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1:1 meetings being a stupid idea aside, maybe she is concerned based on the stories of abuse coming out during MeToo. If the colleague in question wasn't a Musl

1:1 meetings being a stupid idea aside, maybe she is concerned based on the stories of abuse coming out during MeToo. If the colleague in question wasn't a Muslim it would still be valid to not want to have a 1:1 imo.

PaulHoule 5y ago
Years ago I (male) shared an office with a Muslim woman at a research institute in Germany. I was one step senior to her but wasn't in any chain of authority over her. I don't think there was any problem. The other Muslim women at the institute would come around and talk about the personal and political: «We don't like it because the Hallal store is run by East Asians who also sell Alcohol», «Iran sucks so I want to get married to a EU Citizen», ...
- HarryHirsch 5y ago
  That was then and in Germany, but nowadays if someone says he will not be alone with a woman who can blame them? The downside risk of false accusations is just too high.
  - bloak 5y ago
    A false accusation might come from a man. A couple of scenes from a couple of films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJVXg1AHQTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJVXg1AHQTY American Beauty (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_xTC5Gc2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_xTC5Gc2U Sexy Beast (2000) (I can recommend both films in the unlikely case that you haven't already seen them.)
    - HarryHirsch 5y ago
      Recently on Hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27493335 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27493335 The overcorrection has gone far too much in favour of women, and as a slightly awkward white dude I'm extremely uncomfortable with the current state of affairs and have to protect myself.