> As for why this is happening, 36% of men say they’ve avoided mentoring or socializing with a woman because they were nervous about how it would look. I am cu

> As for why this is happening, 36% of men say they’ve avoided mentoring or socializing with a woman because they were nervous about how it would look. I am curious to hear all reasons. Additionally, what are they proposing as a solution here? For men to say "I am comfortable to mentor women"? Ok, how do you get them to be at that place? Just saying "it's not acceptable to be uncomfortable" does nothing. At my workplace you can submit to be a mentor and you get assigned people who would like to learn from your skills and experience. Sometimes these are men, sometimes these are women. You first commit to "be a mentor". Then it is your responsibility and duty to do your mentorship well no matter who is assigned to you. Sure you would get a right to vote against who your mentee is but most of the time the commitment motto is enough to face being uncomfortable.