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"That's straight up sexism. The assumption that men shouldn't be bothered by the inappropriate sexual conduct of women, that women never harass men or behave like sexual predators. Women do these things, and it's just as wrong when they do it as it is when men do it. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but that cultural bias seeps into your question when you feel it's important to include her age, and her level of attractiveness, when asking about whether her behavoir is acceptable.
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that can apply to anybody. Everybody feels more or less comfortable depending on what person does a certain thing
this comment just sounds normal and natural she she is a young and I am guessing straight woman
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Yes, everybody feels more or less comfortable depending on just who it is making a comment about their body... I think you've missed my point.
My point is that it is not okay to make comments about other people's bodies while you are at work, regardless of whether you are the kind of person they would want to make those comments (a hot young woman) or the kind of person they would not want to make those comments (an creepy, unattractive person). Either way, it's unprofessional, rude and inappropriate.
If you understood that it's not for anyone to act this way, you wouldn't feel the need to add that is young, pretty and red-headed. That's the bias comes in - the part where you assume it's okay for her, a person you find attractive, to make these comments, but it wouldn't be okay for a person you found unattractive to do it.
It's not okay for anyone to speak to this way about anyone's body in the workplace, or at school. At best, it's rude. At worse, it is harassment.
You are right that there is nothing abnormal or unnatural about her comment - there is nothing wrong about noticing the bodies of others, but it's wrong to comment in certain circumstances, like when you are at work, and especially when you are a teacher.
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