Hello all. A quick update on a post from last week in which I described some very vague reports of me exhibiting "gender bias", unsure of the specifics or sources. Your input and dialogue was super helpful. Though there will be more work to do to get to the bottom of this, I did have one staff member actually provide me feedback. She is one of the admin assistants on my floor and she disclosed to me that I had made her feel uncomfortable, recalling a conversation I had with her. The context was those Italian Christmas chocolates that have a message within the wrapper. I commented on this fact and compared them to fortune cookies. I proceeded to share that my family likes to make fortune cookies more fun by adding the words "in bed" at the end. And that was it, nothing more nothing less. She noted that this made her feel uncomfortable and I apologized. Keep in mind, a few months ago, this very same person shared with me (completely unsolicited) the fact she is a virgin and that she is saving herself for marriage with her current boyfriend. Soooo....she can disclose personal details of her sex life with me but I can't tell a funny story about fortune cookies and my family traditions. Nice.....