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[quote=Anonymous]Wow

So, the argument is that open concept offices are bad specifically for women because

1) Tampons obviously need to be hidden, and women aren't smart enough to hide their tampons without walls.

2) Women cry a lot.  They need walls on their offices so people won't see that they're crying instead of working.

3) Women should be the one handling all the school related phone calls etc . . . Their offices should provide them with private places to do these non work related tasks.

4) Women are by nature gluttonous, so they need to be in public places where people can shame them for eating.  They can't be trusted alone.

If I'm an employer and women come to me and say that I should change my open plan office for women, because women are stupid, gluttons who cry a lot and need privacy so we can't see that they aren't working, I'm not going to think "oh, you're right!"  I'm going to think "maybe I shouldn't hire women.

Luckily, the women I know aren't stupid or gluttonous, or off task, or constantly crying.

Open-concept offices have problems.  But those problems should be framed in ways that aren't misogynist. [/quote]

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