[NSFW] How rated ‘G’ is the conversation around your office or classroom, etc.?

I’ve never talked about sex at work before. I doubt I’ll ever talk about dicks and twats with my coworkers.

It’s mostly talk of what we’re doing on our day off, drugs, guns, some people make fun of the short guy and cracking jokes all day.

I’ve had three office jobs in my life. One of them had nothing but G-rated conversation. Another was G-rated 99% of the time and PG-13 the other 1%. The third was G-rated about 50% of the time, PG-13 about 25% of the time, and NC-17 the rest of time. Why was the third one so different? It was a medical office specializing in urology and related issues. When you spend the whole day dealing with penises, vaginas, anuses, and the various things that may go wrong with or be discharged from them, learning that your co-worker’s new boyfriend is into fisting is really quite tame in comparison.

In my classroom, the standard is as relaxed as I am about these things. I treat my students like adults, and I expect them to act like it. If they need to stray off into something concerning sex in order to make a point, so be it. But I wouldn’t expect them to use words like “twat” in doing so unless there was some sort of contextual need for it. We’re still having a formal discussion, no matter how relevant the facts about reproduction might be.

As for a campus, that seems like a wholly different sort of atmosphere. Just because someone is on university property doesn’t mean they are in a classroom. I suspect that conversation on the quad runs the gamut from completely tame to extremely vulgar. But considering that it’s mainly a social space, I wouldn’t expect it to be any different from how people would speak in a dorm or a club.

We’re G with an occasional PG for the use of a cuss-word. Considering that it is mostly females and the only males are physicians, we know how to interact with each other without being vulgar. NSFW has always been a moot tag for me, because I’m busy working when I’m at work. On the rare occasions that I might check on a social site, it’s on my smartphone, not on a work computer, where most sites are blocked and all activity is monitored. I won’t even use their WiFi network on my phone… it’s none of their business.

The rule to keep Fluther’s question titles G to borderline-PG is out of courtesy to those who may not like those topics or words, and/or to make things safe for those who might get in trouble if someone else spies some risqué content over a Jelly’s shoulder. This allows the individual Jellies to choose whether or not they want to open an NSFW thread.

I only discuss intimate encounters with my partners and my closest friends, even as a teen and young adult, I didn’t often discuss specifics casually, not that I am shy about my sexuality, but mostly because I don’t want to hear other people’s business.

Talking like that in the workplaces I have experience of would have got you sacked. There was no sex talk in the office at all unless in private conversations amongst people who knew each other well. It is the difference between public and private.

My job involves changing diapers so talking about privates is normal here but certainly never in a sexual way even if there is a sexual reaction, (like having to wait for them to lose an erection or notifying parents that their child has started their period)

Well in the teachers lounge the conversations at times gets to be X-rated. Its an adult thing.

I never intend to start G-rated conversation because anything G-rated is frown upon here. But sometimes, mild G-rated talks still come up, as jokes among friends or even teachers and students. But mostly they are harmless.

Or, maybe there are G-rated talks somewhere in my conversation that I’m not aware of. I’m not used to those things.

@Mimishu1995 “G-rated” means “for general audiences.” It typically means that something is acceptable for everyone. I would be very surprised if G-rated conversations are frowned upon where you are.

^ Sorry, I was thinking of +18 rated. My bad :p

I’m a truck driver, the only ones more vulgar than us are sailors.

All of that constitutes an offense and hostile work environment. I don’t care how sanitized you try to make it, it is inappropriate in the workplace, and is grounds for being fired.

I dissagree adults is adults. Its not little children in here.

All strictly G-rated in our office. I can’t imagine anyone talking openly about sex at work and expecting to keep their job. Even cussing is frowned upon.

@SQUEEKY2 I’m a truck driver, the only ones more vulgar than us are sailors.
If I would have had a mouth full of coffee it would be all over my keyboard. I busted a gut when i read that, figured it was the most honest I have read and dang funny too.

I guess the other people are quite lucky or have lots of self-control. The places I have worked sex talk would come up often, not with management usually but sometimes it was management that had the dirty jokes or what happened at the convention, etc.