“A panic is not an answer”
Tuesday - 28Nov2017 Filed in: Headlines
A panic is not an answer: We’re at imminent risk of turning this #metoo moment into a frenzied rush to blame all men
““Maybe so. But they could also hurt young women, who need the support and mentorship of male supervisors. In many industries, this means the kind of after-hours collaboration that has always advanced young men.
Unfortunately, a new puritanism seems to be ascendant. Timothy Noah of Politico suggests we could limit sexual harassment by making meetings with anyone behind closed doors a fireable offense.
Suddenly, office Christmas parties and happy hours are under a cloud. There is talk of replacing alcohol with game rooms.
Such suggestions are silly and infantilizing. We need rules to rid ourselves of creeps, not purge every workplace of all interpersonal risk.””
— Christina Hoff Sommers
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