Teasing people you’re familiar with is human and has nothing to do with gender. The fact that you can’t seem to do it with women likely means you’re bad at it and they see it as harassment, or that you have things set up so that only men feel comfortable in your executive teams. You might want to consider what you can do to change this instead of blaming women for ruining your vibe.

Maybe! I stirred the pot (so to speak) so let’s see if anyone else chimes in.

I’m friends with a few nuns and it’s surprising how easy it is to tease them, and their banter amongst themselves. Maybe female executives can learn some better behavior strategies from Catholic nuns.

Catholic nuns can tell you to get lost without a substantial impact to their careers. The same is not true for the women you work with.

And yet women still banter hard .. but apparently not with you.

I think I’d rather see it go the other way - humor, except the least offensive (think “dad joke”), should be excised from the workplace.

I’ve been involved in close-knit friends/like-a-family organizations and sterile, professional organizations. It might be fun to be ball-busting and telling racist/sexist jokes at work, but it is long-term harmful to the organization and the ability of the workers/managers to faithfully execute the organization’s mission. I also think it leads to general corruption and enablement of bad behavior, whether it’s cops protecting their own, or executives ignoring workplace misconduct (quid pro quo, embezzlement, pursuing vendettas, etc).

I’ll take professionalism any time, and I hope to see boys club mentality die out within my lifetime.

same here

my coworkers aren't my friends.

I do not like teasing from friends either.

The world needs more signal and less noise.

> Uh if I offended you maybe just stay poor

> Cryptocurrency username

I'm soooo jealous, I'll never get to work alongside powerful stable men like you, ehhh

The first half of the post actually does refer to the message. Hyperbolically sure, but I don't think they're wrong.

Here's a less hyperbolic interpretation: Women don't seem to like our banter, which is why they aren't successful. They need to change or leave.

I think, in context, the crypto bro reference is more relevant than it is ad hominem.

Women absolutely bust each other's (and their guy friends') balls... perhaps you're not familiar enough with any women to be on the receiving end of it? :P

Please say more about “the different races”

Shoe Dog notes that the highest executives at Nike were referred to collectively as Buttfaces.