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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I think it might be. I've heard other guys express similar sentiments to Matty. One of the issues that women in my office are currently trying to shed some light on is a failure by male colleagues to mentor female juniors - guys will ask other guys to go to lunch, where they'll talk shop, and some of our female colleagues never seem to get invited. You might call it a sort of "new boys' club" mentality. I've had conversations with some of my male colleagues who say that they simply don't want a woman they work with to misconstrue their intentions in asking them for drinks. When it's pointed out that that seems far-fetched, the response is that it's just not worth the risk. I've heard this on independent occasions in almost the same words, so it's not so easily dismissed as you seem to think.
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Yeah that seems totally bizarre to me. I don't generally do work social events anymore for a number of reasons, but I don't think I ever had any issues with asking women I've worked with to come for drinks. Pretty easy to make it known that something is explicitly a work-related or group social function.