I think the questioning might have also been strange. How would you even phrase it? "Do you think it's appropriate for a man and a woman to have a private wor

I think the questioning might have also been strange. How would you even phrase it? "Do you think it's appropriate for a man and a woman to have a private work meeting?" Sounds like a way to lead to no. But if you asked, is it fine for two people to have a private work meeting together, and (follow up) what if they were different genders?