They just don’t trust women, that is what it comes down to in the end. Any woman in their lives might decide to ruin them on a whim. Their brains are full of hypothetical imaginary women out to get them. Never mind that coming forward with allegations of abuse looks like a fucking nightmare for the victims, these very…

Let them quit their jobs and work somewhere that we’re all safer from them and can keep OUR careers.

Oh fuck off. It is not a reasonable request to want a safe work environment free of harassment but also want the opportunity to advance. Never being in a meeting alone with a man would demolish my career, because I ONLY WORK WITH MEN. I will not accept that I just can’t do my dream career because the poor men just…

Same here. Woman in oil & gas/engineering. If the men I work with all decided they could no longer have meetings/eat alone with me, I’d literally have a hard time being a productive worker because literally all of the other project manager/engineers ARE MEN. Luckily, they treat me like a human and the world keeps…

Society not allowing men and women to interact at even the most basic of levels works! I mean...look at Saudi Arabia; they have separate screeing rooms at theaters for men/women. Separate lecture halls for schools for men/women. And they’re like...the perfect version of modern society!

“I believe that following certain principles, like not allowing myself to be alone with a woman who isn’t my wife or a relative, is better for everyone. Better for me, so I can’t misinterpret any signals that might be sent to me from women, better for my wife, she knows that I follow these principles and she can have…

However if you cannot be in a room with an attractive woman without grabbing her ass, maybe you shouldn’t be in a position of power in the first place. Either way, unintended consequences abound.

“in the end those are missed opportunities to collaborate, so they will pay for it over time”

The thing is, flirting isn’t even the problem. You shouldn’t be doing it at work, but the way these guys are talking about it is really just trivializing the actual problem. Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K., Bill O’Reilly - none of these men got in trouble for flirting. They got in trouble for forcing women to watch them…

I am a married woman who has worked in several male-dominated workplaces and has many male friends. There has never been a misunderstanding, nor have my friends or colleagues felt the need to touch me in an uninvited way or harass me. I make a point of socializing with my male colleagues so that I won’t miss out on…

In the public sector, there have already been instances where female staffers who would normally attend in person and private meetings at bars and/or happy hours have now been excluded. It is a “not worth the risk” type of atmosphere.

Since forever, in all of them, because these fields are filled with people and people are social animals.

Or!!!!!!!

The “not be alone and no alcohol” rule is a good one for some men. People have different reactions to alcohol ranging from loosening up a little to outright belligerence.

I don’t know what the sexual harassment policies at your work are, but where I’ve worked the problems is unwanted approaches among colleagues that’s an issue. You can flirt once, but if it’s not a mutual attraction, that’s it. No more pestering. Power imbalances is where there is a no tolerance rule because of the…

Manlogic: if it’s broken let’s brake it more.

To hear some of the dudes here and the world at large tell it, the fact that you and your coworker might have been attracted to each other but decided to keep a professional distance is the GREATEST TRAGEDY OF ALL TIME.

The mere fact that these men seem to think flirting at work is acceptable demonstrates how little they understand harassment. When the question is “perhaps I flirted in an inappropriate way?!” the answer is yes, because flirting is in itself inappropriate.

The fact that the man thinks flirting with coworkers is okay throws every point he made off. In most professional environments this is totally inappropriate.

Seriously? You’re not sure if you are “allowed” to flirt with women at the office party, so you cancel the party entirely? Why not have the party anyway, and just don’t flirt? You know, treat it like a work event where you can mingle and be social but still be professional and treat your colleagues respectfully? Save…