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David Brown
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On 05/12/2020 22:52, dcaster@krl.org wrote:
Some people are more sociable, or have jobs that involve more social
interaction - politics is one such job. A politician spends a lot of
time in meetings, talking to people and travelling - working lunches and
dinners are common. Most of these are likely to be with multiple
people, of course. But should the guy refuse to have dinner with
someone just because she is a woman? Either he has seriously screwed-up
values or he has a history of cheating on his wife as his reason to be
reluctant. Either way, it is insulting to woman, and shows an attitude
that is - at best - outdated a generation ago.
Like most of us in this group (since most of us have similar kinds of
jobs - and we are all the kind of people who converse in Usenet groups),
I am not particularly social and my job involves interacting with
computers far more than other people. But even in this branch it can
occasionally happen that you might be travelling with a colleague to a
workshop, conference, sales meeting, etc. Would anyone think it is
normal behaviour to refuse to eat a meal with that colleague just
because she happens to be female? In my mind, that\'s as unprofessional,
inhumane and insulting as suggesting that you share more than just the meal.
But why is a guy having dinner with a woman who is not his wife? I
can not remember ever having dinner with a woman other than my wife.
At least since I have been married.
Can not remember having dinner with just another man either. I
certainly would not be overwhelmed in either case.
Dan
Some people are more sociable, or have jobs that involve more social
interaction - politics is one such job. A politician spends a lot of
time in meetings, talking to people and travelling - working lunches and
dinners are common. Most of these are likely to be with multiple
people, of course. But should the guy refuse to have dinner with
someone just because she is a woman? Either he has seriously screwed-up
values or he has a history of cheating on his wife as his reason to be
reluctant. Either way, it is insulting to woman, and shows an attitude
that is - at best - outdated a generation ago.
Like most of us in this group (since most of us have similar kinds of
jobs - and we are all the kind of people who converse in Usenet groups),
I am not particularly social and my job involves interacting with
computers far more than other people. But even in this branch it can
occasionally happen that you might be travelling with a colleague to a
workshop, conference, sales meeting, etc. Would anyone think it is
normal behaviour to refuse to eat a meal with that colleague just
because she happens to be female? In my mind, that\'s as unprofessional,
inhumane and insulting as suggesting that you share more than just the meal.