Unintended Consequences

For John, BLUF:  Even Vice President Mike Pence knows to be careful.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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60% of male managers now say they’re uncomfortable participating in work activities with women

From CNBC, by Ms Courtney Connley, 17 May 2019, Updated 10 June 2019.

Here is the lede plus six:

The #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have brought huge attention to the challenges women face at work, but a new survey finds that 60% of male managers say they’re uncomfortable participating in regular work activities with women, including mentoring, working one-on-one or socializing.

According to the survey, released by LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey, that’s a 33% increase from last year.

Senior-level men also say they are 12 times more likely to be hesitant about one-on-one meetings with a junior woman than they are a junior man, nine times more likely to be hesitant to travel with a junior woman for work than a junior man, and six times more likely to be hesitant to have a work dinner with a junior woman than a junior man.

LeanIn.org founder and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg calls the results “totally unacceptable.”

She tells Julia Boorstin on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the problem with this dynamic is that “women already weren’t getting the same mentorship men were, particularly women of color.”  And in her experience, she says, “no one has ever gotten a promotion without getting a one-on-one meeting.”

Though some have argued that the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have had a negative impact on relationships between men and women at work, Sandberg disagrees.  She says the movements have had an “overwhelmingly positive” impact on the workplace, especially in spotlighting the problem of sexual harassment against women.

“The thing is, it’s not enough,” she says.  “It’s really important to not harass anyone, but that’s pretty basic.  We also need to not be ignored.”

I am not shocked at this.  Given the present climate and the nature given natural interplay between the sexes this is to be expected.

Then there is the question of why women are not mentoring women to the same degree Men mentor men?  Why is this a strictly male issue?

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff