Disappointed in dh female manager

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MrsKingfisher · 08/10/2020 16:13

She's told dh that he can move tables and boxes etc 'because he's a man' dh is not impressed. It's also not even close to his job description.

I thought more women were over this type of stereotyping.

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picklemewalnuts · 09/10/2020 08:55

I'm not sure I agree.
Given that men are generally substantially stronger than women, it makes sense for them to do a larger share of jobs that need strength. I've just helped my mum move house and seen guys do in a few seconds and with no visible effort things that were taking all my strength and concentration, taking ages, and leaving me flat.
As a woman I offer to help with fiddly tasks that need smaller hands.

burnoutbabe · 08/10/2020 16:27

i do object at work when they say "we need to get some of the lads to move x and y" - I don't particularly want to move stuff around but it should be a shared job. not "just men". Its an office job, none of us are employed to move things around as such.

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MrsKingfisher · 08/10/2020 16:23

@NeutralJanet

Has he had manual handling training?

Doubtful because his job doesn't require he does this sort of thing usually.

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MrsKingfisher · 08/10/2020 16:19

Not even close to dh job but needed doing, is the female version of my dh not capable then given only he moved everything! There's a difference though isn't there if she'd have said 'would you do X' fine but saying 'you can do it because you're a man' if a man said 'you can make the tea because you're a woman' he'd be told where to shove it.

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NeutralJanet · 08/10/2020 16:17

Has he had manual handling training?

FieldOverFence · 08/10/2020 16:15

Is it a one-off thing that needed doing ? Or a regulaar part of the job ? I couldn't be getting in a flap about being asked to move some stuff as a once off, but if it were a regular thing it could be questionable

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