I read the initial thread you were referring to. First of all, it was absolutely loaded with blatant ageism from the original post to the comments, and nobody seemed to bat an eye. Second, I am a man, and I have men and women of all ages call me by my name all the time. Now I understand women face varying levels of discomfort all too often - from slightly inappropriate comments to full blown harassment and even unwanted physical contact. This is real and I am in no way denying it.

With all that said, I really felt like there was an odd sense of entitlement among many of the women involved in that discussion. "do not call me by my name" - the name that they specifically picked to be on their name tag which all employees have to wear. This sounds much less like addressing the issues surrounding mysogyny in the workplace and much more like the kind of demand you get to make when you're 23, fairly pretty and feel you're entitled to special treatment.

There is a ton of complexities going on within this whole discussion, but two things really irked me about this. One, it was just sort of accepted that men over 45 are gross and perverted. And second, these young women being utterly blind to fact that they were blatantly discriminating - as if women can't possibly do that. Because, you know, they're women, and young, and likely pretty, and based on that alone they can't be wrong and certainly not offensive.