Biden signs #MeToo law. Do you think this is part of the reason why men are leaving the work force?

[SolitarySolace]

Biden signs #MeToo law Curbing Confidentiality Agreements - www.msn.com/.../ar-AA151Fgs?ocid=sapphireappshare

Men are dropping out of the labor force because they’re upset about their social status new study finds - www.msn.com/.../ar-AA151JeY?ocid=sapphireappshare

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Do you consider this a good thing or a bad thing? Bring on the false accusations!

[God_of_Thunder]

I feel like I'm missing something, here.

It's my understanding that the law is prohibiting the use of NDAs, in order to reduce the possibility of sexual harassment being covered up.

Why would that make men leave the workforce? Because they're upset that they can't hide their harassment, anymore? That's... a really stupid thing to do, in my opinion. Maybe just don't harass women, instead?

Your second link specifically states that men without college degrees are leaving the workforce because they can't compete with college-educated degrees. Which has nothing to do with the law Biden signed, so I don't see the correlation.

Mind you, I'm not advocating for, or against, this particular law. I just don't understand the supposed correlation between the law, and men leaving the workforce.

[Soteris]

This is exactly it. Also, considering USA has historic low unemployment I laugh at the very idea that "men are leaving the workforce". This is just someone trying to spin their narrative and doing it very poorly.

[monorprise]

The trouble is everything and anything can be "harassment" today. The definition is soo broad it can be argued to include whatever you want. Including now even things you have to do as part of your job.

Every time I go to one of theses "Training" sessions I go away trembling at the utter impossibility of avoiding some of the new legal landmines.

You never know what might set someone off, the wrong tone, the wrong choice of words, the just the way you look at them. Anything can be seen as anything, and even if your not in the conversation you can be in legal jeperty under these laws simply because your around them.

That's why most of the time i go thou theses "Training sessions" i want to quit and find anther job right then they make the work place soo uncomfortable, stressful, and generally hostile. But there is no where to go Washington has forced this down everyone thoats.

Now even our company can't offer us any level of protection with NDA agreements.

[MCheetah]

No, I don't think this is part of the reason why men are leaving the workforce, but I do think the law is stupid, because it implies that all cases of "sexual harassment" are valid and truthful, and it would damage the company's brand if any lying female tried to discredit them for a quick payday. This would mean less companies would be willing to hire these kinds of women (say, young, upper middle class, white women) and it overall would hurt women in the long-term, more than anyone.

So I think this idiotic, dumbass bill would hurt more women than men. Companies are just going to hire less women to avoid getting falsely accused of sexual misconduct, especially with wokeness starting to be despised in society and dying down.

[SolitarySolace]

I hope you’re right

[Adaeva]

"Based on the results, the decline in relative earnings for non-college prime-age men over the last four decades is estimated to have raised their labor force exit propensity by 0.49 percentage point."

A half of percent over 40 years, is too little to be significant. Therefore, not a cause for concern. If it was ten percent or greater, that would be significant.

[monorprise]

I tend to avoid working women, certainly don't go into a room with any of them alone.

You never know who your dealing with, or even who they might become a 10-20 years down the line when they can still claim something happen and be presumed correct without evidence.

The laws today make it extremely dangerous so you have to treat women at work like a risk limit your exposure as much as possible.

Hopefully you never give one the opportunity.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

No. Jobs and careers just don't want to pay up.

Same damn ole salary year after year and the work just increases and more demands.

People eventually just get tired of this ish.

Most men go to work to make money to pay bills, not to be there sexually harassing women at work.

[CloudMassacre]

I think people are leaving the workforce because it sucks and companies are just abusing their workers to keep their investors happy with Record Profits each quarter while everyone else is struggling

[SolitarySolace]

Everyone else? Then why are just men leaving and not women?

[monorprise]

If work didn't suck they wouldn't pay you to do it.

If you want to know why your disposable and not worth much look no further than the people they can replace you with overseas and newly imported.

There is a reason wages were going up (above inflation) and work place environment was improving after Donald Trump cut down on immigration and trade with poor countries.

[inhua]

this law is going to backfire on Biden so much he's gonna regret it

[SolitarySolace]

Will he even have the cognitive space to know it was he who did this to himself? Or will he blame trump and maga

[monorprise]

As long as the ballots like it, it hardly matter what the people think.

I mean we have a president who has soo crippled us we are having trouble putting food on the table, while he plays high stakes Nuclear Russian roulette for a year to try and prove countries don't need to be part of NATO.

[KostasKouvalis]

Yeah. If I can't flirt with/compliment my female co-workers and customers, this is not the sort of company I want to work for

[AsaKyo]

What the hell