While I agree with your assertion, with regarding equality that one should not go to meal with anyone else following the Pence rule, however there is something

While I agree with your assertion, with regarding equality that one should not go to meal with anyone else following the Pence rule, however there is something I think you're not taking in consideration. Right now, socially-wise, women have the upper hand on making claims of sexual harassment. The same power does not go to men. This imbalance makes the "Pence Rule" make more sense.