[Evans, Marv]

The problem with the harassment thing has been going on for years, and Jeff's comments are true. I worked in education and was early on advised about it, and that advice was decades ago. When I was teaching, I never allowed myself to be alone with a female student. Later on in other programs, I practiced the same with female participants and female coworkers in those programs. The best I would do as far as being alone with a female was in an office with windows where everybody in the office could look in. I once had a female coworker comment that I was going to show her my "tool." I told her I was flattered but only showed it to one woman at a time, plus guys had to be always careful of the liabilities in the workplace. If it had been the other way around, and I asked her to show me her "tool box," I would have been in trouble.