[mercer]

Indeed. My first reaction on 'iGiveHead' was to roll my eyes ever so slightly as my immediate reaction would be that it's 1) not really sexist at face value (to me), but 2) inappropriate enough to indeed remove, but just because it's crass.

In regards to 1, let me explain. First off, I've heard people use it more than once as a thing men do to/with women, as little sense as that makes to me, sort of like my female friends talking about 'ladyboners'. Second, giving head is also something men do to other men. And finally, nobody that I know considers 'giving head' in any way a degrading thing these days.

But...

That's just my interpretation, and I'm probably pretty atypical in this regard.

And regardless of how I personally feel about this, the response to this kind of thing, as a leader, should be sensitivity and willingness to make people feel 'safe', especially if there's no real cost to fixing it. It seems like common human decency to be inclusive in such a situation.

If there comes a point where this kind of inclusiveness and sensitivity actually causes problems, well then it's perhaps a more difficult situation. But this seems pretty simple and straightforward, even for someone like me who personally does not see any big harm in 'iGiveHead'