Condoleezza Rice on #MeToo: 'Let's not turn women into snowflakes'

[moriah]

68. Or by not being alone with us to avoid accusations.

Seriously had a guy ask me if they'd ever given me any reason for feeling uncomfortable around him or if he'd ever harassed or treated me bsdly when we'd been colleagues.

Nope, never. Dude is pretty much so uptight about sex that a Ferris Bueller quote about coal and diamonds is appropriate -- seriously, if he ever gets the guts to approach a woman, he could probably make his own diamond if he was subjected to a mild bachelor party.

But then he said why -- he now had direct report subordinates, one female, and he didn't want to offend her accidentally OR get falsely accused. He said he was trying to be cautious, and mentioned he was avoiding ever being alone with her. But not having the same policy with his male subordinates.

I immediately had to do some education -- that kind of pariah treatment, even if intended to AVOID accusations, is detrimental to career advancement.