Presumably the female reporter was assigned because she was the best fit for the story. Adding another colleague increases costs for the paper - & who gets the byline? The campaign assigning an intern also takes them away from other duties.
Lots of politicians have affairs, and lots of politicians are accused of having affairs. I don't know that it occurs to them with more or less frequency than the general public. But for people who are in the public eye avoiding situations that could be misinterpreted seems like a reasonable move. Look at how much flack Biden has received for things done publicly far less than an affair.
Sexism, and the ongoing erosion of the separation of church and state are very important issues.
I don't know about you, but I see paper covering greed and corruption a whole bunch. That doesn't seem to ever make politicians back campaign finance reform as a Christian value they won't back down on.
It's one example of a wider systemic problem where women are disadvantaged in many aspects of society including in business and education.
According to "Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?" by Neil Gross, self-described liberals outnumber self-described conservatives in academic faculty by just over 10 to 1 (50% vs 4%), and some 5% of professors just can't keep their politics in their pants and end up attempting to indoctrinate their students.
The BSA changed the youth protection training again this spring, so I had to take it again - for the third time in the last two years (once you take it it's supposed to last for two years...). You're not even allowed to email or text a youth without including some other leader or their parent in the email/text. I'm not saying this to complain, simply to point out that there's a two deep leadership requirement for EVERY interaction with youth.
That's true, because in New York State they get shouted down by the evil libs.
This just backs up my point that I did not have their mindset long before I went to college.
Grats large Catholic population in Buffalo.
The difference here is that there's a difference between children and adults. Assuming that women alone with men is a problem when men alone with men isn't, and men alone with the internet isn't, and politicians alone with money isn't, and people alone with alcohol isn't, and.... and then equating that to adults alone with children, takes away agency from women. Children are assumed, usually quite correctly, to be unable to make choices and take action when it comes to many different situations, especially sexual ones. Adult women have agency, they are capable of consent, and generally are assumed to be able to make a decision about how to interact with someone.
There's also the fact that it's kind of hard to get tenure if your fellows find out you are conservative, leading many to just hide it until they ether get tenure or it becomes apparent they won't. Tenure rides almost entirely on if your fellows want you around... and most liberal folks just don't want to put up with conservative coworkers, if they have a choice. Mind you, that goes both ways: liberal professors aren't going to get tenure at Brigham Young ether.
So, who is left? Devos, Perry and Conway? Reminds me of that philosophical discussion, if you replace every part on a car over time is it still the same car?
@HCGLNS changed out more parts than he thought.
Have you SEEN all the "save the shipbuilders" signs around town man? They're not subtle.
Exactly, we talk about new ships and helicopters.
I meant against any and all. It's still stupid but marginally less the reason he gave.
I interpreted that he it isn't for the reporter's protection but his since he won't be able to refuse when she inevitably tries to seduce he will lack the agency to refuse. Still not a great quality for an elected official to have though.
