Why is it when men chose to avoid women professionally post metoo it was criticized as exclusionary yet when men avoid children (even are forced to do so) its widely justified?

Fab_Glam_Obsidiam · 2024-11-13T18:11:45+00:00

Treating men as dangerous to children by default is bullshit. Treating women as potential me too bombs is also bullshit. Everyone should just be respectful and keep their hands to themselves.

mlo9109 · 2024-11-13T15:55:02+00:00

I agree, it is contradictory, but I'm a woman who believes in the Billy Graham rule but that also that we need more men in education, so what do I know?

CreepyVictorianDolls · 2024-11-13T14:29:21+00:00

I'm guessing (cause I haven't really thought about it) is that when men pull stuff like not staying in the same room with a woman alone "because of metoo", the implication is that this woman might falsely accuse the man, painting him as a victim and her as an evil life ruining witch.

blonde___guardian · 2024-11-13T16:06:44+00:00

Are you serious? If a man said, "Oh no, I can't be near kids because I'm concerned about false accusations," I'd write him off as a predator on the spot.

attendquoi · 2024-11-13T16:32:18+00:00

As a woman who avoids children because they're annoying, I'm not seeing this happen to the same men lol

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apresonly · 2024-11-13T16:30:06+00:00

Because a leader in a business has a responsibility that people in their personal lives do not have.

Xeltar · 2024-11-13T18:02:07+00:00

What? I haven't heard of men being criticized for avoiding women professionally or even wanting to. Certainly to avoid concerns of impropiety for either party, better to have more witnesses but I don't even see how avoiding women entirely is even possible to do.

For being around kids, I mean I feel like any adult hanging around kids that are not their own without a reason would look strange. Maybe women aren't seen as a credible threat or just more likely to be assumed to be supervisors.

MiddleZealousideal89 · 2024-11-13T17:24:43+00:00

Personally, I think we need more men in education and caretaking roles. But, to play Devil's advocate here - one is avoiding contact with a group of humans you have no reason to be around on the daily unless you work in a place where you have constant contact with children, the other is avoiding contact with your coworkers, which can create a difficult work environment, especially if you're in some kind of managerial position.

mashedturnip · 2024-11-14T00:27:26+00:00

I haven’t heard criticism of men avoiding children in general.

I’ve heard criticism of men avoiding their own children. From me, for example

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