A general rant here: I get a sense that ppl make mountain out of molehill, when I had never really thought it was a big deal. A couple of examples like ppl saying they can’t share Bed with same-sex friend for a night. Or when someone don’t like to see Zoom calls taken from Bed. Maybe I’ve grown in a culture where you don’t necessarily make everything about Sex (or I’m growing old 🤷‍♂️). It just sounds to me that whenever ppl think of Bed, they only think Sex!!

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Yes, exactly, because rape culture is totally made up and women getting harassed frequently isn’t a thing. Let’s just ask women to ignore their lived experiences so we can all feel cool and a bit more woke 🙄

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This is a massive stretch ngl

Why do you care?
You’re making it a “big deal” by coming here with this post 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Fair. But I’m trying to understand perspective.

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No I totally agree. People are so dramatic.

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People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

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These are first world problems.

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Ok maybe I need to give more context here. I’m not saying ppl harassing each other is a molehill. It is a big deal and needs to be dealt with. I’m talking about ppl making judgements/assertions regarding some ppl showing their Bed on office zoom calls.

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Thanks G1. I know no one is forcing me. I’m just wondering.
On a side note, ever wondered that not all the ppl in the world were blessed with space to have a bedroom with so exclusive and intimate place and it maybe a Bedroom/living room/office space? May be not everyone has guest bedroom growing up and share their space with same-gendered guests? May be if someone comes with different perspective can have confusions and can wonder aloud to try learn different perspectives? Are we still allowed?

It’s less about sex and more about standards. Flip flops would not be appropriate attire in the office. Similarly, a bed is not an appropriate background for zoom. It comes off as lazy/slacking/not focused/not trying. If you want to be in bed (or in the bathroom!) just stay off camera. If you have to be on camera, being upright in a chair is a pretty low bar for professionalism… if anything, assuming it’s about sex is making the issue way weirder than it is.

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