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Labor/Employment

Dec. 28, 1999

Bringing Workplace Equality Into a Male World

We are letting something destructive happen to American business in the name of helping women. Men and women are not natural enemies, but they are being told that they are. Men are warned that if they offend female co-workers they may be disciplined or even fired. Women are being instructed that offensive speech, if heard from men in the workplace, is probably illegal. And to top it off, the U.S. Supreme Court is requiring businesses to give those warnings.

        By Joan Kennedy Taylor

        We are letting something destructive happen to American business in the name of helping women.
        Men and women are not natural enemies, but they are being told that they are. Men are warned that if they offend female co-workers they may be disciplined or even fired. Women are being instructed t...

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