> 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

> 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