The comments are hilarious! Do people not have close female friends here or would the relationship have to turn into something sexual everytime? I can't believe someone would stop having dinner with a female friend just because they are committed! It is only a lunch/dinner, a normal event where you eat food & talk - It's not like you eat naked or eat each other! Women are not sexual creatures .
It is difficult to have close female friends by that ideology. I am not commenting on Pence, he has his own set of weirdo rules but some of the justifications here are weird - "I can't control myself & fall for a girl every hour" or "You will develop a sexual attraction with a girl if you have lunch/dinner". If you become sexually attracted to someone after having a lunch/dinner even when you are committed, that is just flat out cringeworthy !
Damn you wrecked that strawman. Perhaps you could the actual position next time?
Well it is different to say I don't have time to have dinner with another woman because of my marriage & what not. It all depends on how close you are to your friends, who is in the same city, how good your partner goes along with them, the schedule, how many close opposite gender friends you have (I suspect some folks may not even have close friends of the opposite gender) & what not. You may not have the time, someone else may well have it, to each his or her own.
My point about having a gender rule that you can't have lunches or dinners with a friend only because she is female is flat out weird & sexualizing the whole thing, that's a childish way of saying men & women can't be close friends. And your relationship should be strong enough to endure a lunch with a friend!
I have no comment on Pence, he is a religious nutjob & can chose to live his life as he deems fit but some of the comments defending him are flat out hilarious to read !
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