Banter can only be acceptable if it is consensual.
To give a more complex example, I was working as an assistant story editor. My story editor was openly gay, and I have M.S., as we got on really well, he started calling me a criple and I called him queer. This was 25 years ago. However, one of the P.A.s overheard us and said, “You can’t say that, what if I have a disability or if my son were gay?” So our consensual banter, overheard by a third party who had not given consent, was now offensive, so we stopped.
This is just one element of the FREE How to Stop Sexual Harassment workshop I’m running on Thursday, 4th September. Click link to get ticket: https://tinyurl.com/36acm89y
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