“Karen Complains To HR About My Body, I Uno-Reverse Her Complaint, [And Now] Everyone Hates Her”

I was honestly under the impression that, barring surgery or a birth defect, everyone has nipples. Silly me.

In around 2008 I was working on a TV show, and the (male) producer took the (female) lead to one side and said that her nipples were visible poking through her outfits in some scene, and did she think she should be wearing pasties to cover them up. She was absolutely furious! I'll just add that she played a sex worker in the show. No-one should be policing someone else for having nipples

So bizarre that my nipples are outlaws. Must hide, pretend they aren't there, must wear an uncomfortable bra with extra "lining" to disguise & hide even the slightest shape of them. I can be ARRESTED if they see the light of day. Every mammal on earth had nipples but somehow the nipples of a human woman are a danger & a threat to society?!! They seem to be worthy of contempt, ridicule, harassment to the point that others can weigh in with how someones nips upset them, women can be arrested, jobs can be lost, write-ups & warnings given. How and why do these two little buttons of darker skin on my chest cause any issue at all? They are not obscene or lewd, they are not genitals, the are not sex organs. It's insane & ridiculous. It's time to challenge the law. It's time to flip a nip to a cop, get arrested & challenge it in court because it's sexual discrimination. All it'll take is for a bunch of us to inundate the courts with discrimination suits. NO MORE

I used to wear turtlenecks (definitely with bra, too) in the winter, and sometimes my nips popped. If anyone had ever complained or sent me to HR, I'd have asked them about the VP who wore pants so tight that his man-bulge was pronounced and graphic. In a state where toplessness is not illegal, his clothing was obscene.

I wonder if OP has Dysautonomia. My wife also has issues regulating body temperature because she cannot sweat. I had to drive her many times to the ER for heat stroke. Her mention brought back some pretty scary memories. The nipple thing is absurd.

Poor woman, was probably just jealous as her bra was stuffed with old nylon socks!

Sounds fake

He he! My late wife had very prominent nipples, to MY delight, but to HER daily concern. She used tape to "tame" and hide then under the bra and shirt.

OK, I agree with reporting her, but at the end it seems like they basically bullied her into quitting. OP gave her a taste of her own medicine, that should be it. This isn't middle school.

I really ask that people stop nicknaming people "Karen" when there's an argument or other actions not liked. There are people who have that name in that spelling and it's stigmatization happening there. Whoever started that has no concern for the wellbeing of people who are named or nicknamed Karen and are not trouble makers. I do not know this case enough to comment on it, but will say this: Your troubles do not involve all people by that name and by the sounds of it may not involve someone in that cubicle by that name. What if there was another real Karen there(?) Maybe it's time to just leave the names out of it instead of weaponize a name some people have as a name or nickname. It appears to me the name "Karen" replaces slurs and other derogatory words we shouldn't use these days. Well, you'd not like it if those words were replaced by your name. If you don't approve of someone's actions, how about say 'an unruly person' or 'unfriendly co-worker'?

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how petty, on all sides