30th August 2013, 08:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 30th August 2013, 08:28 PM by RedEarth.)
Kel Wrote:As Hostie pointed out, it's a slang term to indicate a male majority. If you find it insulting, then I apologise. But as the "oppressed minority" I'd find that gently amusing.
I think in the context hosty used it, as a slang term referring to a party with more men than women, it's hard to find it too insulting and I have heard it used in that way (although the implication is surely 'sad desperate men outnumbering the, therefore less sad and desperate women' is surely fairly insulting). However, used in the context of describing a workplace I would say it is pretty inappropriate and potentially insulting. I don't think it would bother me but I'd pretty embarrassed for the poor sod who used it. I assume calling a workplace dominated by women a 'mellon fest' or similar would be OK then?
The point is that it may or may not be seen as offensive depending on the circumstances but one can't assume anything.