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> Don't mentor young women, especially if they're remotely attractive. It's far from being worth the risk. Anyone with this attitude shouldn't be mentoring in
by Peritract 5y ago
> Don't mentor young women, especially if they're remotely attractive. It's far from being worth the risk.
Anyone with this attitude shouldn't be mentoring in the first place.
It's really not hard to stay on the right side of the line and not hit on someone when you're in a position of power over them. A vast number of people manage this every day with no effort whatsoever.
If you really, genuinely feel that the only way for you to avoid misconduct allegations is to avoid interacting with women entirely, then you need to seriously re-evaluate your behaviour.
- zozbot234 5y ago> Anyone with this attitude shouldn't be mentoring in the first place. Nah, you can mentor young women just fine. The key is to always follow the Mike Pence rule. No reason not to, given a professional context.
- radu_floricica 5y agoMike Pence was an outlier at the time. He'll slowly become the median. And once it does... people prefer to work with people they can have lunch with.
- CRConrad 5y agoSo you're saying young and/or attractive women won't even get internships, because their prospective mentors want to avoid the risk of being accused / don't want to work around around someone they'll have to be on a "Mike Pence behaviour" with? Sure, that's a simple solution for the mentors-in-spe, but seems a bit of a shitty deal for the women.