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As a man In the #MeToo era here are rules I was given for communicating with women in my office. Your thoughts?

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1) Make a decided effort to communicate with female colleagues via email as opposed to face-to-face. Email provides documentation.

2) Do not come up from behind women in the office, either take a different route or make approach from the front.

3) Do not engage in any personal or dating/sexual conversations at all at work (even with another man) as it could possibly overheard by a woman. Conversations to which a woman is not a party can be seen as harassment or abusive and be a serious violation of HR policy.

4) If you want to ask a woman from your office on a date (not recommended), you may only ask her out ONE time.

5) Never have a meeting with a female colleague in your office without at least one other person being present. A better idea is to have a Skype or webex meeting even if she works in the same building.

6) Never comment about a woman's looks or fashion choices (i. e. "I like that dress" or "you look great today"). Never ask a woman if she is married/divorced/dating and never comment on the pictures she may have on her desk or as a screensaver.

7) Never meet a female colleague for "drinks" after hours. After hours with a female employee is still considered "work" by HR and any comments or behaviour can be reported to HR. Do no invite female colleagues to any non-work events (such as sporting events) as such invitations could be seen as "creep" ways to ask for a date.

8) If you must travel with a female colleague for work you should select different flights, and have hotel rooms on different floors, do not meet for meals or drinks unless they are part of an official function. Pay for your own rental car if necessary.

9) Do not offer unsolicited help to pregnant or disabled women in the office.

10) During office parties, do not consume any alcohol at all! Do not be alone with any women for even a moment. If you find yourself in a corner or room alone with a woman, quickly and politely excuse yourself and note the time on your watch.
The new rules for working with women make sense to me.
I think these rules are a little extreme but we need to respect women.
I am a lot more nervous about working with women than in years past.
I avoid women as much as possible at work.
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There were more rules and more details to the above, but I ran into the GAG character limit.
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I'll add another suggestion made to men is: When you are at your desk and a woman comes up to talk with you, do not look at her at all, just look at your computer screen while answering her questions politely but briefly. Tell her you will follow up her questions with an email. This prevents her from claiming you are staring at her body or giving her the "rape stare".
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FYI, I resigned from my job as the PC stress level was too high. I now work in an environment that is about 96% male with the only female contact being on the phone (recorded line). I have to say the environment is much more relaxed.

I am amazed that almost 60% of respondents think the rules I posted are "good". Wow, just wow.
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So far 82% of the women think these rules are good?

I am glad I quit this fucking job and got away from women like the women of GAG.
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As of today 79% of women think these rules are a "good" thing.
As a man In the #MeToo era here are rules I was given for communicating with women in my office. Your thoughts?
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