&quot;Weasel words&quot;? - I don&#x27;t agree.  My observations are based on 35 years in the workforce and I&#x27;ve seen all sorts of weird male-female interaction.<p>&quot;Broad generalizations&quot;? - Certainly.  I&#x27;m not surprised at all that you&#x27;ve experienced exactly the opposite interaction (and I&#x27;ve seen extreme cases of that twice).  But I also worded my post carefully to convey really loose values - &quot;the woman is likely&quot; and &quot;many men are&quot;.<p>I haven&#x27;t collected statistics, my experience is that men are more attuned to what&#x27;s appropriate than &quot;in my distant path&quot; and that women are less tolerant of it (both good things IMHO).  So you can disregard my opinions, but if we&#x27;re going to require double-blind studies to post in HN comments, this place is going to get very quiet.<p>I do agree with your paragraph about HR policies and lawsuits.  Isn&#x27;t it nice on those occasions when HR is better than that?