This was posted under the punch clock at work. I assume it’s some kind of occult symbol but that’s just a guess. Anyone know what it is or what it means?
This was posted under the punch clock at work. I assume it’s some kind of occult symbol but that’s just a guess. Anyone know what it is or what it means?
I mean…I didn’t watch it either, but I can’t picture a workplace where it would be considered acceptable and professional behavior to draw pictures of impaled women all over the place.
The drawings are very abstract.
Because I didn’t watch Yellowjackets as already mentioned, I don’t know if the drawing is also supposed to represent an impaled female figure at all in the show. The quote says it’s unclear, but perhaps the characters at some point establish that’s what it represents. If that’s the case, I agree with you, yeah it’s offensive and inappropriate to draw something that most people know represents impaled women with hooks up their asses.
However, personally, I have to do some intense mental gymnastics to see those scribbles as impaled women with hooks up their asses. To me they look like geometric symbols and without any context I would have thought it was something related to alchemy or astrology. Not murder.
We can only speculate about the meaning to/intent of whoever drew it. The reality is that regardless of intent or personal interpretation, if anyone in the workplace recognizes those images as having that kind of meaning and is made uncomfortable by it, that constitutes workplace harassment, whether it’s intentional or not. If the company doesn’t take it seriously, they will be liable for legal action. At least in the US - I assume most other English-speaking countries have similar laws. So it’s not really an overreaction - they need to protect themselves as much as their employees.
Whether you or I ascribe that meaning to the images or not is immaterial - clearly, someone does. Given that the images have nothing to do with work anyway, the only thing that matters is whether they genuinely bother people.