Aggressive businessman. In 2019, only 27% of men said they avoided one-on-one meetings with female colleagues; in 2018, it was a whopping 41%. (Photo: Shutterstock)

 

Let us not underestimate the wisdom of Mike Pence. Not only can he teach us about the essential art of sucking up (he made his boss very happy recently by staying at a Trump property in Ireland, even though it added hours of travel to his meeting place), he's the oracle of gender relations in the workplace.

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Vivia Chen

Vivia Chen is a senior columnist at The American Lawyer and the creator of The Careerist blog.