A Baltimore Sun article about sex columnists includes an interesting aside about the priorities of staffers at the United Nations Association (a non-profit organization that supports the work of the United Nations):

After Jess Beaton’s boss recovered from his initial embarrassment, [her sex column] became kind of “an office joke” – which got old fast.

“It was funny the first couple of times,” she said. “And then it was like, shut up. After a while it was like, let’s talk about human rights in Africa. But they always wanted to talk about the sex column.”

In her superiors’ eyes, she said, the column ultimately seemed to eclipse her professional insights, and almost her whole presence.

Why am I not surprised?