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It's not necessarily about actual risk as much as a culture of fear. "Sexual harassment" is a career-ending bogeyman. Best to avoid anything that even whiffs o
by FeepingCreature 11y ago
It's not necessarily about actual risk as much as a culture of fear.
"Sexual harassment" is a career-ending bogeyman. Best to avoid anything that even whiffs of it.
Never be alone with a pretty woman that works for you. Never be alone with a child that isn't yours. (Ironically enough.)
- jacquesm 11y agoWhy would the woman have to be pretty? What about the friends of my kids?
- tptacek 11y agoLet's not pretend the comment that you're responding to was written in good faith.
- jacquesm 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity
- dctoedt 11y ago> Let's not pretend the comment that you're responding to was written in good faith. I find little to disagree with in the comment in question. I've followed the rule, Never be alone with someone else's kid, forever. You always want another adult to be able to testify that nothing untoward happened. The Two-Deep Adult Leadership Rule is perhaps the core principle of the Boy Scouts' youth-protection program [1] --- which, it has been noted, could be described with equal aptness as the adult-protection program. The same rule is also followed by wise pediatricians, dentists, etc., not to mention by male physicians with their female patients. I do agree with Jacques that the attractiveness of the woman is irrelevant: Less-attractive women (there are no "ugly" women) can claim sexual harassment too. And rumors can start regardless of the participants' attractiveness. [1] http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx http://www.scouting.org/Training/YouthProtection.aspx
- tptacek 11y agoWomen aren't children. Doctors and lawyers are alone with clients all the time. This whole discussion is depressing.