Discussion on question by jakebeal: How can I avoid inadvertently offending my female peers and getting into trouble for it?

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Herman Toothrot

09:39

@LateralTerminal why should the educators POV different than any other people? Nobody has made a real argument as to why this question should stay open. And why are so many people voting on something unrelated it's puzzling. I guess people really like these questions.

4 hours later…

LateralTerminal

13:11

@HermanToothrot OP wants to know the opinions of those in his field. Also because IPS stackexchange has a mob mentality and everyone has the exact same opinion there. Nobody knows why he made the question. Clickbait for more rep. Wants to know what people think. Wants to start discussion. Wants to be a troll. Nobody knows what OPs true intentions are. It's still a garbage question. Interesting but garbage.

1 hour later…

Herman Toothrot

14:38

@LateralTerminal I completely understand what you are saying, but why not close it or even delete it? It seems really a clickbait question and why are mods letting in off the hook?

LateralTerminal

@HermanToothrot I just figured out 3 minutes ago that the original was closed

this is a new version that the mods came up with

the original actually made a lot more sense.

@HermanToothrot Here's the meta discussion

Q: How to proceed with the lingerie–elevator question?

The question What was offensive about the "ladies lingerie department" joke, and how can I avoid offending people in a similar way? has caused a lot of controversy in comments and answers, in particular with respect to whether it shall be open or closed. Since any discussion on this in the commen...

Here's the original question academia.stackexchange.com/questions/109789/…

Q: What was offensive about the "ladies lingerie department" joke, and how can I avoid offending people in a similar way?

Moderator note: A follow-on question about how to avoid the behavior described here has been posted. In recent news, two academics are at odds over this incident full article here: The fuss started when [Prof. X] and [Prof. Y] ended up in the same crowded elevator during a conference at a...

ethics gender

You'll notice the original question has OP trying to figure out some facts.

Op wanted to know why it was offensive. Not specifically asking how to not be offensive.

"The bullets above are not rhetorical or sarcastic; I am completely sincere. I am worried because I don't understand precisely what was offensive, so I fear that I might do something similar. I have wondered whether the remark was offensive because:"

@HermanToothrot That's the quote from the closed question.

It could still be click bait but it seems like a more legit question than what the mods came up with.