Frank Zappa Appreciation Thread

[Terrapin_Station]

Originally Posted by Guybrush

No. Are you even making an effort to understand my point of view? Treat the discussion with some respect, please.

So what's not "respectful" about saying something like ""Do you think if we ****ed, you could still work for me as my secretary?"

Originally Posted by Frownland

You got that right.

Answer your own question with the stance you're clearly attempting to introduce instead of trying to lead me into some dumb gotcha. I know the game dude.

I'm inquiring about your semantics (philosophy of meaning). I can't answer for myself what your semantics is.

[Guybrush]

Originally Posted by Terrapin_Station

So what's not "respectful" about saying something like ""Do you think if we ****ed, you could still work for me as my secretary?"

He is her boss, right? Is it okay for a boss in this situation to pressure an employee into sex? Because I think any sane person would start to wonder what it would mean for her future employment and relationship with her boss if she were to turn him down.

As an employer, this is obviously gross to me and is a big part of what stirred the #metoo movement to begin with. Where have you been?

[Terrapin_Station]

Originally Posted by Guybrush

He is her boss, right? Is it okay for a boss in this situation to pressure an employee into sex? Because I think any sane person would start to wonder what it would mean for her future employment and relationship with her boss if she were to turn him down.

As an employer, this is obviously gross to me and is a big part of what stirred the #metoo movement to begin with. Where have you been?

First, isn't this a different question than whether someone is being "respected"?

Secondly, is anything a boss asks an employee about socially something that is or that should be read as social pressuring, and as something that would be tied to the job? Or are just some things that? Which things and why?