You raise an interesting point... As an adult male there is a bit of a stigma around men mentoring younger women. At least in the U.S. we often assume a sexual

You raise an interesting point... As an adult male there is a bit of a stigma around men mentoring younger women. At least in the U.S. we often assume a sexual context when we see older men with younger woman (older could mean 20 vs 16 not necessary a huge gap) when it often times may actually be a professional interest. I know of many men who will not mentor younger woman because "how it will look" to others and their significant others. Which is really unfortunate. On the other hand, I have also seen many many situations which I'd call sexual harassment. Which is also unfortunate (to say the least) and discourages woman from participating in STEM. There is not enough context here to know which it was. I'm guessing the later.