I work in a female dominated office space. I've encountered some interesting reverse sexism, or just plain old hypocrisy, on a fairly regular basis, but today stood out.

My co worker has a fireman calendar at her desk, prominently displayed where everyone can see it. Whatever. I figure equality means she can ogle these shirtless hunks as the guys have done to centerfolds for decades. But the constant gawking has prompted me to set my desktop background to a bikini babe in a suggestive pose. This is something I normally would not do in the workplace, but figured fair is fair.

After this co worker has no less than three other women huddled around her desk for several minutes actively engaged in conversation about the pros and cons of each month's man-meat, I had a brief exchange with one male coworker about the "chick" on my desktop. As soon as the word "chick" was uttered, the daggers can't shooting toward us from several ladies, who only an hour ago were discussing "hunks", and hire they were lacking here or endowed there.

What the ever loving fuck. You can't even see my screen unless you enter my workspace.

I continued my conversation, crass as it was. I want then to haul me in or insist I update my desktop so I can bring up the fucking firemen calendar. I'm so sick of hearing about next month's 'package'.