Quote: (02-24-2013 11:04 AM)Ensam Wrote:
There is real sexism that fucks up women's advancement in the workforce. The problem is they play a part in it and don't want to address it. The most common one I see is male managers who never have a closed door meeting with a female direct report. Many men are afraid that if they're alone in a room with a woman and she claims something untoward happened it'll come down to his word vs. hers. Even if the claims are ultimately ruled baseless it can fuck up a career. The problem is that then women don't get the same kind of no BS coaching you can only give someone when you know nobody else is listening or going to drop in. You also can't bond with someone the same way if you're worried about appearances. This hinders promotion of women and keeps them out of the boys club.
But they don't want to address it, because doing so would mean admitting that women making false claims of sexual harassment are part of the problem.
That no door closed with a single woman problem is not sexism, it's saving one's own bacon.
My father has rules he follows in conducting business. Never being in a room alone with a woman is one of them.