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LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey just released the results of a survey on the state of men and women interacting in the workplace in the age of #MeToo. The results are frustrating. The data reveals that 60% of male managers say they are uncomfortable performing common workplace activities such as mentoring, working one on one, or socializing with a woman. That's a 32% increase over last year.
To add insult to insult, senior-level men who were surveyed are now far more hesitant to spend time with junior female colleagues than junior male ones, across a range of basic work activities. The men were 12 times more likely to hesitate to have one-on-one meetings, nine times more likely to hesitate to travel with a junior woman for work, and six times more likely to hesitate to have a work dinner with a junior woman.
(Emphasis from original retained.)
A 32% increase in one year is a dramatic social trend.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:28AM (4 children)
Now we have more justification for open workspace concepts! No more problems with being in an enclosed space with a member of the (roughly) opposite sex. Hooraaayyyyyy...
Maybe we need something with safe harbor provisions. Like, you are allowed to meet 1-1, but both of you must be wearing loose sweatshirts and sweatpants while wearing a full-face solid-color spandex mask, and no touching is allowed, and the meeting will be recorded on video, but with no audio. I think I'm kidding, though.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:49AM
Sounds like tantric sex!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:01PM (1 child)
Wouldn't it be simpler to use a one piece garment such as a burka? Do they make burkas for men?
(Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Tuesday May 21 2019, @05:39PM
Ooh, Japanese school outfits! Fun for the whole crowd.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:10PM