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He didn't need to "insist that she bring a male colleague." He could have brought his own assistant or campaign volunteers, for example, and not made a big deal out of it.
This was precisely my thinking when I read the OP.
If he was really just covering his butt, he wouldn't be making a show of it. He'd just make his appointments with female reporters in locations like, say, coffee shops or offices where other staff were present, or make sure he just happens to have an assistant along. Like, I don't have unfamiliar men over to my home for meetings, but I don't say "I'm keeping my address secret, because some men are rapists." I just say, "Hey, let's meet at such-and-such a place." Maybe they can read between the lines, but there's no reason to be insulting toward someone who's probably an honest and decent person. He's playing to a certain crowd with this statement.
You've got it backward about which one made a big deal about it. SHE'S the one who wrote an article about it took to social media to play the victim card. He's just responding to her and to baseless accusations from people like you. If SHE hadn't made a big deal about it, nobody outside of Mississippi would have ever heard of or cared about either of these two.
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Originally Posted by ChemDawg
I don't use the mother policy, and I've never been accused of doing anything I haven't done
crazy how it works when you're secure in your relationships
Oh sure, it never happens to innocent people... like, say, my wife, who was smeared with a false accusation of sexual misconduct by a vindictive co-worker. And even though she was eventually exonerated, her reputation was so tarnished by then she was effectively blacklisted and was left with two options: a) relocate to a different region, or 2) leave her profession. Eventually she chose both.
So you can take your glib "crazy how that works" quip and shove it. It hasn't happened to to not because you're a saint, but because you're lucky.
He's protecting himself from false accusation. Doesn't want to be Kavanaughed.
Right, because that's the definition of courage. Cutting off half of society because you're afraid of something that's actually very rare. Like I said, what a coward.
I supervised women, when you treat them professionally - like you do everyone else that you work with - you don't have these tawdry things to be afraid of. It speaks to a deep seated fear of women that these patriarchal idiots are raised with.
Total BS.......
The business world? I worked for a Fortune 500 corp for 28 years. It was their policy since at least 2000 for males not to conduct 1 on 1 interviews or confrontations with female employees.
That was to protect the company and the male as well as the female.
I Never violated that policy. I always had my one up leader in the room when confronting a female for job performance. I never interviewed females one on one either. The policy is there to protect us.
In today's climate where all it takes is an accusation to destroy someone's reputation and credibility, you are a fool not to protect yourself.
I don’t know what company you worked for but I’ve never heard such a policy. I would say that company must have some real issues to go to that extent. They need to have a third party in the room for performance reviews, discipline, job interviews or just about any meeting. That is pretty dramatic, maybe you can post their code of conduct where it is clearly stated.
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