Today a student posted a job offer on our studies' fb page. It was addressed "Dear Ladies," and went on to indicate that one had to be female and Polish-speaking to apply. I looked at the ad, which was very legally non-discriminating regarding the sex of candidates for the position, and so posted a comment saying that if she was officially representing the company it would be best to reconsider phrasing that could indicate to potential rejected candidates that sex was used as a criterion of selection, and that if any of those candidates were reading they should contact me because I know a good human rights lawyer.

I was pissed, to be honest. I concluded with "because this shit is not cool. NOT COOL."

I hesitated before I posted, and I fumed for a while before deciding to, but I eventually thought it would at least be read by students from my stereotyping and prejudice class, and I would not be passively propagating an atmosphere that condones sex discrimination with my silence.

Anyway when I logged back on a few hours later her post (and my comment) was gone.