Unpacking Mike Pence’s aversion to being alone with a woman

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If you follow the happenings of the Trump administration as closely as I do, you’ve experienced the barrage of headlines and op-eds that resulted from the revelation that Vice President Mike Pence retains a personal policy for working with women: not working with them at all.

Apparently, the Vice President of the United States decided, in an effort to supposedly respect his wife, that he should never be alone with a woman, for fear that sexual attraction will come into play in the relationship. Continue reading