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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh--can't stand this tone crap.

Got it from a woman in another office recently (her group had failed to deliver on a critical task about which we'd asked for months, and about which we'd been assured that everything was in order), resulting in more work for my group.

When I documented these facts by email, of course she complained about my tone.

Fortunately my boss has my back, and while neither of us called out the sexism, my boss agreed that this reply never would have been made to a man.

My general approach in these cases is to revert to written communication, which might be something like the message at 21:37 or might be a bit more direct.

Also agree that if you like this person, you might want to have a word with him about how he needs to think hard about (1) the reality that the work world means doing what he's told; (2) he's (probably unconsciously) reacting in a sexist manner; (3) for both reasons, this type of behavior is not likely to serve him well in the future.[/quote]

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