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Sad Survey: 60% of Male Managers Are “Uncomfortable” Working Around Women

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the sad-state-of-affairs dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Fast Company:

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.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:33AM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:33AM (#845737)

    Never be around children without other adults present.

    If you think Female coworkers are bad, or random women, try having anything said about you around kids.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:48AM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:48AM (#845739) Journal

    Be real creepy around women and girls: sniff their hair, touch them.....yeah....oh yeah.... touch them....tha's it.........sniff that little girl hair....

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 21 2019, @01:58PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 21 2019, @01:58PM (#845801) Journal

      Didn't realize we had an ex-VP here!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 22 2019, @08:44PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 22 2019, @08:44PM (#846378)

      yeah, i think that's if you're running for president for the democrats.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:58AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @07:58AM (#845741)

    The real rule is that if you are not alone, have at least two other adults with you that, preferably, don't like each other. That way you can't be accused of anything, short of them deciding to conspire against you, which is much less likely if they hate each other.

    • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday May 21 2019, @08:46AM (4 children)

      by krishnoid (1156) on Tuesday May 21 2019, @08:46AM (#845749)

      How about video? I figured that should be good enough.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @09:30AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @09:30AM (#845755)

        Doesn't work against verbal sexual harassment.

      • (Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday May 21 2019, @10:39AM

        by driverless (4770) on Tuesday May 21 2019, @10:39AM (#845764)

        How about video? I figured that should be good enough.

        People who foster at-risk children often get told to have video cameras on 24/7 in every room of the house except bedrooms and bathrooms, and in those to never be in the room at the same time as the child. Makes it pretty tough to be looking after a distressed kid.

      • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:17PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 21 2019, @02:17PM (#845810)

        Nope. The problem is that even if you have video what really matters is her truth.

        https://pluralist.com/ben-feibleman-sues-columbia/ [pluralist.com]

        A former Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alleged in a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan Federal Court that he recorded an encounter with a woman who would come to accuse him of rape, after she tried to perform oral sex on him and bit him when he refused her sexual advances.

        Ben Feibleman is suing Columbia for “grievously” mishandling a sexual assault allegation against him from a fellow student. The university expelled him for the October 2016 incident, which took place while he was attending the graduate school of journalism.

        • (Score: 1) by oakgrove on Saturday May 25 2019, @04:49AM

          by oakgrove (5864) on Saturday May 25 2019, @04:49AM (#847502)

          More from that article

          Recently, an Australian woman who accused a 36-year-old man of sexual assault, after he stopped to assist her when her car broke down in 2018, admitted she made the whole thing up

          Jeez man, wtf.