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Old 16th Feb 2024, 05:21
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vascodegama
 
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Originally Posted by downsizer
I certainly witnessed sexist and racist jokes in the early part of my career.....commonplace in many different crew rooms I sat in from the early 90s to probably early 00s...saw many a waaf who wanted to sleep around held to a very different standard (and publically shamed) compared to male sqn members who did the same (many married - who would bring along det wives with them)....those that say it never happened are deluded or looking through rose tinted specs.

By the time I left last year I rarely if ever saw things like that and when I did they werre dealt with.
I don't doubt your experiences but I have also seen behaviour/breaking of the rules that had it been committed by a white male would have been dealt with more severely. In some cases no action was taken at all.
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