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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some responses seem to indicate that if a man is even slightly attracted to a female colleague then he shouldn't meet up for lunch. It's tough to beat back biology but it seems to me that if we want to get to a place where women and men are treated equally in the workplace then we shouldn't be criticizing two colleagues going to lunch because of a natural inclination toward attractive people of the opposite sex. On occasion I go to lunch with 3 female colleagues who are all attractive, and also brilliant. So am I supposed to deprive myself of stimulating professional conversation because my lower brain occasionally notices that they are pretty?[/quote]

Right... Everyone believes you - so you work at a strip club then?[/quote]

Whoa whoa whoa. This has NOTHING to do with "equality in the workplace". How is your (clearly lower) brain equating the two?

If management AT THE WORKPLACE or the WORKPLACE was criticizing two colleagues for interacting because someone might think someone is attractive, that would be directly affecting equality in the workplace, which you have strong feelings about (hahaha).

This has EVERYthing to do with personal accountability.

Dude posts he has issues with the womans attractiveness. He does not say it quite like that, but really, what else was the point of his post? So we could reassure him its ok to notice someone is attractive? He seems instead to be seeking permission to do something that he swears isnt going to lead to doing something else, but then why would be even post? His Red Herring was wondering if she might be drawn to him.  Dude is confused. Dude has issues. Dude is actually being avoidant of the issues while presenting as if he is seeking knowledge and input. Dude is silly. Don't be like Dude.

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Ok so the first post was one of the most thoughtful and insightful posts on this thread. I'm impressed with pp. The retort is lacking all such insight. Pp, you seem to think it's just "rules" that hold women (and probably POC) back. It's not. We've actually done a pretty good job of fixing the rules. It's societal norms that take a while to adjust. First pp hit the nail on the head. [/quote]

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