Argy-Bargy – #MeToo

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Research in 2018 found that following the #MeToo movement, men were significantly more reluctant to interact with their female colleagues. The researchers found:

• 27% of men avoid one-on-one meetings with female co-workers.

• 21% of men said they would be reluctant to hire women for a job that would require close interaction (such as business travel).

• 19% of men would be reluctant to hire an attractive woman.

But it’s not just men. Women also appear to be increasingly cautious of hiring women. Results found that more than 10% of men and women said they expected to be less willing than before to hire attractive women.

As we have previously discussed, women need men as professional sponsors and mentors in order to advance in male-dominated fields. But men are expressing a reluctance to take on this role, separating themselves from women instead. According to the New York Times, even some leaders at Davos said they were mentoring women less or not at all since #MeToo.

At best, it’s another setback to women’s progress. At worst, a handy excuse for men to roll back the clock and put women in their place.