I watched the erstwhile anchor of Hardball on MSNBC, Chris
Matthews, as he apologized profusely (during an interview) for his “inappropriate behavior”
when he paid compliments to a woman about her cute appearance. Listening to
him, I had a flash back to some of the no-holds-barred jokes we used to make in
NAL Merchant Bank of those days in Nigeria. I remember the time a woman
jocularly slapped her male colleague in the butt and the guy insisted on taking
“revenge”. And one particular guy, who went on to become a pastor & the CEO
of a bank, was reputed for constantly yelling in the banking hall while joking
with women; “Hey, I’ll tear off your panties.” In retrospect, I do wonder what
a sharp contrast there is between the two different work environments.
