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Re: Men, commit to mentor women

#2
Most important thing in modern America is to protect yourself and your reputation from assault as a simple accusation can destroy your life and plenty of people lie. Some rhetoric is not going to change that fact.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

#3
Only in America.

Women is very dangerous, be aware.

On serious note, somebody should do a startup which trains men to work with women.

Apparently opportunity is huge. Should be the first slide. 60% of all men...

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

#5
It’s a simple risk reward call. There is far more risk of accidentally crossing the line with the opposite sex. Yes MeToo has shed light on a lot and no doubt been a net positive but there will be a time until the dust settles and people learn how to work together safely. We no longer have a good formal set of norms for male female interaction. Maybe that could make some sense in situations like the work place where there is a power difference.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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post #3

Only in America. Women is very dangerous, be aware. On serious note, somebody should do a startup which trains men to work with women. Apparently opportunity is huge. Should be the first slide. 60% of all men...

> which trains men to work with women.

Immediately will be labeled as sexist and forced to close business. You can't win this battle, best way is to not play.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

#9
> Senior-level men are now far more hesitant to spend time with junior women than junior men across a range of basic work activities.3 They are:

> 12x more likely to hesitate to have 1-on-1 meetings

> 9x more likely to hesitate to travel together for work

> 6x more likely to hesitate to have work dinners.

I think a contributing factor is that harassment can ultimately be a he-said/she-said kind of deal. You hear horror stories about men being falsely accused and getting their lives ruined (though I don't know how big that number is, but it's something to get mad about so it gets a lot of attention). Exemplified by the 12x more likely to hesitate to have 1-on-1 meetings. Any fix for this seems to be bad, adding third parties, adding surveillance, etc. All of that points to 'one of these parties is not to be trusted'.

Re: Men, commit to mentor women

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post #3

Only in America. Women is very dangerous, be aware. On serious note, somebody should do a startup which trains men to work with women. Apparently opportunity is huge. Should be the first slide. 60% of all men...

No training needed, just treat us like fellow human beings. It's not a high bar.
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