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Originally Posted by Geronimo '74
Wow, makes you think twice about talking to women on the workfloor at all...
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Actually, much has been written about this. The small percentage of women in the workforce who are filing these kinds of complaints have unwittingly (or perhaps knowingly and rather callously) closed many doors for their female compadres.
An example would be my situation where I work. I have mentored a fair number of junior engineers over the course of my career. With the guys, we often find an empty conference room for some "heart to heart" discussion, or go to lunch, or meet after work for a beer. A good deal of really frank information is relayed in these private get-togethers, "off the record", so to speak. Things you can't say "officially", but are vital to their development.
I would never even consider doing that with a woman. All interaction is "official" and in front of other people, kept at a very "professional" level.