"You mean to tell me that a baseball coach can't motivate his players by telling them they hit like a girl?!" Keith, one of our bankruptcy attorneys, was flabbergasted.
"It's harassment. Implicit in the statement is that women are inferior players and that the player lacks the ability to hit well," Paola explained. She was one of our employment discrimination lawyers, a wild, funny Portuguese woman.
"That's bullshit," Keith retorted.
"Look, you can't go around saying things to someone just because you think it will motivate them," I chimed in.
"So, you honestly think that baseball players are going to suffer some emotional harm from this?" Keith asked.
"Absolutely," said Paola.
"Reasonable person standard," I said.
"That's rediculous!" He retorted.
"What are you talking about?" I said, "it's the law and you know it's that standard."
"Keith, Keith, listen," Paola tried to explain, "you know how you write in a flowery, ornate fashion?"
"Yeah. So?"
"What if your boss said that you 'write like a girl,'" Paola used her hands to emphasize the quotes.
"That's crazy. I'm not judged by how masculine I am," Keith said.
"How fortunate for you," I replied.
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