]

Hey, stand-peeing is not allowed here and will be punished with fines, so if you don't want any trouble, you'd best sit down,"


LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

[Joe The Homophobe]

I think I might make a trip to germany, go take a leak standing up and when I get the fine I will tell somebody to shuve it where the sun don't shine

 

[Wyldfire]

Originally posted by john_x
a new law coming in this saturday states that having pictures of females on the wall in the work place is now a form of sexual harrasment,
what are your views on this?

are females taking it all to far,, after all i garage where the work force is 100% male having a few posters up on the wall is only normal,,
or does this thing scare females to the point where they would need this type of law

What kind of pictures are they? I'll have to go do some searching and see if I can find a link about the law. Honestly...if you're going to make posts about things like this you should really include a link about it.

 

[john_x]

Re: Re: New EU law

Originally posted by Wyldfire
What kind of pictures are they? I'll have to go do some searching and see if I can find a link about the law. Honestly...if you're going to make posts about things like this you should really include a link about it.

aiii i know, seen it on a tv talk show,, any info you can find on it be great,,

can u share your view on this if you may>?<

if you went into a garage say to have your car fixed and there where pictures and calenders of females plasterd all over the place, would you find this offensive? or even worse could this kind of thing make you nervous?

 

[Wyldfire]

Re: Re: Re: New EU law

Originally posted by john_x
aiii i know, seen it on a tv talk show,, any info you can find on it be great,,

can u share your view on this if you may>?<

if you went into a garage say to have your car fixed and there where pictures and calenders of females plasterd all over the place, would you find this offensive? or even worse could this kind of thing make you nervous?

If I went into any business and saw porno posters of women all over the place I'd likely take my business elsewhere. I have this philosophy about places that don't even attempt to appear professional...they most likely aren't. If they plaster those kinds of posters all over the wall of their business I'm going to view them as a business that would likely assume that I would be an easy target to rip off just for being female. Also, if the business is THAT preoccupied with looking at porn then I'd be a bit concerned about how much of my "labor" charge was spent ogling naked women on the wall rather than working on my vehicle.

I'm not saying that view would be accurate...just that it would be my first impression.

 

[john_x]

Re: Re: Re: Re: New EU law

Originally posted by Wyldfire
If I went into any business and saw porno posters of women all over the place I'd likely take my business elsewhere. I have this philosophy about places that don't even attempt to appear professional...they most likely aren't. If they plaster those kinds of posters all over the wall of their business I'm going to view them as a business that would likely assume that I would be an easy target to rip off just for being female. Also, if the business is THAT preoccupied with looking at porn then I'd be a bit concerned about how much of my "labor" charge was spent ogling naked women on the wall rather than working on my vehicle.

I'm not saying that view would be accurate...just that it would be my first impression.

make's sense.
i used to work in a garage some time ago,, on the back wall that was out of view to the general puplic(unless they walked right to the back of the garage) was covered in calanders.
funny thing is no one ever realy looked at them,, and the page's from month to month where never changed,, was just a collection of free calanders that you get once a year in the news paper that had buildt up over many years.
and all the staff where very professinal. they where more interested in making money than looking at that wall.

i think it goes both way's. some times it may be an insucure women that walks into a garage, see's these pictures hanging about,, gets the first inpression you had but takes it a lot futher in her mind.

and other times the garage my be full of middle aged men with no love life and are all in desperate need of sex,surrounded by pictures day in day out and just see females as objects etc,

but to see the pictures them selves as harrasment,, i think is a step to far

the funny thing is,,there is no law or concern about the news papers that sell these posters , or have a daily slot in the paper for pictures of half naked females, but then again they are not in your face,,whats next tho? a form of sexual harrasment for a women to walk in a shop and see porn mags on the top shelf,, because there is a man stood behind the shop counter

 

[Wyldfire]

john...I would guess that the law, as it relates to sexual harassment is likely more geared towards places where there are women employed.

Would you feel comfortable in a job where there were pictures of naked men everywhere? Or worse yet, pictures of two naked men touching each other?

I'm guessing you'd probably find it kinda offensive.

I don't think it's really about insecurity as it is a case of women not viewing those pictures as something they really want to see all around them.

I'm not insecure at all, but I wouldn't want to work someplace where there were pictures that kinda grossed me out all over the wall, either.

Women don't find pictures of other women naked and posed in a sexual way to be appealing. The best way for you to understand why it bothers a lot of women is to imagine those same kind of pictures with men instead and what you'd think about it.